Home / Music / Cymande recorded Tough Gong.Music linernotes album music cymandeCymande recorded Tough Gong.Tough Gong was recorded by Cymande, a British-Caribbean funk band formed in London in the early 1970s. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesCymande leaned into reggae on Tough GongCymande is pronounced sih-MAHN-dayCymande's Tough Gong title nods to Bob Marley's Tuff Gong studioCymande's Second Time Round fuses funk with Caribbean rhythmsTough Gong blends funk, reggae, and calypso into Afro-Caribbean soulExploreEwan MacColl wrote 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' for Peggy SeegerMickey Newbury wrote the liner notes for For the Sake of the SongFred Foster and Johnny Cash wrote the liner notes for KristoffersonSri Chinmoy wrote the poem on the back cover of Birds of FireIggy Pop and James Williamson co-wrote every song on Raw PowerPrevious Cymande were British musicians of Caribbean descent based in LondonNext Cymande leaned into reggae on Tough Gong
