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Banks family ca. 1956, Bankie in suspenders.
Val, Bankie, Victor, Gloria, and Linda with their mother, Marjorie Banks (ca. 1964).
Kenn, Victor, Bankie, and Val near the family land on Rendezvous Bay as teens.
Teenage Bankie with his guitar.
Bankie in his Mad Squad days (mid-70's).
Donna and Bankie (1976).
Bankie playing with The Rolling Tones of St. Maarten (ca. 1977).
Bankie's first album (1978) had four #1 hits and vaulted him and the band to fame throughout the Caribbean.
Jules Charville, owner of Scorpio Records in St. Maarten, produced Bankie's first two albums (1978).
Bankie Banx and his Roots & Herbs (ca. 1979).
Bankie with his trademark bird whistle "pendant," bought for him by Tony "Irino" Hodge, the original guitarist for Roots & Herbs (ca. 1979).
Bankie with long-time friend and Belonger Scott Hauser, who moved to Anguilla in the late 70's.
Bankie Banx and the Roots &. Herbs in Jamaica for Reggae Sunsplash (1983).
Screen grab from the music video Down on the Corner, directed by Nicole Peraud in 1984.
The Dusty Street Band in London (1984). Photo by Nicole Peraud.
Clippings from Parisian papers, 1986.
Bankie and Ibis Lawrence in a photo booth. Paris, ca. 1987.
Johnny Lloyd aka "Springer" and Bankie in the New Direction Band (1988) after Bankie returned from Europe.
The first Moonsplash, co-produced with "Sheriff Bob" Saidenberg on Sandy Island, 1991.
Bankie and the New York Connection band, ca. 1993.
Bankie with Omari and Bullet in his original cabin at the Dune, ca. 1994. Photo by Lisa Freedland.
Bankie and the very first Dune boat bar, built by Bullet in 1995. Photo by Lisa Freedland,.
The second iteration of The Dune Preserve, rebuilt after Hurricane Luis (ca. 1997). Photo by Lynne Connors Labate.
Kevin Bacon – a frequent visitor – and Bankie, photo by Lynne Connors Labate (ca. 2000).
The original Dune boat stage, 2017. Photo by Johnny Danger.
From the booklet accompanying the "Jimmy Buffet Live in Anguilla" DVD documenting Buffett's concert at the Dune in 2007.
Bankie and John Mayer. Photo by Larry Stott (2011).
The Dune Preserve pre-Hurrican Irma. The Dune was named "#1 Beach Bar in the World" by CNN in 2013.
Bankie with Victor, Linda, Val, and Kenn (ca. 2014).
Bankie and Justin Bieber at the Dune, NYE 2015. Photo by Lynne Connors Labate.
Revelers at the Dune Preserve (2016). Photo by Johnny Danger.
Omari and Bankie duetting at Moonsplash 2017. Photo by Johnny Danger.
The Dune Preserve after Hurricane Irma (2017).
"Sheriff Bob" Saidenberg, co-founder of Moonsplash, with Bankie and Johnny Cement in 2019. Photo by Susan Saidenberg.
Bankie and his sister Linda, who emceed and helped run Moonsplash until recently, in 2020. Photo by Nara Garber.
Bankie re-recording Where I and I Abide with the original Herbs at the Anguilla Music Academy in 2021. Photo by Nara Garber.
Tasha Setolle, Islie Dabasha, and Ijahlar – all of whom played Reggae Sunsplash with Bankie in 1983 – at the Dune with Roots Nyabinghi in 2021.
It takes a village. Farrah, Nzingah, Lateef, Jabari, and Jalani – just some of the nieces and nephews who keep the Dune and Moonsplash going (2021).
Nicole Peraud, who made the Down on the Corner music video and took the Dusty Street Band to Europe in 1984, watching her music video in 2021
Members of Mad Squad – Singerman, Austin, Bankie, Sprocka, and Kingsley – reunited in Forest Bay in 2022. Photo by Nara Garber.
Johnny Danger, quintessential "Dune Person," making himself useful (2022). Photo by Nara Garber.
Ibis Lawrence of the Dusty Street Band and Bankie reunited after over 30 years for Moonsplash 2022. Photo by Nara Garber.
Gaby Klaren, long-time stage desginer for Moonsplash, in front of her backdrop featuring Sheriff Bob, Bankie, and Bullet (2022). Photo by Nara Garber.
Promoting Moonsplash 2022 on KLASS FM with Olaide Banks, Savar Martin, Ibis Lawrence, Corey Stoot, and Third World founding member and guitarist Stephen "Cat" Coore at the mic. Photo by Nara Garber.
Gaby Klaren, long-time stage designer for Moonsplash who passed away in 2023, with the multi-talented Ras Jones before Moonsplash 2022. Photo by Nara Garber.
Bankie performing with his sons Olaide and Omari, Moonsplash 2022. Photo by Bryan Sarkinen.
Moonsplash audience (2022). Photo by Nara Garber.
"Sheriff Bob" Saidenberg, Bankie, and Bullet at Moonsplash 2023. Photo by Marta Federici.
Bankie & Jimmy Buffett together again. Jimmy visited the Dune in January of 2023. Photo by Jamal Gumbs.
D-Nice dropped in to pay his respects (from D-Nice's Instagram, 2022).
Madonna celebrated NYE at the Dune (from Madonna's instagram, 2023).
Bankie posing with his real and cardboard cutout children for his 70th birthday (2023).
The story continues: Bankie's son Omari and granddaughters Somaya and Ashe perform as OSA Band, photo by Crispin Thruston (2024).
Bankie Banx, King of the Dune. Photo by Nara Garber.