Active until 1978 | Years active 1977–1978 Genre Dub | |
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Similar Delroy Washington, Matumbi, Dr Alimantado, Prince Far I, Prince Hammer |
Poet and the Roots are a reggae band formed to record dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson's poems with dub backing tracks.
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Johnson released his later material under his own name, although some of the musicians from this group appeared on his subsequent albums.
Album
Dread Beat an' Blood, Virgin Records, 1978
Single
"All Wi Doin' Is Defendin'", Virgin Records, 1977
Songs
Song Of BloodDread Beat an' Blood · 1978
Dreas Inna InglanDread Beat an' Blood · 1978
Five Nights Of BleedinDread Beat an' Blood · 1978
References
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