Dennis Bovell

Blessed in Barbados in 1953, reggae guitarist Dennis Bovell (sometimes known simply seeing that Blackbeard) was among the essential figures over the London reggae picture of the past due ’70s and early ’80s, not merely being a single artist but additionally being a manufacturer. The music group Bovell co-founded within the middle-’70s, Matumbi, was among England’s initial self-contained reggae rings, and also one of the better; furthermore, Bovell released many albums of single dub experiments, which frequently highlighted jazz-pop keyboardist Nick Straker and manufacturer Tony Mansfield (Captain Sensible, New Musik), both previous college chums. As Blackbeard, Bovell released Totally Dub Wize in 1978; he quickly became involved with production work with experimental post-punkers just like the Slits as well as the Pop Group. I Wah Dub made an appearance in 1980, having on Bovell’s eclectic sensibilities; Bovell reverted to his true name for 1981’s Mind Damage, which started to move from dub towards rock and roll, R&B, boogie-woogie, etc. Bovell spent the first ’80s dealing with performers like Linton Kwesi Johnson and Alpha Blondy; he came back having a mainly straight reggae recording in 1986, Sound Active, documented with an organization tagged the Dub Band.