Poet And The Roots

Poet And The Roots

Infobox musical artist
Name = Poet And The Roots
Background = group_or_band
Origin = London, England
Genre = Dub reggae
Years_active = 1977-1978
Label = Virgin Records
Associated_acts = Linton Kwesi Johnson
Current_members = Linton Kwesi Johnson
Dennis Bovell
Jah Bunny
Desmond Craig
Winston Curniffe
Everald Forrest
Floyd Lawson
John Varnom
Lila Weathers
Vivian Weathers|

Poet And The Roots are a reggae band formed to record dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson's poems with dub reggae backing tracks.

Johnson released his later material under his own name, although some of the musicians from this group appeared on his subsequent albums.

Discography

Album

"Dread Beat an' Blood", Virgin Records, 1978

ingle

"All Wi Doin' Is Defendin'", Virgin Records, 1977


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