Full Name
Dennis Bovell
Job Title
Reggae guitarist, bass player and renowned record producer
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Reggae guitarist, bass player and renowned record producer
Bio
Dennis Bovell is a Barbados-born reggae guitarist, bass player and record producer, based in England. He was a member of the British reggae band Matumbi, and released dub-reggae records under his own name as well as the pseudonym Blackbeard. He is most widely known for his decades-spanning collaborations with Linton Kwesi-Johnson. Bovell also worked as an engineer at Dip Records, the precursor to the Lovers Rock label, and was a key figure in the early days of the lovers rock genre. He is known for attempting to fuse disco rhythms with reggae, most notably with the hit song "Silly Games" by Janet Kay.
Dennis Bovell