Poet and the Roots


Poet and the Roots are a reggae band formed to record dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson's poems with dub 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

Single

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