| LC control no. | no 98050454 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bovell, Dennis |
| Variant(s) | Blackbeard, 1953- |
| Associated country | England |
| Located | London, England |
| Birth date | 19530522 |
| Place of birth | St. Peter, Barbados |
| Field of activity | Reggae music Dub (Music) |
| Affiliation | Matumbi (Musical group) |
| Profession or occupation | Reggae musicians Guitarists Sound recording executives and producers |
| Special note | Machine-derived authority record. |
| Found in | LCCN 94-769630: Audio active, p1986 Encylopedia of popular music online, Mar. 15, 2013 (Bovell, Dennis; b. May 22, 1953, St. Peter, Barbados, West Indies; grew up in south London; guitarist; co-founder of the British reggae band Matumbi) Grove music online, Mar. 15, 2013 (Bovell, Dennis (Blackbeard); b. 1953, St. Peter, Barbados; English reggae guitarist, bandleader and producer; grew up in London where in the early 1970s he co-founded Matumbi, one of the first reggae groups in Britain, and also ran the Jah Sufferer sound system; although he recorded with such rock and punk bands as the Pop Group and the Slits, his true strength was dub music which he recorded under the name Blackbeard; perhaps best known for his collaborations with the political dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson; has remained active as a producer, writer and bandleader) |
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