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.

The recordings were on the Virgin Records label.Poet And The Roots at Discogs. 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

Singles "All Wi Doin' Is Defendin'", Virgin Records, 1977 "It Dread Inna Inglan (For George Lindo)", Virgin Records, 1978

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