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  • From: "Deborah Albericci" <deborahh AT att.net>
  • To: <typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [TypicalGirls] BBC 6 Music documentary Punky Reggae Party
  • Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 14:00:31 -0400

...documentary on the UK punk/reggae crossover - interviews with J Lydon, P
Simenon, Viv Albertine,
Don Letts, Mikey Dread etc
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/artists/punkyreggae/
(need Real Player to listen.)
deb

PUNKY REGGAE PARTY
An original 6 Music documentary


This three-part documentary series chronicles the unlikely yet fruitful
relationship between punk rock and reggae.

In late 1976 Rastaman Don Letts was asked to DJ at the Roxy club in Covent
Garden between live sets from punk bands such as The Clash and Generation X.
As there were few punk records available his playist also featured tracks
from his own dub and reggae collection.

The Clash went onto cover reggae songs and turn their audience onto the
music, punk and reggae bands appeared on the same bills and this crucial
Jamaican music found a new audience all over the country.

Hear the story brought to life by recollections and anecdotes from key
players such as Paul Simonon and Mick Jones of The Clash, Don Letts, Viv
Albertine of The Slits, reggae artists Mikey Dread and Brinsley Forde and
presenter Tom Robinson who witnessed this unique musical exchange first-hand.




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