Date:1987
Description:Don Letts was born in London 1956 and was around during the punk explosion in Britain. While working as a DJ at the Roxy in London he played a mixture of dub, reggae and punk records. Letts is credited for introducing bands like The Clash and The Sex Pistols to reggae music. He is a founding member of the group Big Audio Dynamite. As a film director he has made documentaries on Lee "Scratch" Perry and Bob Marley, The Punk Rock Movie and The Clash: Westway to the World. Videos include Black Uhuru, Public Image, Beenie Man, Funboy 3 and Musical Youth. Photographed at Reggae Sunsplash, Clapham Common, London, 1987. From the collection "Muzik Kinda Sweet" by Pogus Caesar/OOM Gallery Archive.
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