Dennis Bovell
reggae guitarist, bass player and record producer
United Kingdom • b. 1953-05-22
Biography
Dennis Bovell (born 22 May 1953) is a Barbados-born reggae guitarist, bass player and record producer, based in the United Kingdom. He was a member of a progressive rock group called Stonehenge, who later changed name and became the British reggae band Matumbi, and released dub-reggae records under his own name as well as the pseudonym Blackbeard. He is most widely known for his decades-spanning collaborations with Linton Kwesi Johnson.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Cut
1979
World Destruction
1984
Y
In Between Dub
2023
LateNightTales (Version Excursion)
2021
Dubber Side Of The Moon
2010
End Of Part One (Their Greatest Hits)
1993
Deep Sea Skiving
1983
Return Of The Giant Slits
1981
A Product Of...
1981
Gorgeous George
1994
Dieu
1994
The Orange Juice
1984
Escape Artist
1981
Y In Dub
2021
Ennenne Dub
2017
Saâda Bonaire
2013
Hollie Cook
2011
Dignity - Les Chanteurs Défendent La Liberté De La Presse
2002
The Very Best Of
1992
Unknown Territory
1991
Boat To Bolivia
1986
What Presence?!
1984
Bridge
1984
Credited work
1,850 releases · 377 albums · active 1973–2026
- Performance · 2,303
- Engineering · 1,174
- Production · 1,106
- Other credits · 176
- Mastering · 12
Studios: Studio 80 · Gooseberry Sound Studios · Ridge Farm Studios · Sparkside Studio
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Linton Kwesi Johnson
- Matumbi
- Orange Juice (3)
- The Slits
- Alpha Blondy
- Garland Jeffreys
- Janet Kay