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Artist Biography For Matumbi
Matumbi Was A British Reggae Bands Active During The 1970s And Early 1980s Remembered As The First Successful Band Of Guitarist And Record Producer Dennis Bovell. Their Style Was Soulful And Melodic. Great Britain Has Produced Several Great Roots Bands -- Steel Pulse Aswad Misty In Roots And Black Slate Among Them But Matumbi Is One Of The Earliest And Most Influential. They Formed In 1971 In London At A Time When Roots Music In Jamaica Itself Was Just Entering Its Prime. Formed In South London With A Line-Up Of Tex Dixon Vocals Euton Jones Drums Dennis Bovell Guitar Errol Pottinger Guitar Eaton "Jah" Blake Bass Guitar Bevin Fagan Vocals Died 2008 And Nicholas Bailey Vocals Later Better Known As Nick Straker Initially They Acted As A Backing Band To Touring Jamaican Musicians. In 1973 They Opened For The Wailers At The Ethiopian Famine Relief Concert In Edmonton. Success Brought Problems For The Band With Their Record Label Unhappy About Some Band Members' Other Musical Activities And Bailey And Dixon Left To Be Replaced By Webster Johnson Keyboards . Pottinger And Jones Also Left The Band With Glaister Fagan And Lloyd "Jah Bunny" Donaldson Joining. The New Line-Up Signed A Deal With Harvest Records And Toured With Ian Dury & The Blockheads. Matumbi Recorded Two Sessions For John Peel's BBC Radio 1 Show In 1978. In The Same Year They Recorded The Theme Song For The BBC Television Series Empire Road. The Group's Debut Album Seven Seals Was Issued In 1978 But Their Second Album Point Of View Was A Greater Success With The Title Track Giving The Band A Top 40 Hit In 1979. Further Albums Followed Between 1980 And 1982 But These Did Not Match Their Earlier Success. Their Last Album Testify Was Recorded In Jamaica Co-Produced By Bevin Fagan And Drummer Euton Jones. The Band Split Up With Members Moving On To Various Other Projects Dennis Bovell Released Solo Material And Became Renowned As A Producer Donaldson Joined The Cimarons And Fagan And Blake Recorded As The Squad.
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Matumbi Was A British Reggae Bands Active During The 1970s And Early 1980s Remembered As The First Successful Band Of Guitarist And Record Producer Dennis Bovell. Their Style Was Soulful And Melodic. Great Britain Has Produced Several Great Roots Bands -- Steel Pulse Aswad Misty In Roots And Black Slate Among Them But Matumbi Is One Of The Earliest And Most Influential. They Formed In 1971 In London At A Time When Roots Music In Jamaica Itself Was Just Entering Its Prime. Formed In South London With A Line-Up Of Tex Dixon Vocals Euton Jones Drums Dennis Bovell Guitar Errol Pottinger Guitar Eaton "Jah" Blake Bass Guitar Bevin Fagan Vocals Died 2008 And Nicholas Bailey Vocals Later Better Known As Nick Straker Initially They Acted As A Backing Band To Touring Jamaican Musicians. In 1973 They Opened For The Wailers At The Ethiopian Famine Relief Concert In Edmonton. Success Brought Problems For The Band With Their Record Label Unhappy About Some Band Members' Other Musical Activities And Bailey And Dixon Left To Be Replaced By Webster Johnson Keyboards . Pottinger And Jones Also Left The Band With Glaister Fagan And Lloyd "Jah Bunny" Donaldson Joining. The New Line-Up Signed A Deal With Harvest Records And Toured With Ian Dury & The Blockheads. Matumbi Recorded Two Sessions For John Peel's BBC Radio 1 Show In 1978. In The Same Year They Recorded The Theme Song For The BBC Television Series Empire Road. The Group's Debut Album Seven Seals Was Issued In 1978 But Their Second Album Point Of View Was A Greater Success With The Title Track Giving The Band A Top 40 Hit In 1979. Further Albums Followed Between 1980 And 1982 But These Did Not Match Their Earlier Success. Their Last Album Testify Was Recorded In Jamaica Co-Produced By Bevin Fagan And Drummer Euton Jones. The Band Split Up With Members Moving On To Various Other Projects Dennis Bovell Released Solo Material And Became Renowned As A Producer Donaldson Joined The Cimarons And Fagan And Blake Recorded As The Squad.
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