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Errol "Flabba" Holt

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Errol "Flabba" Holt, bass player and anchor of the Roots Radics, the band whose heavy, spacious playing defined early-1980s dancehall and the Junjo Lawes era. The Radics backed Barrington Levy, Yellowman, Gregory Isaacs's Night Nurse period and countless sessions; Holt's basslines are the floor those records stand on.

Errol "Flabba" Holt in Antwerp, 2018Peter Verwimp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗

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Roots Radics - Radically Radics (Official Video)

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