Dennis Bovell
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1953-05-22
soul and reggae
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Dennis Bovell is a legendary reggae guitarist and music producer. He was born in 1953, in Saint Peter, Barbados, West Indies but moved to England with his family at the age of 12 where he became immersed in the vibrant reggae scene in London. He was a member of several British-based reggae bands, including Matumbi, and released dub and reggae discs under his own name as well as the pseudonym 'Blackbeard' Bovell is widely credited as one of the inventors of lover's rock <a href="https://www.las
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dennis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Barbados
- Place of birth
- Saint Peter
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Field of work
- reggae
- Genre
- dub music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Image
- DennisBovell1978.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1953-05-22
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
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- Dennis Bovell
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