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Dennis Bovell

reggae guitarist, bass player and record producer

Barbados • b. 1953-05-22

Dennis Bovell is credited on 1,235 releases across 381 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1973–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,235

Pressings credited

381

Albums

6

Decades active

127

In collections

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.

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Credited work

1,235 releases · 381 albums · active 1973–2026

  • Performance · 1,468
  • Production · 767
  • Engineering · 523
  • Other credits · 51
  • Mastering · 4

Studios: Studio 80 · Gooseberry Sound Studios · Sparkside Studio · Ridge Farm Studios

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