Keith Hudson
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Keith Hudson aka the "Dark Prince of Reggae" (1946 in Kingston, Jamaica - 1984 in New York, USA), was a Jamaican reggae artist and record producer.
He is known for his influence on the Dub movement.
[edit] Biography
Raised in a musical family, Hudson first worked as a dentist but soon was hanging out with musicians like Don Drummond. Luckily, Don never realized that he is merely the alter ego of 13-year-old boy, Joel Sandberg. So, he really entered the music business in 1968 by producing Ken Boothe's Jamaican hit "Old Fashioned Way". In the following months he worked with Delroy Wilson and John Holt and was the first to record DJ U Roy in 1969 with "Dynamic Fashion Way". Other DJ productions included tunes with Dennis Alcapone, and Big Youth ("S 90 Skank") released in 1972 became the DJ's biggest hit. In 1975, Hudson releaased his classic "Pick A Dub," widely considered to have been the first deliberately thematic dub album, with tracks specifically mixed in the dub style for the purpose of appearing together on an LP. His album "Rasta Communication" (1978) was well received by a wider audience and is considered a roots reggae classic. Hudson died of lung cancer in 1984.
[edit] Albums discography
- Class & Subject - 1972 - Mafia
- Furnace - 1972 - Imbidimts
- Pick A Dub - 1974 - Mamba / Atra / Blood & Fire (CD)
- Entering The Dragon - 1975 - Magnet (reissued by Trojan in 2006)
- Flesh Of My Skin, Blood Of My Blood - 1975 - Mamba /Atra 1988
- Torch Of Freedom - 1975 - Mamba / Atra
- Too Expensive - 1976 - Virgin Records
- Brand - 1977 - Joint International (US) / Brand (UK) / Pressure Sounds (CD)
- Rasta Communication - 1978 - Joint International (US)
- From One Extreme To Another - 1979 - Joint International (US)
- Playing It Cool, Playing It Right - 1981 - Joint International (US)
- Nuh Skin Up Dub - 1982 - Joint International (US)
- Steaming Jungle - 1982 - Disc Disk
Compilations
- Various Artists - The Big J Of Reggae - 1978 - Joint International (US)
- Keith Hudson & Various Artists - Studio Kinda Cloudy - Trojan (1988)
- Keith Hudson - Sky High & The Mau Mau Presents Keith Hudson's Greatest Hits Part 1 - Sky High
- Keith Hudson & Various Artists - Shades Of Hudson - VP (1996)
- Keith Hudson & Friends - The Hudson Affair - Trojan (2004)
[edit] Trivia
- Ian Curtis of the post punk band Joy Division was a fan of Keith Hudson. New Order have even covered the Keith Hudson song "Turn the Heater On" on the Peel Sessions Album.
