Errol Holt

Errol Holt
Born 19 July 1950
Kingston, Jamaica
Genres Reggae, dancehall
Instruments Bass guitar, vocals, guitar, percussion
Years active Early 1970s – present
Associated acts The Morwells, Roots Radics

Errol Holt (born 19 July 1950), also known as Errol Carter and by his nickname Flabba, is a Jamaican bass guitar player who was a member of The Morwells and the Roots Radics and has played on hundreds of Jamaican albums.

Biography

Holt's career began in the early 1970s when he worked as a session musician backing artists including Don Carlos and Prince Far I.[1] He also had a sound system hit in his own name with "A You Lick Me First" in 1976.[1][2] In 1976 he joined The Morwells, and later joined the Roots Radics, continuing his session work throughout the 1970s and 1980s.[1] In the 1990s he recorded with Israel Vibration, Mikey Dread, Sugar Minott, Mutabaruka, Bunny Wailer, and Yami Bolo.[1] He also began producing records, his productions including records by Jah Stitch, Dennis Brown (Blood Brothers and Milk & Honey), Delroy Wilson (Which Way Is Up), Beres Hammond, and Gregory Isaacs, co-producing Issacs' hugely successful Night Nurse album.[1] He continued to be active as a musician into the 2000s.

Solo discography

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Moskowitz, David V. (2006) Caribbean Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-33158-8, p.140-141
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (1998) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae, Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0242-9, p.124

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