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How we made Musical Youth's Pass the Dutchie

‘We met Michael Jackson’s snake, made a film with Mr T, and were the first black band to be interviewed on MTV. Then we went back to school’We were all still schoolkids in Birmingham when the band was formed. Patrick and Freddie “Junior” Waite’s dad was a reggae musician and he taught us how to play. He also sang on our first two songs, Political and Generals, but when the tracks were played by DJ John Peel, music industry people said: “You canâ€...

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13:45 on August 20 2018

How we made Musical Youth's Pass the Dutchie

Guardian Music — ‘We met Michael Jackson’s snake, made a film with Mr T, and were the first black band to be interviewed on MTV. Then we went back to school’We were al... more info
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