UNLIKE most of his rocksteady contemporaries, John Holt's career thrived in the 1970s. After leaving The Paragons, he released several well-received albums for small British record companies that kept his star shining in Britain.
In the early 1980s, Holt began working with hot producer Henry 'Junjo' Lawes and the Roots Radics band. They recorded a number of hardcore songs that won him a following among dancehall fans.
Those songs include Fat She Fat and Police in Helicopter. The latter is an anthem among marijuana advocates in Europe.
Holt's live set in Jamaica and the United States differed from his performances in Britain and Europe. Fans in Jamaica and the US were into his rocksteady classics while the Brits favoured songs from his 1974 1000 Volts of Holt album.
Europeans, however, love his work with Lawes and the 'Radics'. more
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