Don Letts
The cultural revolution of two spliffs and one beer, told by the man who unified punk and reggae
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I already had my anti-establishment thing with reggae. But seeing Clash and the Pistols was a cultural year zero.
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I remember as a kid going to see Marvin Gaye, and saying, “Okay Marvin, you’re the man, but what about me?"
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I couldn’t do anything musically, but I wanted to contribute. That’s why I came up with the sampled dialogues.
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Interviewer
Emma Warren
Inspired by her early days as a rave connoisseur, Emma Warren went on to become a founding writer for Jockey Slut and spent four years at The Face; she currently writes for the Observer Music Magazine, Time Out and boutique magazines like Marmalade and Dummy. In addition, Emma has passed a judicial eye over the Mercury Music Prize nominations and created bespoke productions for Channel 4 and 20th Century Fox, among others. She’s also been behind numerous compilations on the London’s seminal Soul Jazz label, but we’re not naming names.
