A FIGURE who played a minor role in the history of popular music has sadly passed on, and 6Music are paying lengthy tribute. Can you work out who it is?
The DJ is discussing at length what a massive impact they had on luminaries including David Bowie, Fatboy Slim and Mark Ronson.
Well that could be f**king anybody. I mean no disrespect to Bowie but the man was famously open to influence even when he wasn’t blitzed out of his f**king mind which was the entire 70s. What else is there?
The DJ has put on a record which appears to be Jamaican dancehall, though it may edge over into dub.
Okay, a solid clue though one in a tricky area. They love Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry but I think he carked it over lockdown. King Tubby, was he still going? Augustus Pablo is a name I know? Are any of the Wailers a

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