Keith Hudson, was a Jamaican reggae artist and record producer.
13 Facts About Keith Hudson
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Keith Hudson is known for his influence on the dub movement.
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Keith Hudson was an ardent follower of Coxsone Dodd's Downbeat sound system and was hanging out with musicians such as Don Drummond, carrying his trombone into sessions at Dodd's Brentford Road studio when he was around fourteen.
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Keith Hudson started further record labels such as the Mafia label.
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In 1974, Keith Hudson released his classic Pick a Dub, widely considered to have been the first deliberately thematic dub album, with tracks specifically mixed in the dub style for the purpose of appearing together on an album.
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Keith Hudson had completed a large number of backing tracks and, after the limited success of his third LP Entering the Dragon he emigrated to the United Kingdom, where he signed up with Brent Clarke's Atra label and worked at Chalk Farm Studios in London with a number of British-based reggae musicians, overdubbing his Jamaican rhythms.
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Keith Hudson's next UK-based album Torch of Freedom featured vocal cuts with their instrumental versions following immediately after, a format that was to come into fashion three years later during the "Showcase" craze.
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Keith Hudson returned to reggae with the " Come Out Now" single, released under the pseudonym Lloyd Linberg, and Virgin terminated his contract.
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Keith Hudson resumed working with the Soul Syndicate, who had backed him on many of his best recordings in Jamaica.
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Keith Hudson released a deejay album by Militant Barry based on the Brand rhythms, Green Valley.
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Keith Hudson reverted to his classic rhythms for his next to last album Playing It Cool, recording new vocals on heavily overdubbed mixes of the earlier tunes.
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Keith Hudson released one final album in 1982, Steaming Jungle, which attracted little attention.
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Keith Hudson was diagnosed with lung cancer in August 1984, and appeared to be responding well to treatment, but on the morning of 14 November he complained of stomach pains, collapsed and died.