"Cultural Roots founding member Wade Dyce, now living in Salem, Massachusetts, takes his time to ponder when I ask him about the unusual path that led to the life and death of reggae’s most elusive outfit. ... To this day, the singer of the legendary, elusive trio (sometimes quartet) Cultural Roots still has trouble formulating what exactly happened. On paper, the band had everything to become the next Wailing Souls, the future Mighty Diamonds: a beautiful set of complementary voices and a few solid vocal albums, ranging from 1978 to 1984, riding the finest riddims provided by no less than producers Donovan Germain and Junjo Lawes (Revolutionary Sounds, Hell A Go Pop, and the dread and sumptuous Drift Away from Evil). ..."
Cultural Roots could have been the biggest reggae vocal trio of all time, YouTube: Cultural Roots - Drift Away From Evil + Version (1984), Everton Dacres - Jah Jah A Come (1977), The Officials - Babylonians (1974), Dennis Brown - Tribulation (1975), Peter Tosh - Wanted Dread & Alive (1981), Alton Ellis - Tumbling Tears (1969), Hugh Mundell/Augustus Pablo "Little Short Man" (1978), Clarence Parks - Mount Zion (1980), Sylford Walker - Burn Babylon (1975), Sugar Minott - So We Love It (1982)
Hugh Mundell/Augustus Pablo "Little Short Man" (1978)
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