Misty in Roots
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Misty in Roots is a British roots reggae group that formed in Southall, London, during the mid-1970s. Their 1979 debut album, Live at the Counter Eurovision, featured Rastafarian themes and was recorded at an alternative music festival in Brussels designed to counter mainstream pop culture. The album gained significant airplay through BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, introducing roots reggae to a broader British audience. Originally operating as a collective with five lead vocalists, the band later consolidated to a three-member lineup. They emerged as one of the leading British reggae acts of the late 1970s alongside contemporaries including Steel Pulse and Aswad.
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