Don Letts, The Roxy, and the Birth of Punk Reggae

This episode unpacks how Don Letts—a Jamaican‑born DJ living in London—used his residency at the small club The Roxy to blend reggae rhythms with emerging punk bands, creating a hybrid sound that fed into tracks by the Clash and other London acts. We examine the club’s cheap infrastructure, the DIY networking it enabled, and how its musical cross‑pollination influenced both genres’ trajectories.

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