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Matumbi (band)
Matumbi were one of the top British reggae bands of the 1970s and early 1980s, and are best known as the first successful band of guitarist and record producer Dennis Bovell.
==History==
Matumbi formed in 1971 in South London, with a line-up of Ted Dixon (vocals), Euton Jones (drums), Dennis Bovell (guitar), Errol Pottinger (guitar), Eaton "Jah" Blake (bass guitar) Bevin Fagan (vocals), and Nicholas Bailey (vocals, later better known as Nick Straker).〔Larkin, Colin (1998), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae'', Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0242-9, p. 187.〕 In the early 1970s they acted as a backing band to touring Jamaican musicians. In 1973, they opened for The Wailers at the Ethiopian famine relief concert in Edmonton, where much to their embarrassment they went down better than the headliners, Bovell later saying: "The press thought we were much better, and we felt terrible because they were our heroes."〔Tim Cumming,("Dennis Bovell: The Dub Master" ), ''The Independent'', 31 March 2006. Retrieved 11 September 2009.〕 Matumbi signed to Trojan Records, and had a major breakthrough in 1976, when their version of Bob Dylan's "Man in Me" became the biggest-selling UK reggae single that year.〔
Success brought problems for the band, with their record label unhappy about some band members' other musical activities, and Bailey and Dixon left, to be replaced by Webster Johnson (keyboards). Pottinger and Jones also left the band, with Glaister Fagan and Lloyd "Jah Bunny" Donaldson joining.〔 The new line-up signed a deal with Harvest Records, and toured with Ian Dury & the Blockheads.〔 Matumbi recorded two sessions for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show in 1978.〔(''Matumbi - Keeping it Peel'' ), BBC Radio 1 sessions. Retrieved 11 September 2009.〕 In the same year, they also recorded the theme song for the television series, ''Empire Road''.
The group's debut album, ''Seven Seals'', was issued in 1978, but their second album, ''Point of View'', was a greater success, with the title track giving the band a top 40 hit in 1979.〔 Further albums followed between 1980 and 1982, but these did not match their earlier success. There last album, ''Testify'', was recorded in Jamaica co-produced by Bevin Fagan and drummer Euton Jones. The band split up, with members moving on to various other projects; Bovell released solo material and became renowned as a producer, Donaldson joined The Cimarons, and Fagan and Blake recorded as The Squad.〔 Fagan died of a heart attack in 2008 aged 54.
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