Errol Holt (born 19 July 1950), also known as Errol Carter and by his nickname Flabba, is a

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player and a singer who was a member of The Morwells and the

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and has played on hundreds of Jamaican albums.

Biography

Holt's career began in the early 1970s when he worked as a session musician backing artists including

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and

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.Moskowitz, David V. (2006) ''Caribbean Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall'', Greenwood Press, , pp. 140–141 He also had a

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hit in his own name with "A You Lick Me First" in 1976.Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae'', Virgin Books, , p. 124 In 1976 he joined The Morwells, and later formed (along with guitarist Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont) the

Band, with whom he recorded the backing music for myriad reggae singers and vocal groups in the late 1970s and 80s. In the 1990s he recorded with Israel Vibration, Mikey Dread, Sugar Minott, Mutabaruka,

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, and Yami Bolo. He also worked as a producer, producing records by Jah Stitch,

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(''Blood Brothers'' and ''Milk & Honey''),

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(''Which Way Is Up''), Beres Hammond, and

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, co-producing Issacs' successful '' Night Nurse'' album.Flabba Holt: Roots to the core
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'', 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018 He continues to work in-studio with various artists and on tour with Israel Vibration.

Discography

Solo albums

*''Rastafari Time'' (1975) Sky High *''Vision of Africa'' (1978) Dread & Dread *''Roots Radics Dub'' (1981) Tad's *''Nurse in Dub'' (2001) Naive (Style Scott & Errol Holt)

Participated Albums

*'' Never Ending by Beres Hammond'' (2018),

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– Bass *''Maroon Songs: Born Free, Live Free, Ever Free (album) by Earl Chinna Smith InnadeYard Binghistra Movement'' (2022), – Bass

Biography

Discography

Solo albums

Participated Albums

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