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REGGAE DANCEHALL PIONEERS: Alton Ellis — The Anti-Rudie Songs | Part 6 | Standing Against the Ratchet Knives
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In 1967 Kingston, while the Wailers met the rude boys with sympathy, Alton Ellis named them in his songs. "Don't Trouble People," "Dance Crasher," "Cry Tough" — line by line, he stood alone. Then Coxsone put him on a plane to London, where the Caribbean diaspora already knew every word.