Don Letts
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Don Letts during his tenure with Big Audio Dynamite – San Francisco, 1987
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Donovan Letts |
| Born |
10 January 1956 London, England |
| Genres |
Reggae Punk |
| Occupation(s) |
Disc jockey Film director |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Associated acts |
1978 -Steel Leg v the Electric Dread |
| Website | Don's BBC6 show |
1978 -Steel Leg v the Electric Dread
1984 – Big Audio Dynamite
Donovan "Don" Letts (born 10 January 1956) is a British film director, DJ and musician. Letts first came to prominence as the videographer for The Clash, directing several of their music videos. In 1984, Letts co-founded the band Big Audio Dynamite with Clash guitarist Mick Jones, acting as the group's sampler and videographer before departing the band in 1990.
Letts also directed music videos for Musical Youth, The Psychedelic Furs, The Pretenders and Elvis Costello as well as the feature documentaries The Punk Rock Movie (1977) and The Clash: Westway to the World (2000).
Letts was born in London, and educated at Tenison's School in Kennington. In 1975, he ran the London clothing store Acme Attractions, selling "electric-blue zoot suits and jukeboxes, and pumping dub reggae all day long." He was deeply inspired by the music coming from his parents' homeland, Jamaica, in particular Bob Marley. After seeing one of Marley's gigs at the Hammersmith Odeon (June 1976) Letts was able to sneak into the hotel and spent the night talking to and befriending Marley. By the mid-1970s Acme had quite a scene, attracting the likes of The Clash, Sex Pistols, Chrissie Hynde, Patti Smith, Deborah Harry and Bob Marley.
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