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and Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace, although that is naming just a few of the very respected heavy weight artists who also play on the album. Kiddus I also appears on the first two "Grass Yard
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in 2005, one of a series of albums recorded acoustically by vintage reggae artists in
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