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Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Magnificent late-'50s singles round-up that keeps on giving.
This Award honours the representatives of venerable traditions, channelers of ancestral sounds. Previous winners have included southern soul originals Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham and folk- and country-rock alchemist Chris Hillman. This year, it's presented to a man with a lifetime's service to reggae music, a man who paid his dues in bluebeat and ska with his sweet-toned vocal group The Maytals before defining a sound of his own: funky reggae.
The MOJO Roots Award 2008 goes to... Toots Hibbert
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