We at Weeds were very saddened to hear the news of the passing of the DJ Daddy, U Roy earlier today. Years and years ago we picked up a scratched copy of Jump For Joy/This is Another Festival on the Grounation label for 10p at John’s Second-hand shop in Hillfields, Coventry in 1978 and it went on from there…

Here’s a couple of our favourite clips of the great man that have cheered us up over the years. Some nice threads he’s wearing there too!

And here’s a piece of musical history, a recording of U Roy on King Tubby’s Hi-Fi in Kingston, Jamaica from 1975. Be warned the quaility makes some of our “3 out of 10” punk cassettes in the loft sound like sensurround sound! RIP the great U Roy!