Barrington Adams, aka Daddy Vego - the first Jamaican to set up a static sound system, the Peoples Sound System, at the Notting Hill Carnival.
In 1988 he founded his shop, the People’s Sound Records, at 11 All Saints Road, specialising in Jamaican, reggae, music. His son Dexter took over the management. At the Notting Hill Carnival the Peoples Sound System is located directly outside the shop.
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Daddy Vego
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