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Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall

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Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall was a tenor saxophonist trained at Alpha Boys School whose raw, emotive horn sound helped define the Rockers style through work with Augustus Pablo and King Tubby, including Burning Spear's Marcus Garvey (1975) and Peter Tosh's Equal Rights; he also appeared in the 1978 film Rockers.

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Story · Well supportedFrom Alpha horns to the studio session

A reform school on South Camp Road quietly supplied the horn section for most of reggae's biggest records.