REGGAE DANCEHALL PIONEERS: Alton Ellis — The Man Who Did Not Come Down | Part 10 | The Reserve That Hid the Weight

June 03, 2026 • 00:02:12

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In 1994 Jamaica awarded Alton Ellis the Order of Distinction. By the 2000s he was on Hollywood Boulevard collecting a Lifetime Achievement Award. And on the road, Dennis Alcapone remembers, he stopped coming down for breakfast. Part 10 of the Reggae Dancehall Pioneers series is the reserve that hid the weight.

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