Daddae

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Philip Harvey (28 February 1964 – 10 September 2024), known as Daddae Harvey or only Daddae, was a British guitarist, percussionist, keyboardist and composer formerly with The Funki Dreds, who later became Soul II Soul. He was one of the founding members of the group and co-wrote some of the tracks on their albums. They had a No. 1 UK hit with "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)". Of Daddae Harvey’s work with Soul II Soul, Music & Media wrote that the sounds were "cool… and supremely self-assured," whilst People Magazine wrote of the "drums, congas and bass ( that ) underpins delicate instrumentation and the combined vocals of Jazzy B. rapping and Marcia Lewis and Daddae Harvey singing," whilst Spin observed that "Soul II Soul's harmony works because it is part of a movement defined in adversity to racism ( and ) materialism." In 1997, Daddae teamed up with Joey "Words, Sounds & Power" Jay ( of Great Tribulation sound ) and Norman Jay to produce the roots reggae dub reggae album I n I Deal With Roots on High On Hope-Good Times record label, under the collective appellation, The Truth, which was successful with Jah Shaka followers.…

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