From Carriacou to Top of the Pops - In Conversation with Root Jackson

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After Root Jackson left behind a well-paid job in a department store on the paradise island of Carriacou (one of the three islands making up the tri-island country of Grenada, West Indies) at 16 to work as a pattern weaver in John Crowther mill in Huddersfield, appearing on Top of the Pops in 1970 was just one highlight of his six-decade-long music career.
During the height of his touring career, Melody Music magazine described Root’s band as the highest-paid non-recording band in the UK at the time.
Here, Root shares just a few memories from his life, from growing up in Carriacou to his early venture into the music industry.
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