{"id":16547,"date":"2021-06-28T11:12:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T16:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/?p=16547"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:17:10","slug":"don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Letts on the Culture Clash of Punk and Reggae and \u2018There and Black Again\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class='wp-block-heading' style='text-transform:none;' id='inside-don-lettss-journey-linking-bob-marley-the-clash-and-the-birth-of-sampling-with-big-audio-dynamite'>\nInside Don Letts\u2019s Journey Linking Bob Marley, The Clash, and the Birth of Sampling with Big Audio Dynamite\n<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/19629032\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Don Letts provides an important lesson in the fact that even if you don\u2019t play an instrument, you can still be a part of the music industry, and not just on the business side either. He got his start as a DJ, and is widely credited for introducing reggae into the burgeoning punk rock scene in London in the 1970s, but he doesn\u2019t want all of that credit.<\/p>\n<p>Then he picked up a camera and began filming his friends in the punk scene, which became <em>The Punk Rock Movie<\/em>, which he\u2019ll also tell you was kind of an accident. By the way, he is not a fan of the versions of this movie that are on DVD or YouTube. He suggests watching it in its original format, if you can.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/341ks6owA9k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That movie led to him directing several music videos, including all of the ones you\u2019ve seen by the Clash, and that led to directing more full-length features.<\/p>\n<p>You may have read somewhere that Don Letts was friends with Bob Marley, but again, he\u2019ll tell you that\u2019s only partially true.<\/p>\n<p>What is definitely true is that he was a key member of Big Audio Dynamite, the band that Mick Jones formed after the Clash, and what is also true is that Don Letts couldn\u2019t really play. He\u2019ll be the first one to tell you that. He wrote the names of the notes on the keys of his keyboard!<\/p>\n<p>But what was crucial was that Don Letts pioneered the art of sampling through his work with BAD.<\/p>\n<p>So what you\u2019re about to hear is a bit of a history lesson, but I do recommend you read his two books <em>Culture Clash<\/em>, which came out several years ago, and the brand new <em>There and Black Again<\/em>, which is so brand new that I didn\u2019t know it was coming out when I first spoke to him.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll hear a part where I hold up my copy of <em>Culture Clash<\/em>, on the zencastr call, and he\u2019ll tell me about <em>There and Black Again<\/em>, which I have since read and definitely recommend.<\/p>\n<p>So let\u2019s let Don Letts set the record straight, and we\u2019ll start at the start with his parents, who came to England from Jamaica in the 1960s.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Letts introduced punks in the 1970s UK scene to reggae, kind of. He was a good friend of Bob Marley, sort of. He is the embodiment of punk\u2019s ethos of empowerment, freedom, and individuality, totally!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":16550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9588,5],"tags":[8433,8412,8410,8406,8408,8426,213,8420,7271,7100,8427,6510,8432,8402,8411,8418,6871,8430,8429,811,8424,8421,8413,6511,7206,8135,7205,1144,8405,8415,8423,8403,8319,8431,7826,8428,6321,8416,8140,8419,8407,8425,1424,1429,8417,8409,1444,8434,8414,1468,8435,8404,8422],"class_list":["post-16547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-career-advice-articles","category-podcast","tag-absolutely-fabulous","tag-acme-attractions","tag-angela-davis","tag-apple-scruff","tag-astrid-kirchherr","tag-big-audio-dynamite","tag-bob-marley","tag-buzzcocks","tag-childish-gambino","tag-chrissie-hynde","tag-culture-clash-radio","tag-curtis-mayfield","tag-dancehall-queen","tag-don-letts","tag-james-baldwin","tag-jimmy-cliff","tag-joe-strummer","tag-khruangbin","tag-late-night-tales","tag-led-zeppelin","tag-lenny-kaye","tag-london-calling","tag-malcolm-mcclaren","tag-marvin-gaye","tag-mick-jones","tag-patti-smith","tag-paul-simonon","tag-prince","tag-prince-buster","tag-public-image-ltd","tag-punky-reggae-party","tag-rasta","tag-rastafarianism","tag-rebel-dread","tag-reggae","tag-screaming-target","tag-sex-pistols","tag-shane-mcgowen","tag-sinead-oconnor","tag-siouxsie-and-the-banshees","tag-stuart-suttcliffe","tag-tapper-zukie","tag-the-beatles","tag-the-clash","tag-the-harder-they-come","tag-the-impressions","tag-the-kinks","tag-the-sapphie-syndrome","tag-the-slits","tag-the-who","tag-tona-de-brett","tag-toots-and-the-maytals","tag-trojan-records"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.8 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Don Letts on the Culture Clash of Punk and Reggae and \u2018There and Black Again\u2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Don Letts plugged punks into reggae, kind of. He was Bob Marley\u2019s friend, sort of. He embodies punk\u2019s ethos: empowerment, freedom, and individuality!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Don Letts on the Culture Clash of Punk and Reggae and \u2018There and Black Again\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Don Letts plugged punks into reggae, kind of. He was Bob Marley\u2019s friend, sort of. He embodies punk\u2019s ethos: empowerment, freedom, and individuality!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Berklee Online Take Note\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/berkleeonline\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-28T16:12:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-22T21:17:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Don-Letts.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Pat Healy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@berkleeonline\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@berkleeonline\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Pat Healy\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Pat Healy\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/#\/schema\/person\/2ff5be49c1e0e9c9d92848f38e40fb9d\"},\"headline\":\"Don Letts on the Culture Clash of Punk and Reggae and \u2018There and Black Again\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-28T16:12:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-22T21:17:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/\"},\"wordCount\":421,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/#org\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Don-Letts.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Absolutely Fabulous\",\"Acme Attractions\",\"Angela Davis\",\"Apple Scruff\",\"Astrid Kirchherr\",\"Big Audio Dynamite\",\"Bob Marley\",\"Buzzcocks\",\"Childish Gambino\",\"Chrissie Hynde\",\"Culture Clash Radio\",\"Curtis Mayfield\",\"Dancehall Queen\",\"Don Letts\",\"James Baldwin\",\"Jimmy Cliff\",\"Joe Strummer\",\"Khruangbin\",\"Late Night Tales\",\"Led Zeppelin\",\"Lenny Kaye\",\"London Calling\",\"Malcolm McClaren\",\"Marvin Gaye\",\"Mick Jones\",\"patti smith\",\"Paul Simonon\",\"Prince\",\"Prince Buster\",\"Public Image Ltd.\",\"Punky Reggae Party\",\"Rasta\",\"Rastafarianism\",\"Rebel Dread\",\"Reggae\",\"Screaming Target\",\"Sex Pistols\",\"Shane McGowen\",\"Sinead O'Connor\",\"Siouxsie and the Banshees\",\"Stuart Suttcliffe\",\"Tapper Zukie\",\"The Beatles\",\"The Clash\",\"The Harder They Come\",\"The Impressions\",\"The Kinks\",\"The Sapphie Syndrome\",\"The Slits\",\"The Who\",\"Tona de Brett\",\"Toots and the Maytals\",\"Trojan Records\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Music Career Advice\",\"Podcast\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/\",\"name\":\"Don Letts on the Culture Clash of Punk and Reggae and \u2018There and Black Again\u2019\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Don-Letts.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-28T16:12:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-22T21:17:10+00:00\",\"description\":\"Don Letts plugged punks into reggae, kind of. He was Bob Marley\u2019s friend, sort of. He embodies punk\u2019s ethos: empowerment, freedom, and individuality!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Don-Letts.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Don-Letts.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1200,\"caption\":\"Photograph of Don Letts, DJing a gig, wearing his dreadlocks inside of a knit cap and wearing sunglasses.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Don Letts on the Culture Clash of Punk and Reggae and \u2018There and Black Again\u2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/\",\"name\":\"Berklee Online Take Note\",\"description\":\"Inspiration for Music Makers\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/#org\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"EducationalOrganization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/#org\",\"name\":\"Berklee Online\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Berklee_Logo_Square_Avatar_Linkedin.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Berklee_Logo_Square_Avatar_Linkedin.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Berklee Online\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/berkleeonline\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/berkleeonline\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/berkleeonline\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Berklee_Online\",\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@berkleeonline\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/#\/schema\/person\/2ff5be49c1e0e9c9d92848f38e40fb9d\",\"name\":\"Pat Healy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/patHealy-portraitsmaller-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/patHealy-portraitsmaller-1.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Pat Healy\"},\"description\":\"Pat Healy is the editor-in-chief of Take Note and the associate director of content creation for Berklee Online. He hosts the Music Is My Life podcast and served as a writer and copy editor for the Disgraceland podcast during its first nine seasons. His work has appeared on Pitchfork, Spin, Paste, and numerous other music sites.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/author\/pat-healy\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Don Letts on the Culture Clash of Punk and Reggae and \u2018There and Black Again\u2019","description":"Don Letts plugged punks into reggae, kind of. He was Bob Marley\u2019s friend, sort of. He embodies punk\u2019s ethos: empowerment, freedom, and individuality!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Don Letts on the Culture Clash of Punk and Reggae and \u2018There and Black Again\u2019","og_description":"Don Letts plugged punks into reggae, kind of. He was Bob Marley\u2019s friend, sort of. He embodies punk\u2019s ethos: empowerment, freedom, and individuality!","og_url":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/","og_site_name":"Berklee Online Take Note","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/berkleeonline","article_published_time":"2021-06-28T16:12:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-22T21:17:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Don-Letts.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Pat Healy","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@berkleeonline","twitter_site":"@berkleeonline","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Pat Healy","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/"},"author":{"name":"Pat Healy","@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/#\/schema\/person\/2ff5be49c1e0e9c9d92848f38e40fb9d"},"headline":"Don Letts on the Culture Clash of Punk and Reggae and \u2018There and Black Again\u2019","datePublished":"2021-06-28T16:12:26+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-22T21:17:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/"},"wordCount":421,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/#org"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Don-Letts.jpg","keywords":["Absolutely Fabulous","Acme Attractions","Angela Davis","Apple Scruff","Astrid Kirchherr","Big Audio Dynamite","Bob Marley","Buzzcocks","Childish Gambino","Chrissie Hynde","Culture Clash Radio","Curtis Mayfield","Dancehall Queen","Don Letts","James Baldwin","Jimmy Cliff","Joe Strummer","Khruangbin","Late Night Tales","Led Zeppelin","Lenny Kaye","London Calling","Malcolm McClaren","Marvin Gaye","Mick Jones","patti smith","Paul Simonon","Prince","Prince Buster","Public Image Ltd.","Punky Reggae Party","Rasta","Rastafarianism","Rebel Dread","Reggae","Screaming Target","Sex Pistols","Shane McGowen","Sinead O'Connor","Siouxsie and the Banshees","Stuart Suttcliffe","Tapper Zukie","The Beatles","The Clash","The Harder They Come","The Impressions","The Kinks","The Sapphie Syndrome","The Slits","The Who","Tona de Brett","Toots and the Maytals","Trojan Records"],"articleSection":["Music Career Advice","Podcast"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/","url":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/","name":"Don Letts on the Culture Clash of Punk and Reggae and \u2018There and Black Again\u2019","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Don-Letts.jpg","datePublished":"2021-06-28T16:12:26+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-22T21:17:10+00:00","description":"Don Letts plugged punks into reggae, kind of. He was Bob Marley\u2019s friend, sort of. He embodies punk\u2019s ethos: empowerment, freedom, and individuality!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Don-Letts.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Don-Letts.jpg","width":1920,"height":1200,"caption":"Photograph of Don Letts, DJing a gig, wearing his dreadlocks inside of a knit cap and wearing sunglasses."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/don-letts-on-the-culture-clash-of-punk-and-reggae-and-there-and-black-again\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Don Letts on the Culture Clash of Punk and Reggae and \u2018There and Black Again\u2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/#website","url":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/","name":"Berklee Online Take Note","description":"Inspiration for Music Makers","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/#org"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"EducationalOrganization","@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/#org","name":"Berklee Online","url":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Berklee_Logo_Square_Avatar_Linkedin.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Berklee_Logo_Square_Avatar_Linkedin.png","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"Berklee Online"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/berkleeonline","https:\/\/x.com\/berkleeonline","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/berkleeonline\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Berklee_Online","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@berkleeonline"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/#\/schema\/person\/2ff5be49c1e0e9c9d92848f38e40fb9d","name":"Pat Healy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/patHealy-portraitsmaller-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/patHealy-portraitsmaller-1.jpg","caption":"Pat Healy"},"description":"Pat Healy is the editor-in-chief of Take Note and the associate director of content creation for Berklee Online. He hosts the Music Is My Life podcast and served as a writer and copy editor for the Disgraceland podcast during its first nine seasons. His work has appeared on Pitchfork, Spin, Paste, and numerous other music sites.","url":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/author\/pat-healy\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}