Michael Rose recorded a solo version of his song before joining Black Uhuru and re-recording it with the band, becoming one of their signature songs.

I went back to my Black Uhuru records after catching their Glastonbury performance on the iPlayer over the weekend, evoking their glory days in the early Eighties.

Michael Rose was the singer whose arrival as singer and chief songwriter catapulted Black Uhuru to stardom as the biggest reggae band since The Wailers.

He was introduced to their leader, Duckie Simpson, by his childhood friend Sly Dunbar, and joined in 1977 after the departure of their original singer Don Carlos.

Rose came in at the same time as Puma Jones and, anchored by their rhythm section of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, Uhuru made seven albums together, spawning reggae classics like Sinsemilla, Shine Eye Gal, Sponji Reggae and General Penitentiary.

They even won a Grammy – the first reggae band to do so – for their 1983 album Anthem. Rose left the following year and the band have soldiered on since then, with Simpson the only constant and Andrew Lees the current lead singer.

Before he joined them Rose, who recorded his first single – Woman A Gineal Fe True – in the early Seventies at the age of only 15, made this fantastic version of what would become another of their biggest tunes, Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner.

Recorded with producer Niney The Observer, it was released in 1976 under the title Dreadlocks Coming For Dinner – it’s harder, deeper, and for my money superior to the more famous group version that appeared three years later; especially Niney’s hardcore dub.