| Poet and the Roots | |
| Background: | group_or_band |
| Origin: | London, England |
| Genre: | Dub |
| Years Active: | 1977–1978 |
| Label: | Virgin Records |
| Associated Acts: | Linton Kwesi Johnson |
| Current Members: | Linton Kwesi Johnson Dennis Bovell Lloyd "Jah Bunny" Donaldson Desmond Craig Winston Curniffe Everald Forrest Floyd Lawson John Varnom Lila Weathers Vivian Weathers |
Poet and the Roots are a reggae band formed to record dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson's poems with dub backing tracks.
The recordings were on the Virgin Records label.[1] Johnson released his later material under his own name, although some of the musicians from this group appeared on his subsequent albums.