Jah Lloyd

Biography Patrick Lloyd Francis was born in Point Hill, Saint Catherine Parish in 1947. His mother died when he was eight, and he lived with his father, a farmer. In the early 1970s, he worked as a record salesman before turning to production, recording the early efforts by Simpson's new group The Diamonds, later to be renamed The Mighty Diamonds.

Recording as Jah Lloyd, he turned his hand to deejaying, enjoying hits in Jamaica with "Black Snowfall", "World Class", and "Beware of the Flour". He then recorded with Lee "Scratch" Perry, who decided to rename the deejay Jah Lion, the fruits of their association released on the Colombia Colly album in 1976 on Island Records.

He had a brief participation in the song "Mi Estrella", included in the world's first Spanish reggae LP Reggae con amor by Carlos Díaz Granados, which was released in 1983.

Francis died of complications associated with bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on 12 June 1999.

Albums Herbs of Dub (1974) DIP Soldier Round the Corner (1974) Plum Jam Colombia Colly (1976) Island The Humble One (1978) Front Line Black Moses (1979) Front Line Reggae Stick (1979) His Majesty Dread Lion Dub (1980) His Majesty In Action with Revolutionary Dub Band (1983) Vista Sounds The Good Old Days of the 70s (1998) Teem (with Dennis Alcapone) A Double Helping of Jah Lloyd and King Tubby Teem (combines both 1974 albums) Final Judgement Teem