What is Lincoln Thompson?
'''Lincoln Thompson''' (10 July 1949 - 14 January 1999) was a [[Jamaica]]n [[reggae]] [[musician]], [[songwriter]] and [[Rastafarian]]. He spent 2 years in the [[Tartans]] as a [[teenager]] before working under [[Coxsone Dodd]] in the early 1970s. In 1974, he released his first [[album|record]], ''Humanity''. The album had popular [[single (music)|singles]] but it did not sell many copies until Thompson made a deal with [[Ballistics Records]], a part of the [[record label]] [[United Artists]], in 1979. This album was released [[commerce|commercially]] and there were 2 other albums recorded with Ballistics. These albums were [[recording|recorded]] in 1979 and 1980. ''Experience'' was recorded in Jamaica. The next album, ''Natural Wild'', was recorded in [[England]] with [[Joe Jackson]]. Ballistics went [[bankrupt]], and Thompson returned to Jamaica. There, he recorded the album, ''Ride with the Rasses'' in 1982. The next year, he took his family to live in [[London]] where he recorded a 5th album, ''Rootsman Blues''. He then set up an [[Rastafarian|Ital]] [[Grocery store|grocery shop]] named ''The Rasses Fish and Grocery Store'' in London. Thanks to an [[United States|American]] [[sponsorship|sponsor]], a 6th album came out in 1996, called ''21st century''. He died in 1999 of [[cancer]]. == Other websites == * [http://www.kiwilyrics.com/Lincoln_Thompson Album lyrics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051223123506/http://www.kiwilyrics.com/Lincoln_Thompson |date=2005-12-23 }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Prince Lincoln}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:1999 deaths]] [[Category:Jamaican reggae musicians]] [[Category:Rastafari]] [[Category:Jamaican singer-songwriters]]