Ted Kelly reffered to Don Letts as a modern media "Renaissance man." An integral player in the original British punk scene, Letts sold clothing at the punk boutiques Acme Attractions and Boy, introduced reggae to punk audiences as DJ at the Roxy club, managed the Slits, and documented the scene in his first film, The Punk Rock Movie. He went on to co-found one of the 90's most influential bands with former Clash member Mick Jones in Big Audio Dynamite, direct music videos for everyone from Jimmy Cliff to S'Express, and make documentaries on Bob Marley (Legend), Lee "Scratch" Perry (Return of the Super Ape), and the Clash (Westway to the World). In 1997, he traveled to his family's native Jamaica to direct his first feature film, Dancehall Queen, and he oversaw last year's release of a reggae compilation called Dread Meets Punk Rockers Uptown that provided an idea of how a typical night at the Roxy sounded.
An accomplished film and video director, and author of a best selling autobiography, recent Don Letts projects include "Soul Britannia" (2007), Rock It To Rio: Franz Ferdinand, Tales of Dr. Funkenstein: George Clinton, The Making of All Mod Cons: The Jam, Brother From Another Planet: Sun Ra, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Gil Scott-Heron), The Right Spectacle: The Very Best of Elvis Costello - The Videos, Punk: Attitude, Making of 'London Calling': The Last Testament, One Love, The Essential Clash, The Pretenders: Greatest Hits video "Back on the Chain Gang. Still based in London Don shared with Ted Kelly and Mark Daley that he once was regarded the largest collector of Beatles memorabilia in the United Kingdom and divested himself of all item in the late 70's. His performance in Studio 2 for WorldSpace and UPop 29 marks the first time Lett's had recorded in the famed "Beatles Studio" His mash up homage of Eleanor Rigby with Ska and Reggae beats was just a brief highlight of his musical and sampling genius.