General Saint

Winston Hislop aka General Saint was born in Jamaica and moved to the UK in 1977. He collaborated with Clint Eastwood as a reggae duo in the early 80's. 
Their first release was "Tribute to General Echo", about the recently killed slack deejay. They hit the UK Singles Chart with their version of "Last Plane (One Way Ticket)" in 1984. Both of the duo's studio albums made the Top 5 of the UK Independent Chart. Saint went on to have a solo career, releasing singles such as "Save the Last Dance for Me" and "Oh Carol" (both featuring Don Campbell). One of the duo's live performances was recorded by the BBC for their In Concert programme, and this was later released as an album.
The duo reunited to perform at the Luton Love Music Hate Racism festival. They made a video for Love Music Hate Racism featuring Luton band Shabby Tinkerz, and performed live on Mark Lamarr's BBC Radio 2 show. They undertook a UK tour in 2011.
==Links to Peel==
According to available tracklistings on this site, Peel seemed to have first played General Saint in 1981, when he was collaborating with Clint Eastwood. Further tracks from the duo were played on his radio programmes until 2002. After Peel's death in 2004, it was later found out that he had a couple of their records in his Record Collection: E.
==Shows Played==
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*13 January 1981: Tribute To General Echo (7") Greensleeves 
*11 May 1981: Another One Bites The Dust (12": Another One Bites The Dust) (Greensleeves)
*25 May 1981: Another One Bites The Dust (12") Greensleeves
*30 July 1981 (BBC World Service): Another One Bites The Dust (7") Greensleeves
*Peel November 1981 to January 1982: Special Request To All Prisoner (album - Two Bad D.J.) Greensleeves
*09 December 1981: Talk About Run (LP – Two Bad DJ) Greensleeves
*17 December 1981 (BFBS): Special Request To All Prisoner (album - Two Bad D.J.) Greensleeves
*17 December 1981 (BFBS): Gal Pon The Front Line (album - Two Bad D.J.) Greensleeves
*20 December 1981 (BFBS): Dance It Have Fe Nice (album - Two Bad D.J.) Greensleeves
*20 December 1981 (BFBS): Tribute To General Echo (album - Two Bad D.J.) Greensleeves
;1982
*23 June 1982: Healing In The Balmyard
;1983
*09 May 1983: Rock With Me
*26 May 1983: Stop That Train (7") Greensleeves
;2002
*22 August 2002: Talk About Run (LP - Two Bad DJ) Greensleeves
== See Also ==
* Gigography 1983
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