Joe Gibbs

Joe Gibbs (born Joel A. Gibson in Montego Bay, 1945) is a Jamaican reggae producer.

After some time spent in the US as an electronic engineer, he went back to Kingston, and opened a repair TV shop at 32 Beeston Str

Joe Gibbs (born Joel A. Gibson in Montego Bay, 1945) is a Jamaican reggae producer.

After some time spent in the US as an electronic engineer, he went back to Kingston, and opened a repair TV shop at 32 Beeston Street where he soon started to sell records. The fast growth of the local music scene encouraged him to be more involved in the business, and in 1967 he started to record some artists in the back of his shop with a two-track tape machine and the already established Lee Perry who had just ended his association with Clement "Coxsone" Dodd. In 1968, with the help of Bunny Lee, he launched his Amalgamated label, and had his first success with a rock steady tune, sang by Roy Shirley. After Perry went away to set his own label "Upsetters", Gibbs enrole the young Winston "Niney" Holness (later known as Niney The Observer) who helped maintain Gibbs' production on the top of the charts. During the rock steady period til 1970, he met success with numerous smashing hits of vocalists like The Pioneers, Errol Dunkey, and Ken Parker, and worked with backing bands like Lynn Taitt and the Jets (including the organist Ansel Collins, and horns players Tommy McCook, Johnny "Dizzy" Moore, Bobby Ellis and Vin Gordon), or the Hippy Boys (featuring the Barrett brothers as the rhythm section).