Max Romeo

Max Romeo (born Maxwell Livingston Smith, 22 November 1944) is a Jamaican reggae and roots reggae recording artist who has achieved chart success in his home country and in the United Kingdom. Romeo had several hits with the vocal group the Emotions. His single "Wet Dream" (1968) included overtly sexual lyrics and launched a new style of reggae and the song ‘Chase The Devil’ was later sampled and used in Out Of Space by The Prodigy and 'Lucifer' by Jay-Z (which appeared on The Black Album).

Links To Peel
Peel was generally an admirer of reggae music, especially the talents of Max Romeo, who he mentioned on the BBC 2002 documentary called Reggae: The Story Of Jamaican Music, where Peel called Romeo's big hit 'Wet Dream' track as a great pop record with the lyrics 'lie down girl, let me push it up push it up'.

Shows Played
1999 2002
 * 18 February 1999: One Step Forward (LP: War Ina Babylon) Island
 * 23 February 1999: Sipple Out Deh (7") Upsetter
 * 11 November 1999: 'Tan And See (LP-War Ina Babylon)' (Island)
 * 26 November 2002: Public Enemy No.1 (7") Camel
 * 26 November 2002: One Step Forward (7") Island
 * 20 December 2002 (BBC World Service): One Step Forward (with the Upsetters)