Favorite Bands You Might Not Know #10 - 10 Foot Ganja Plant

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Having finished up my 70's R&B Songs series, it's time for another. Since I am, at the moment, doing a Live Bands countdown, I figured I'd stick with the "Band" theme. Not to be confused with the Underrated Bands thing I did awhile back, here are my Favorite Bands You Might Not Know (with not one band making both lists!) #10: 10 Foot Ganja Plant. New York-based reggae band 10 Foot Ganja Plant formed in Boston in 1999 as a spinoff group from reggae group John Brown's Body. Not much is known about 10 Foot Ganja Plant, as the band is veiled in a cloak of secrecy (although reportedly, no members currently double down with John Brown's Body.) The band member's names have always been kept secret, although if you do a Google search, under the Wikipedia link option, members are listed as Kevin Kinsella, Craig Welsh, and Ras Jay Champany. The Wikipedia page itself, however, lists no one and also touts the "shroud of secrecy." All I know is that the band's website is no help,either. The guys don't even take credit for the reggae album reviews that they post. Playing roots and dub reggae, often within the same song, 10 Foot Ganja Plant do it the right way. There are no guest dancehall toaster's to boost sales (I've never understood the popularity of dancehall. I can count the number of toaster's that I enjoy on one hand. I'm just old school, I guess.) They also don't do pop reggae, or "reggae light," such as what Third World became (Maxi Priest would be another example.) Nope, 10 Foot Ganja Plant does roots and dub. And they do it well. And for that I thank them. (Info verified by Wikipedia)