Basil Gabbidon

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|10|29|df=y}}

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| origin = Buff Bay, Jamaica

| instrument = Guitar

| genre = Reggae

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| years_active = 1975–present

| label = RunCum Music

| associated_acts = Steel Pulse

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Basil Glendon Gabbidon (born 29 October 1955) is a British Jamaican guitarist / vocalist and a founding member of the reggae band Steel Pulse.{{cite book |title=Reggae: the rough guide |authorlink=Steve Barrow |last=Barrow |first=Steve |author2=Peter Dalton |author3=Jonathan Buckley |page=[https://archive.org/details/reggaeroughguide00barro/page/333 333] |year=1997 |publisher=Rough Guides |isbn=978-1-85828-247-3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/reggaeroughguide00barro/page/333 }}

Gabbidon lives in Birmingham, England, and recorded the album Reggae Rockz{{cite news |title=Get ready to rock |url=http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/mail/tm_objectid=14520221&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=get-ready-to-rock-name_page.html |work=Birmingham Evening Mail |date=11 August 2004 |accessdate=4 February 2010 }} with Paul Beckford (bass guitar), Colin Gabbidon (drums), Faisal X (keyboards), Sonia Clarke (vocals), Anne Marie Chambers (vocals), Candi Gabbidon (vocals) and other session musicians. The band has played at the Glade Festival, Irie Vibes Festival, Flyover Show{{cite news|title=Crossover sounds under the flyover |url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/whats-on-coventry-warwickshire/music-news/2008/05/30/crossover-sounds-under-the-flyover-92746-20998147/ |work=Coventry Telegraph |date=30 May 2008 |accessdate=4 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313090833/http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/whats-on-coventry-warwickshire/music-news/2008/05/30/crossover-sounds-under-the-flyover-92746-20998147/ |archivedate=13 March 2012 }} as well as having a residency at The Public in West Bromwich.