Dowding was born in 1944, his mother, Maria Cathcart Dowding a home maker and his father, Frank Dowding, a bookkeeper.[1] He adopted the stage name Kiddus, which is Amharic for "blessed one", after becoming a Rastafarian.[1] In 1971, he set up a Rastafarian commune and craft centre located between uptown and downtown Kingston, which became a unique feature of a city generally divided by social class.[1][2]
Dowding was a member of Ras Michael's Sons Of Negus from 1971 to 1978, singing and playing funde drums. He recorded several self-productions in 1972 with Aston Barrett at Joe Gibbs' studio, but these were not released due to lack of funds. Rockers director Theodoros Bafaloukos had seen Kiddus recording "Graduation In Zion" in 1976, two years before the film was made, and decided to film Kiddus recording the track as part of the movie.A1 Crying Wolf A2 Too Fat A3 Security In The Streets B1 Love Child B2 Love Child Dub B3 Graduation In Zion B4 Give I Strenght C1 Fire Burn C2 Salvation C3 Harder D1 Harder Dub D2 Time D3 Time Dub D4 Crying Wolf (Nyabinghi Take)
