This is the first book devoted to the studio musicians who were central to Jamaica's popular-music explosion. With color portraits and interview excerpts, over 100 musical pioneers-such as Prince Buster, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and many of Bob Marley's early musical collaborators-provide new insights into the birth of Jamaican popular music in the recording studios of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Includes a listening guide of selected songs.

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Kenneth Bilby

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Introduction
WORDS AND IMAGES
Lammy Palmer and Emmanuel Palmer
Alerth Bedasse
Arthur Robinson (Bunny)
Cecil Campbell (Prince Buster)
Owen Gray
Jerome Haynes (Jah Jerry)
Evan Lloyd Richards (Richard Ace)
Ivanhoe Wilson and Members of the Zion Hill Congregation
George Dudley (Bunny)
Rafael Griffiths and Members of the Congregation of the African Reform Church of God
Lloyd Clayton (Bro. Job, Baba Job)
J. McLaughlin
Donald Manning
Herbert Armsby
Winston Grennan
Linford Brown (Hux)
Edgar Reid
David Powell (Lapi)
Neville Baker, Lucille Forbes, and Company
Vira Brown
Derrick Bell (Gus)
George Matthews (Kwabi)
Estavan Callaghan
Derrick Morgan
Headley Bennett (Deadly Headley)
Freedom Mento Band
Radcliffe Bryan (Dougie)
Kew Park Mento Band
Jackie Robinson
Owen Emmanuel (Count Owen)
Stanley Hunter (McBeth)
Kenneth Lara (Lord Laro)
Stanley Beckford (Stanley Turbyne)
Mount Peace Mento Band
Claudelle Clarke
Lloyd Robinson (Sarge)
Rev. Otis Wright
Derrick Harriott
George Fulwood (Fully)
Vincent Morgan
Winston Francis (Mr. Fix It)
Bertram McLean (Ranchie)
Alvin Patterson (Seeco)
Michael Henry (Ras Michael)
Noel Simms (Skully, Zoot Simms, Mr. Foundation)
Allena Robertson (Polly)
Eric MacDonald (Brother Joe)
Albert Hewitt (Brother Jack, Pa Jack)
Cedric Myton (Cedric Congos)
Glen Adams (Capo)
Bobby Aitken
Carlton Davis (Santa)
Roy Smith (Spar)
Clifton Jackson (Jackie Jackson)
Filberto Callender (Fil)
Larry Marshall
Earl Lowe (Little Roy)
Lee Perry (Scratch)
Joseph Hill
Leroy Wallace (Horsemouth)
Ansel Collins
Michael Richards (Mikey Boo)
Peter Austin
Johnny Moore (Dizzy Johnny)
Keith Anderson (Bob Andy)
Leroy Sibbles (Leroy Heptone)
Charles Cameron (Charley Organaire)
Leonard Dillon (The Ethiopian, Jack Sparrow)
Wilburn Cole (Stranger Cole)
Nearlin Taitt (Lynn Taitt)
Cecil "Sonny" Bradshaw
Cedric "Im" Brooks
Ronald Robinson (Nambo)
Eric Donaldson
Harris Seaton (B.B., Bibby)
Kenneth Farquharson (Ken Parker)
Dudley Sibley (Duds)
Maxwell Smith (Max Romeo)
Alva Lewis (Reggie)
Brent Dowe
Justin Hinds
Lloyd Parks
Samuel Scott
Joe Isaacs
Robert Shakespeare (Robbie)
Winston Riley
Robert Lyn
Lowell Dunbar (Sly)
Bobby Ellis
Ernest Ranglin
Gladstone Anderson
Tony Chin
Val Douglas (Dougie)
Michael Chung (Mikey, Mao)
Boris Gardiner
Larry McDonald
Joel Brown (Bunny, Noel)
Emmanuel Rodriguez (Rico)
Paul Douglas
Dwight Pinkney
Uzziah Thompson (Sticky)
Wycliffe Johnson and Cleveland Browne (Steely and Clevie)
Appendix A: Recommended Listening
Appendix B: Locations and Dates of Interviews and Field Recordings
Glossary
Further Reading
Index