The Rough Guide to Reggae 3

by Dalton, Peter; Barrow, Steve

• ISBN13: 9781843533290
• ISBN10: 1843533294
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-27
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

This expanded and updated third edition of The Rough Guide to Reggae tells the extraordinary story of recorded music in Jamaica, from folk traditions and 1950s mento through to dancehall and bashment, giving you the lowdown on ska, rocksteady, roots, dub, ragga and lover's rock, as well as reggae's offshoots around the globe. The book focuses on the singers and DJs, the equally important producers and session musicians, and the sound systems. Throughout, there are interviews and features on the major artists, and reviews of hundreds of discs on CD and vinyl. Extensive illustrations include images by top photographers Adrian Boot and David Corio, plus classic record covers and ephemera. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Steve Barrow, and Peter Dalton, have been involved in the music for more than twenty years. Steve runs the highly acclaimed Blood and Fire reissue label; Peter is an avid collector and has worked as a columnist for Dub Catcher magazine

Table of Contents

Introduction	x
1 The beginnings: mento to ska	1	(52)
Jamaican folk traditions	4	(2)
Mento and the birth of Jamaica's record industry	6	(5)
The birth of the sound system	11	(19)
Ska authentic	30	(17)
Jamaican jazz	47	(6)
2 Rudeboys and rocksteady	53	(32)
Rudeboy music	56	(7)
Get ready, it's rocksteady - Duke Reid and Coxsone	63	(12)
Catch this beat: the new producers	75	(10)
3 Early reggae	85	(48)
The Big Three in the reggae era	89	(11)
Promotions to the premier league	100	(13)
New producers enter the arena	113	(7)
Wake the town: how the deejays came to rule the nation	120	(7)
Rebel music and Rasta chants	127	(6)
4 Roots reggae	133	(80)
Bob Marley and the Wailers	136	(9)
The UK connection	145	(7)
The producer as auteur	152	(29)
The small axes	181	(6)
Cultural toasters	187	(8)
The mainstream	195	(8)
Roots harmonies	203	(4)
Some reflective Rastamen	207	(6)
5 Dub	213	(32)
Instrumental, chapter and version	216	(3)
Dubwise shower	219	(11)
Dub explosion	230	(6)
Dubbing into the 1980's	236	(9)
6 Dancehall	245	(44)
Roots Tradition, the Roots Radics and Barrington Levy	247	(7)
Deejay dominance	254	(7)
Dance pon the riddim	261	(5)
Henry 'Junjo' Lawes rules the dancehall	266	(5)
Prince Jammy	271	(2)
Sugar Minott	273	(5)
Sly & Robbie	278	(4)
Channel One and Joe Gibbs	282	(2)
Worries in the dance: more producers join the crowd	284	(5)
7 Ragga	289	(64)
The birth of ragga	295	(2)
King Jammy	297	(5)
Jammy's first rivals	302	(5)
Gussie Clarke	307	(2)
Jammy's employees go it alone	309	(3)
Donovan Germain	312	(7)
Ragga sing a hit song	319	(8)
Deejay confrontation	327	(26)
8 Rasta renaissance	353	(28)
Bobo dread deejays, chanters and singers	371	(7)
A new generation of cultural singers	378	(3)
9 Reggae in Britain	381	(42)
Early sounds 1954-74	384	(3)
Roots, rock, reggae, UK style	387	(7)
Lovers rock	394	(7)
From deejays to ragga	401	(8)
The roots revival	409	(14)
10 Reggae in the USA	423	(16)
US reggae takes root	426	(2)
NY dancehall and ragga	428	(11)
11 African reggae	439	(6)
Glossary	445	(7)
A reggae chronology	452	(5)
Books, magazines and websites	457	(16)
Index	473