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b. Franklin Delano Alexander Braithwaite, 4 Apr 1949, Kingston, Jamaica, Western Indies, d. 2 June 1999, Kingston, Jamaica, Western Indies. In 1963, Braithwaite became a member of causes with Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer as the 4th person in the Wailers, followed by two support performers Beverley Kelso …

Jah Jerry (given birth to Jerome Hines) was among the initial members from the Skatalites in their formation (actually, the 3rd member to become listed on, after Roland Alphonso and Dizzy Johnny Moore). He discovered your guitar from Ernest Ranglin in the later ’40s and started playing with rings with …

b. Noel Williams, c.1945, Kingston, Jamaica, Western world Indies. Ruler Sporty was among the initial DJs to record with Coxsone Dodd at Studio room One, where he chanted over Delroy Wilson’s ‘Experience Great All Over’ and ‘I’m NOT REALLY A Ruler’, the second option of which liked a massive revival …

b. Kingston, Jamaica, Western Indies. Knibbs started his musical profession in the first 50s playing drums within the Val Bennett Music group. Bennett is most beneficial remembered for offering the tenor saxophone in the Upsetters’ UK Best 5 strike, ‘Come back Of Django’, in 1969. Knibbs afterwards joined up with …

The architect from the rocksteady sound in Jamaica, virtuoso guitarist Lyn Taitt (his name was Nerlynn Taitt, sometimes listed as Nearlin Taitt) was created in 1934 in San Fernando, Trinidad, where he was a steel pan player and a guitarist. He shifted to Jamaica in 1962, where he started working …