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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 …

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 …