This Is Reggae
My Life in Jamaican Music, from Zap Pow to Bob Marley and the Wailers
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2023
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9164-0 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9164-0 (ISBN)
For more than six decades, Reggae legend Glen daCosta has worked as a musician, songwriter and producer. As a session player, his distinctive sax sound backed many international Reggae stars at Joe Gibbs’ Studio and Lee Scratch Perry’s Blackheart Studio. His revealing memoir gives an insider’s view of the Jamaican popular music industry.
For more than six decades, reggae legend Glen DaCosta has worked as a musician, songwriter and producer. As a session player, his distinctive sax sound backed many international reggae stars at Joe Gibbs' Studio and Lee Scratch Perry's Blackheart Studio. Twenty-two years in the writing, his revealing memoir gives an insider's view of the Jamaican popular music industry, and recounts his fascinating childhood and years on the road with Bob Marley and the Wailers and Zap Pow.
For more than six decades, reggae legend Glen DaCosta has worked as a musician, songwriter and producer. As a session player, his distinctive sax sound backed many international reggae stars at Joe Gibbs' Studio and Lee Scratch Perry's Blackheart Studio. Twenty-two years in the writing, his revealing memoir gives an insider's view of the Jamaican popular music industry, and recounts his fascinating childhood and years on the road with Bob Marley and the Wailers and Zap Pow.
Glen DaCosta lives in St. Mary, Jamaica. Dave Peters lives in San Antonio, Texas.
Table of Contents
Introduction: King of Reggae
1. The Alpha Boy
2. Work and Family
3. The Army and Independence
4. A History of Jamaican Music
5. Zap Pow
6. Session Man
7. In the Studio with Bob Marley
8. The Day They Shot Bob Marley
9. Exodus and Kaya
10. The Survival Tour of 1979
11. Whatever Happened to Zap Pow?
12. Becoming a Reggae Ambassador
13. Zap Pow, Again
14. The Legend of Bob Marley
15. Within Reach
Appendix 1. A Glen DaCosta Discography
Appendix 2. A Conversation with Bob Marley’s Childhood Friend, Joe James
Appendix 3. The Sledge Exchange
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 02.08.2023 |
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Zusatzinfo | 27 photos, appendices, index |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 204 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock |
ISBN-10 | 1-4766-9164-9 / 1476691649 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-9164-0 / 9781476691640 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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