The half that's never been told : the real-life Reggae adventures of Doctor Dread /
by Doctor Dread ; [with an introduction by Bunny Wailer].
- 256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Gregory Isaacs -- Oh, Jamaica -- Fatis -- South America -- RAS Records. Real Authentic Sound ; Peter Broggs ; Freddie McGregor ; Melodians ; Don Carlos and Michigan & Smiley ; Eeek-A-Mouse ; Brigadier Jerry ; Black Uhuru ; Cosxone Dodd ; Mad Professor/Ariwa ; Eddy Grant/Ice Records ; Live and Learn, Sky High, and Gong Sounds ; Charlie Chaplin ; Inner Circle ; Tiger ; Dancehall consciousness ; Tenor Saw ; Rastafari Elders ; Joseph Hill/Culture ; Augustus Pablo and Hugh Mundell ; The Marleys -- Early life -- This business called music -- Bunny Wailer -- Oh Doctor, please help me -- Bob Dylan -- Israel Vibration -- Freddie McGregor -- Gondwana -- The fish business.
Doctor Dread has committed his life to producing reggae music and releasing it on his label, RAS Records. He has become one of the world's foremost reggae producers, and has worked with almost all the genre's icons: Bunny Wailer, Black Uhuru, Ziggy and Damian Marley, Gregory Isaacs, etc. This book, full of behind-the-scenes stories, has shocking chapters that will reveal aspects of reggae never before explored.
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Doctor Dread, 1954- Doctor Dread, 1954-
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