In the world of music, few names resonate with the raw emotion and tragic brilliance of Don Drummond. A virtuoso trombonist and founding member of The Skatalites, Drummond was a pivotal figure in shaping Jamaican music as we know it today.… Read More
Nearlin “Lynn” Taitt was born on June 22, 1934 in San Fernando, Trinidad. When he was eight years old, he and his four brothers started a steel pan band called Seabees, the name taken after the classic John Wayne film, The Fighting Seabees.… Read More
Recently I was hanging out on tour with my friends Jesse Wagner and Roger Rivas, singer/guitarist and organist respectively of L.A. early-reggae group The Aggrolites. We somehow got onto the subject of past interviews we had given, and how frequently in the course of these interviews we had encountered… Read More
