Desmond Dekker & The Aces with The Dynamites at Beverly’s
The Ultimate Guide to Great Reggae - The complete story of Reggae told through its greatest songs, famous and forgotten - Michael Garnice
Michael Garnice [+ ]
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Michael Garnice is best known for his groundbreaking early reggae website www.mentomusic.com and his writing about Bob Marley for Reggae Beat Magazine. He lives in New York City and writes for a number of reggae websites and magazines.
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This chapter covers the work of Desmond Dekker & the Aces. Dekker was the first Jamaican to have hit records outside of Jamaica with unadulterated reggae (Poor Me Israelites); he was also the first to collaborate on a rock/reggae LP (with Paul Simon).