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RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

For those of you fans of reggae and ska (not so many around here on the latter), one of Jamaica's musical pioneers has just passed away.

http://www.radiojamaica.com/news/story.php?category=2&story=24957

If you don't know who he is, get studying.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Dekker

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

Wow. And damn. 64 is too young.

stumptown · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 1:14 am Post subject:

What a shame. I listened to an Afropop Worldwide radio program on the history of ska it said that he was the reason ska broke through and became recognized internationally.