Seemed a bit slapdash and hastily put together compared to it's prog and soul predecessors.
No mention of Duke Vin or Count Suckle, two men who can quite literally claim to have introduced Jamaican music to the UK. Nothing about Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, probably the first UK based ska band. Misty In Roots totally ignored and John Peel's championing of the music also neglected. And where was Eddy Grant, a man who as a teenager wrote two of Prince Buster's greatest sides as well as having a hugely successful singing career.
Eric "The black wogs and coons and Arabs and fucking Jamaicans don't belong here" Clapton is given great credit, though!
Did, at least, have a few nice bits of vintage footage.Statistics: Posted by milchman — Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:16 pm
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