This Is Reggae - My Life in Jamaican Music, from Zap Pow to Bob Marley and the Wailers

For more than six decades, reggae legend Glen DaCosta has worked as a musician, songwriter and producer. As a session player, his distinctive sax sound backed many international reggae stars at Joe Gibbs' Studio and Lee Scratch Perry's Blackheart Studio. Twenty-two years in the writing, his revealing memoir gives an insider's view of the Jamaican popular music industry, and recounts his fascinating childhood and years on the road with Bob Marley and the Wailers and Zap Pow.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Introduction: King of Reggae

1.¿The Alpha Boy

2.¿Work and Family

3.¿The Army and Independence

4.¿A History of Jamaican Music

5.¿Zap Pow

6.¿Session Man

7.¿In the Studio with Bob Marley

8.¿The Day They Shot Bob Marley

9.¿Exodus and Kaya

10.¿The Survival Tour of 1979

11.¿Whatever Happened to Zap Pow?

12.¿Becoming a Reggae Ambassador

13.¿Zap Pow, Again

14.¿The Legend of Bob Marley

15.¿Within Reach

Appendix 1. A Glen DaCosta Discography

Appendix 2. A Conversation with Bob Marley's Childhood Friend, Joe James

Appendix 3. The Sledge Exchange

Index

About the author

Glen DaCosta lives in St. Mary, Jamaica.Dave Peters lives in San Antonio, Texas.

Product details

• Authors: Glen DaCosta, Dave Peters, Peters Dave
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.2023
• EAN: 9781476691640
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-9164-0
• No. of pages: 151
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 204 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Reggae, Jamaica, Reggae and Ska, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Reggae, Popular Music, reggae; musician