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- The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- Part I History
- Part II Technology and Timbre
- Part III Musical Style and Technique
- Part IV The Electric Guitar in Society
- Part V The Global Instrument
- Personal Take V: Azmyl Yunor
- 16 African Electrical Networks
- 17 Rhythm, Rasta, Rock, and “Electric Avenue”: The Electric Guitar in Anglo-Caribbean Popular Music
- 18 The Electric Guitar in Southeast Asia: A Serpentine Path
- Index
- References
17 - Rhythm, Rasta, Rock, and “Electric Avenue”: The Electric Guitar in Anglo-Caribbean Popular Music
from Part V - The Global Instrument
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 November 2024
- The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- Part I History
- Part II Technology and Timbre
- Part III Musical Style and Technique
- Part IV The Electric Guitar in Society
- Part V The Global Instrument
- Personal Take V: Azmyl Yunor
- 16 African Electrical Networks
- 17 Rhythm, Rasta, Rock, and “Electric Avenue”: The Electric Guitar in Anglo-Caribbean Popular Music
- 18 The Electric Guitar in Southeast Asia: A Serpentine Path
- Index
- References
Summary
The secondary status of the electric guitar in Anglo-Caribbean popular music is explored with an emphasis on recordings from the 1970s and 1980s, and reggae as the region’s most widely globalized music. Early guitarists in Jamaican popular music, Ernest Ranglin and Lynn Taitt, are referenced, alongside analyses of the instrument in the reggae recordings of The Wailers, and the works of Bob Marley and Peter Tosh featuring other players such as Donald Kinsey in lead guitar roles. The chapter utilizes first-hand interviews with key figures and also focuses on Eddy Grant as one of the most visible Caribbean guitarists through his international pop star career spanning several decades. The twenty-first-century emergence of the Trinidad-based metal act Orange Sky, fusing rock and reggae influences, is also discussed.
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- The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar , pp. 306 - 324Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024