
BUSTER, HE SOLD THE HEAT WITH A ROCKSTEADY BEAT
by Kenan Malik
So long, sorry we had to go so soon. Since music is the food of love, I’ll forever sing on. Prince Buster, Ghost Dance I grew up with Two Tone – The Specials, Madness, The Selecter, The Beat. And so I grew up with Prince Buster, the singer and producer who inspired all these bands (Madness, originally called Morris and the Minors, renamed themselves in 1978 after a Prince Buster track). His death last week was losing another of the […]
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