Tag: Charlie Gillett

"There Are More Questions Than Answers"

Johnny Nash: Pop Reggae, 1972

Charlie Gillett — author of 1970 seminal roots rock history, Sound of the City — writes this review of Johnny Nash‘s 1972 LP, I Can See Clearly Now, for the Rolling Stone Record Review, which says, in part: It’s strange, but not accidental that the man who has brought Moog and

November 14, 2014 1 Comment

"Second Fiddle"

1973: The Year Pop Reggae Broke

You can count on one hand the number of times that reggae singles by Jamaican artists have cracked the Top 40 here in the States: “Israelites” by Desmond Dekker in 1969 (#9) and “Double Barrel” by Dave Barker and Ansel Collins in 1971 (#22). Two times [*actually, three – see

January 31, 2013 3 Comments