Reggae Bloodlines: In Search of the Music and Culture of Jamaica - Stephen T. Davis - Paperback - 1st Da Capo Press edition

'Reggae Bloodlines', originally published in 1977 and here updated with a new afterword, was the first book to tell the story of the music of the Jamaican people and their spiritual nationality, the Brotherhood of Rastafari. It includes interviews with reggae's master musicians-Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Toots Hibbert, Big Youth, Peter Tosh, Augustus Pablo, Max Romeo-and Prime Minister Michael Manley; reportage on Jamaican politics; and sorties into the nation's lush interior in search of the ganja fields of Kali Mountain and the legendary Maroon enclaves.Simon, Peter is the author of 'Reggae Bloodlines: In Search of the Music and Culture of Jamaica - Stephen T. Davis - Paperback - 1st Da Capo Press edition' with ISBN 9780306804960 and ISBN 0306804964.