The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh & Wailer
| Author: | Colin Grant |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Publish Date: | June 20, 2011 |
| ISBN-10: | 0393081176 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780393081176 |
| List Price: | $26.95 |
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Title: The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh & Wailer
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Over one dramatic decade, a trio of Trenchtown R&B crooners swapped their 1960s Brylcreem hairdos and two-tone suits for 1970s battle fatigues and dreadlocks to become the Wailers-one of the most influential groups in popular music. Colin Grant presents a lively history of this remarkable band from their upbringing in the brutal slums of Kingston to their first recordings and then international superstardom. With energetic prose and stunning, original research, Grant argues that these reggae stars offered three models for black men in the second half of the twentieth century: accommodate and succeed (Marley), fight and die (Tosh), or retreat and live (Livingston). Grant meets with Rastafarian elders, Obeah men (witch doctors), and other folk authorities as he attempts to unravel the mysteries of Jamaica's famously impenetrable culture. Much more than a top-flight music biography, The Natural Mystics offers a sophisticated understanding of Jamaican politics, heritage, race, and religion-a portrait of a seminal group during a period of exuberant cultural evolution.
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Biography & autobiography > Composers & musicians
Music > History & criticism
Music > Genres & styles / reggae
Book Details Summary: The title of this book is The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh & Wailer and it was written by Colin Grant. This edition of The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh & Wailer is in a Hardcover format. This books publish date is June 20, 2011 and it has a suggested retail price of $26.95. It was published by W W Norton & Co Inc and has 305 pages in the book. The 10 digit ISBN is 0393081176 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780393081176. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.
Over one dramatic decade, a trio of Trenchtown R&B crooners swapped their 1960s Brylcreem hairdos and two-tone suits for 1970s battle fatigues and dreadlocks to become the Wailers-one of the most influential groups in popular music. Colin Grant presents a lively history of this remarkable band from their upbringing in the brutal slums of Kingston to their first recordings and then international superstardom. With energetic prose and stunning, original research, Grant argues that these reggae stars offered three models for black men in the second half of the twentieth century: accommodate and succeed (Marley), fight and die (Tosh), or retreat and live (Livingston). Grant meets with Rastafarian elders, Obeah men (witch doctors), and other folk authorities as he attempts to unravel the mysteries of Jamaica's famously impenetrable culture. Much more than a top-flight music biography, The Natural Mystics offers a sophisticated understanding of Jamaican politics, heritage, race, and religion-a portrait of a seminal group during a period of exuberant cultural evolution.
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Click on this books subject categories to see related titles:
Biography & autobiography > Composers & musicians
Music > History & criticism
Music > Genres & styles / reggae
Book Details Summary: The title of this book is The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh & Wailer and it was written by Colin Grant. This edition of The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh & Wailer is in a Hardcover format. This books publish date is June 20, 2011 and it has a suggested retail price of $26.95. It was published by W W Norton & Co Inc and has 305 pages in the book. The 10 digit ISBN is 0393081176 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780393081176. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.
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