Died On This Date (January 20, 2010) Lyn Tait / Influential Reggae Guitarist
themusicsover Lyn Taitt
June 22, 1934 – January 20, 2010
Lyn Taitt was a reggae guitarist best known for his work on rocksteady recordings. As a child, Taitt first learned to play the steel drum, but by his mid teens he switched over to guitar. His style was percussive and inventive, making him one of the first stand-outs of ska and rocksteady. Over the course of his career, he played on hundreds of records, and worked with producers like the great Joe Gibbs and Coxsone Dodd. His guitar work has graced records by the likes of Lee Scratch Perry, Bob Marley, Desmond Dekker and Ken Boothe. In 1968, he moved to Canada where he stayed an active part of the Montreal reggae scene well into the 21st century. Lyn Tait died of cancer on January 10, 2010. He was 75.
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Trevor Rhone was a Jamaican actor, playwright and director. He helped popularize reggae, particularly in America with the script he wrote to the 1972 movie, The Harder The Come” which starred Jimmy Cliff and several other reggae artists. The film and its soundtrack introduced Jamaican culture and music to many in the US. The film featured songs performed by Cliff, the Maytals, Desmond Dekker and more. Trevor Rhone died of a heart attack on September 15, 2009. He was 69 years old.