The Dead Straight Pocket Guide To Ska
Published on 1. September 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-911346-67-8 (ISBN)
Description
Ska originated in Jamaica in the late Ô50s and combined Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and R & B. It developed in the Ô60s, popular with British mods and later adopted by many skinheads. Here, O'Shea looks at the ways in which Ska changed music in the U.S.n the U.S.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Red Planet Publishing Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
331 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-911346-67-8 (9781911346678)
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Person
Mick O' Shea is an established writer with books about a diverse range of acts including Guns N' Roses (The Guns N' Roses Encyclopiedia) One Direction (5 Seconds of Summer) and Amy Winehouse (A Losing Game). He has also written both fact and fiction about the Sex Pistols and punk in general.