The Monterey Festival became legendary also because it was one of Jimi Hendrix’s first major appearances in the United States. Although he was barely known in the U.S., despite having played in several bands in the 1960s, he got the audience on their feet in just thirty minutes.

Laurel Aitken: The Fantastic Laurel Aitken While Desmond is the King of Ska, Laurel Aitken is the Godfather. In the late ‘50s, the Cuban native worked with Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, and released a number of singles in England in the ‘60s, leading to a rise in popularity of the genre there. He was so prolific that it’s difficult to really find a vinyl record that encapsulates his career, but The Fantastic Lauren Aitken, a reissue of a 1970 rarity, helps illustrate the beauty in his voice, his tenderness and sometimes vulgar lust, and how he helped ska and reggae move forward, especially with his popularity in Britain and influence on the 2 Tone movement.

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