Nearlin 'Lyn' Taitt obituary

He helped create the rock-steady styleThe Trinidadian guitarist "Lyn" Taitt, who has died of cancer aged 75, was one of the most important contributors to the rock-steady style that ruled Jamaica in the mid-1960s. Taitt's intricate picking defined many a rock-steady standard, while his skill as an arranger brought numerous hits in the ska style that preceded rock steady, as well as the early reggae style that followed.The second of four sons fathered by a shipwright in San Fernando, Trinidad, Ta...

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