As an old MOD of the 60's era, let me throw in my opinion..I was at the first and the last gig Prince Buster played in the UK and also used to be a drummer in various bands playing all the clubs in the West end of London, and had the peasure of sitting inone night with Prince Buster.
Blue Beat, as you say isnt a genre but I believe it stands up on its own right...just as Motown was on the Motown label (I KNOW ITS TAMLA MOTOWN before someone starts to slate me) everyone refers to Motown..but its the motown sound, simply soul...Thats why in the 60's we referred to Ska as Blue Beat, because it w
