As the title implies, this is a book of oral histories - stories from those people who were part of the amazing Jamaican music scene of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s and who watched the music develop and form into what became one of the world's most popular genres of music. There is, expectedly, a bit of braggadocio, lots of devastatingly sad stories, and plenty of laugh-out-loud moments. These stories come from a variety of insiders, many of whom are reggae greats, and to understand these people is to understand the music.
