Farewell Byron Lee

 

Another legend passes… Byron Lee, best known for his work as Byron Lee & The Dragonaires died on Nov 4th 2008. A legend of Jamaican music his production credits include many early Toots & The Maytals ska outings and notable recordings like The Slickers “Johnny Too Bad” and works for Boris Gardiner and Hopeton Lewis. As well as being an prolific producer for nearly 50 years, Byron was a shrewd businessman and was the Jamaican distributor for Atlantic Records, his studio was so famous it attracted mainstream artist like Paul Simon & The Rolling Stones to record there… R.I.P

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