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Ska Legend Jerome Hines Dies
Ska legend Jerome Hines has died. He was 80. The famed Jamaican musician died earlier this month after a short illness. Hines was a guitarist with 60s band Skatalites and was credited with creating the sound of Ska.
Hines was 22-years-old when he first started to learn how to play guitar after borrowing the instrument from his blind father.
In his later years he was a reluctant live performer and refused to travel outside Jamaica.
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READ MOREHines was 22-years-old when he first started to learn how to play guitar after borrowing the instrument from his blind father.
In his later years he was a reluctant live performer and refused to travel outside Jamaica.
-Check out The Skatalites Biography
(This news article provided by World Entertainment News Network)
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