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The Skatalites have been described by Rolling Stone Magazine as “Jamaica’s answer to the Motown house band and Booker T. and the MG’s combined”. There would be no ska, rocksteady or reggae without the Skatalites’ influence in the early ‘60’s. Founding members Doreen Shaffer and Lester Sterling are still rocking it with newer members, some of whom have been with the band over 20 years, as many of the original ones have passed on.

Since 1991, The Slackers have been performing what Bandleader Vic Ruggiero, calls “Jamaican Rock N’ Roll.”

You can hear in their rhythms the sounds of Jamaican roots music like those done by The Skatalites and Early Wailers but its sung with a New York accent, and their original songs are written from an American perspective. Their reworking of genre, sounds something similar to what Bob Dylan, the Sonics, or the Rolling Stones would have sounded like if they grew up on as much Reggae and Ska as they did R&B.

Winston will be on hand with his Caribbean Island catering.