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Joseph Benjamin Higgs (3 June 1940 – 18 December 1999) was a reggae musician from Jamaica. In the late 1950s and 1960s he was part of the duo Higgs and Wilson together with Roy Wilson. He was a popular artist in Jamaica for four decades and is also known for his work tutoring younger musicians including Bob Marley and the Wailers ...
Joe Higgs is one of the pioneers of the Jamaican music industry as well as a teacher and mentor to Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Jimmy Cliff and so many other Trenchtown...
18 de dic. de 2019 · Joseph Benjamin Higgs es uno de los grandes protagonistas de esta cultura. En cambio, su papel en la historia musical jamaicana quizá no sea tan conocido. Por ese motivo, HOY REPASAMOS el impacto de este magnífico artista.
26 de sept. de 2020 · Joe Higgs is a name still uncommon to many reggae fans today despite his vast contributions during a musical career of over three decades. He is described as the “Father of Reggae” by those...
22 de dic. de 1999 · Joe Higgs, the mentor to a generation of socially conscious reggae singers, died on Saturday at Kaiser Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 59 and lived in Los Angeles. The cause was cancer, said...
18 de jun. de 2015 · Joe Higgs will forever be one of the true legends of Jamaican music. To commemorate the release of the long lost Joe Higgs album, The Godfather of Reggae, double Grammy winning producer Native Wayne Jobson shares his memories of his time with the Great One :
Joe Higgs is one of the most crucial people in Jamaican music, through both his teachings which allowed other musicians to become great, and also through his own groundbreaking music at the beginnings of ska, rock steady and reggae.
