Last month, I posted one of Alton's covers here, and reported my fears that, given that he'd been diagnosed with lymph cancer, he might not be with us much longer. http://mog.com/Baudolino/blog/190011He seemed to have recovered from his chemotherapy, but collapsed shortly after coming off stage in London in August, and his condition deteriorated. He died earlier today.He was a true giant of Ja...
From a report by the BBC: Reggae star Alton Ellis, known as "the Godfather of rocksteady", has died at the age of 70. The Jamaican-born singer, who moved to Britain in the 1970s, achieved fame with a number of hits, including "I'm Still in Love" and "I'm Just a Guy." He was a leading pioneer of the more laid-back "rocksteady" sound, which came out of Jamaica in the 1960s. Ellis was still pe...
