Download or read book Roots, Rock, Reggae written by Chuck Foster and published by Billboard Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told in the voices of reggae's major participants, these authoritative accounts chart the history, characteristics, and broad appeal of the music that originated in Jamaica, but has spread like wildfire throughout the world over the years to rise up in Africa and South America as well as England and America.