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There and Black Again Don Letts

There and Black Again By Don Letts

There and Black Again by Don Letts


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InThere and Black Again, Don Letts looks back on his exceptional life, which has seen him befriend Bob Marley after sneaking into his hotel, join The Clashs White Riot tour as manager of The Slits and become one of the UKs most highly regarded video directors just as the MTV boom hit.

There and Black Again Summary

There and Black Again: The Autobiography of Don Letts by Don Letts

Don Letts filmmaker, musician, DJ, broadcaster, social commentator, husband and father has always defied conformity. A British-born son of Windrush parents, he seamlessly pivoted between Londons punk and reggae scenes earning his reputation as the Rebel Dread. This edition has been updated by Don for 2024.

In There and Black Again, Don Letts looks back on his exceptional life, which has seen him befriend Bob Marley after sneaking into his hotel, join The Clashs White Riot tour as manager of The Slits and become one of the UKs most highly regarded video directors just as the MTV boom hit.

Told in part as scenes from a movie shot on location in London, Kingston, New York City, Los Angeles, Windhoek, Salt Lake City and Goldeneye, There and Black Again co-stars a cast of hundreds, including Joe Strummer, John Lydon, Bob Marley, Chrissie Hynde, Chris Blackwell, Paul McCartney, Nelson Mandela, Keith Richards, Patti Smith, Chuck D., Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood.

With reflections on the Black Lives Matter movement and the highs and lows of personal relationships, this impactful book includes moments of civil unrest, live music, humour and political struggle. There and Black Again is the refreshing and often unexpected story of a man who has never been afraid to tread his own path.

There and Black Again Reviews

"Lavished with the author's cinematic eye" MOJO

"A hoot of a book ... but also probes the highs and lows of Letts's personal life and offering pertinent insights into race." The Irish Times

"The Don's tale, upgraded, expanded, marinated in late-life wisdom... even opening up on relationship roller-coasters. The fullest picture yet of the man behind the shades" Classic Rock

About Don Letts

Don Letts is as old as rock 'n' roll (b. 1956) and has lived a life infused with music, style and attitude. As DJ at London's premier punk venue The Roxy (1977) Don introduced punks to reggae, and Bob Marley to the punky-reggae party. He made his first film while working at The Roxy (The Punk Rock Movie) using a hand-held Super-8 camera. Twenty years later Don directed the most successful Jamaican movie of all time, Dancehall Queen. In 1979 he directed the video for 'London Calling' by The Clash, after which he became renowned as one of the world's most prolific and successful music video directors, going on to make more than 300 promos for artists as diverse as Elvis Costello, P.i.L and Ratt. Don co-wrote four hugely successful and influential Big Audio Dynamite albums and toured the world in the 1980s, performing in front of thousands of people. The band played sell-out gigs around the world on a reunion tour in 2011.

Additional information

NGR9781915841421
9781915841421
1915841429
There and Black Again: The Autobiography of Don Letts by Don Letts
New
Paperback
Omnibus Press
2024-10-17
320
N/A
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