The Skatalites were perhaps too good to last. In 1964, the Jamaican government sent a delegation to the New York World's Fair to promote Jamaican music, specifically Ska.The visit was organized by government minister Edward Seaga, who chose Byron Lee and The Dragonaires over The Skatalites. That uptown middle-class bandleader Byron Lee had no connection to Ska was clear to everyone involved, and The Skatalites felt snubbed by the establishment.
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