Ernest Ranglin’s innovative guitar style help shape the evolution of ska, reggae and Jamaican jazz. His seven-decade career includes playing on Bob Marley’s earliest songs, arranging the first global Jamaican hit – Millie Small’s My Boy Lollipop – and being part of the house band in Kingston’s renowned Studio One during its prolific mid ’60s period.
His pioneering influence can be heard in the music of The Specials, The Clash, No Doubt, Sublime and many others. Ranglin recently sat down with Guitar World to look back over his life in music.
