There and Black Again

The Autobiography of Don Letts

Don Letts, Mal Peachy

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Omnibus Press
17 October 2024

Rap & Hip-Hop; Reggae; Biography: arts & entertainment

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 Clash's White Riot tour as manager of The Slits and become one of the UK's most highly regarded video directors just as the MTV boom hit.

By: Don Letts, Mal Peachy
Imprint: Omnibus Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781915841421
ISBN 10: 1915841429
Publication Date: 17 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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 (Jan-March 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 brief reunion tour in 2011. Mal Peachey has written for Vox, Time Out, the Daily Telegraph and many other publications. He is currently editor-in-chief of Rocket 88 Books.

Reviews for There and Black Again: The Autobiography of Don Letts

"""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"