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RIP Jerome Hines
08/24/07
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(Contact Music) Ska legend Jerome Hines has died. He was 80. The famed Jamaican musician died earlier this month (13Aug07) after a short illness.

Hines was a guitarist with 60s band Skatalites and was credited with creating the sound of ska.
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