Welcome to Ska Boom Interviews, which is the audio companion to my book Ska Boom: An American Ska & Reggae Oral History now available from DiWulf Publishing and Amazon.   The goal of this podcast is talk about ska with an emphasis on American ska history and the bands, musicians and people who have helped to create and influence a uniquely American version of ska and reggae that spans from the late 70s until today.  In this episode, I’m speaking with Jayson Nugent – guitarist for The Slackers. Nugent has been a member of the band for the last 15 years, but has been a long time fixture of the New York City ska community, helping to start New York City 3rd wave ska band Agent 99, before going on to perform with Stubborn All Stars, Victor Rice and Version City Rockers. Nugent has also diligently released music under the the Crazy Baldhead moniker and has produced a who’s who of American ska bands. I speak to Nugent about how he was introduced to ska and reggae, his guitar and guitar influences as well as a discussion about his time in late 90s 3rd wave ska band Agent 99 and how he ended up joining the Slackers and then talk about his work as a producer. Episode produced by Marc Wasserman and engineered by Rob George. Please note: The music clips included in this podcast fall under the “Fair Use Doctrine” as defined by Section 107 of the Copyright Act. The law allows for use of music clips for purposes of criticism, comment, and news reporting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices