Lord Tanamo (born Joseph Abraham Gordon [LINK: http://www.last.fm/music/Lord+Tanamo] [1], 2 October 1934, Kingston, Jamaica) is best known as a mento and ska performer and songwriter. He helped create the sound we now know as ska, by combining elements of calypso gleaned from Lord Kitchener, with the lilting mento rhythms of his childhood.[LINK: http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2002-07-11/music_feature.php] [2] Career Tanamo plays the rumba box (also known as a bass lamellophone), an essential element of mento.[LINK: http://www.tallawah.com/bookings.html] [3] He enjoyed hits as the lead vocalist for The Skatalites, such as "I'm In The Mood For Ska", in 1965. He continued to record at least through the late 1970s, with singles and albums for record producers Coxsone Dodd, The Pottingers and Bunny Lee. In 1970, he recorded a cover of Brook Benton?s "Rainy Night

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