My Portland-based soul/ska/rocksteady band, The Sentiments, will be opening for 2-Tone ska legends, The English Beat. The show is on Friday, April 8th at the Wonder Ballroom. It's 21+ over. Any long-time listener of my show will know how much I love the original 2-Tone ska and what a formative influence it was on me. One of my very first records was the original Specials LP. Shortly thereafter, I discovered other 2-Tone bands like The English Beat, The Selecter, and Bad Manners. What a joy then, all these years later to be playing with Dave Wakeling and The English Beat. Purists will argue this is not The English Beat they grew up with. No, it's not the original lineup, but I argue, Dave wrote most of the songs and his current lineup of players are among the best musicians in the country. Keyboard player Ray Jacildo stands out - not only for his band The Soul Captives, his touring sting with The Aggrolites, his annual "Strange Manor Christmas" music collections, but also the fact he's a super cool guy. Maybe it's overstating it, but I liken playing with The English Beat an honor similar to a rock band getting to open for The Rolling Stones. How great is it that we get to share the stage with the musicians who've inspired who we are as people? Pretty fucking cool, I'd say.
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The Wailers, The Skatalites, Laurel Aitken, Desmond Dekker, Hepcat
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DJ Simmerdown is one of the longest-serving KPSU dj's. He launched "Rude Boy's Revenge & Coffee Hour" in January 1995 to spread his love of ska, rocksteady, skinhead reggae, and bluebeat to a wider audience. Since then, he and his show have become world-renowned. He runs Simmerdown Productions, a ska-centric record label that loses a lot of money, but releases a ton of great music. He promotes ska music all over the world, but has been instrumental in keeping ska music bands coming to Portland. On his show, he spins the latest and greatest ska music and sometimes host sets by some of the biggest names in ska. Some of those who've performed on his show include: Fishbone, The English Beat, Chris Murray, The Aggrolites, Westbound Train, and many, many others! Listen...you won't regret it.
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Program
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| TRACK TITLE | ARTIST | ALBUM |
|---|---|---|
| Tropical Christmas | Go Jimmy Go | Holiday Hell Yeah! |
| Eastern Standard Time | The Skatalites | Live at The Roseland Theater |
| Soon You'll Be Gone | Blues Busters | The Trojan Story |
| Cutback | Crazy Baldhead | Occupy Wall Street benefit single |
| Heatmiser | Unsteady | Christmas EP |
| Christmas Spirit of '69 | North Pole United | North Pole United |
| A Moose In A Maple Tree | Chris Murray | An All-Canadian 12 Days of Christmas |
| New Year's Day | The Slackers | Ganbare |
| Blue Christmas | Strange Manor | Strange Manor Christmas, Vol. V |
| World Upside Down | Jimmy Cliff | Sacred Fire EP |
| Heavyset | The Georgetown Orbits | Super Sonic |
| High All Night | Whiskey Avengers | Dead Man Rockin' |
| Smile | Fishbone (and friends) | Delivering Happiness |
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| TRACK TITLE | ARTIST | ALBUM |
|---|---|---|
| Rude & Reckless | The Slackers | Stashbox |
| Let Me Take You Out | The Beatdown | The Beatdown |
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| TRACK TITLE | ARTIST | ALBUM |
|---|---|---|
| Our Happiness is Guaranteed | Quasi | Quasi |
| I Never Want to See You Again | Quasi | Quasi |
| Uzi | Wu-Tang Clan | Iron Flag |
| It's Hard to Turn Me On | Quasi | Quasi |
| Back in the Game | Wu Tang Clan | Iron Flag |
| All My Friends | lcd soundsystem | sound of silver |
| Notorious B.I.G. | Notorious B.I.G | Born Again |
| New York I Love You but You're Dragging Me Down | lcd soundsystem | sound of silver |
| Personal Jesus | Depeche Mode | the best of depeche mode |
| The Information | Beck | the information |
| People are People | Depeche Mode | Best of Depeche Mode |
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| TRACK TITLE | ARTIST | ALBUM |
|---|---|---|
| Takin' It Uptown | The Kingpins | |
| Take It Or Leave It | Rome | |
| Last Train To Expo '67 | The Melodians | |
| Whine & Grine/Stand Down Margaret | the English Beat | Live On KPSU |
| Love Me | Sam Cooke & Coxsone Dodd | |
| Starvation | The Pepper Pots with The Pioneers | |
| Messin' Around | Deal's Gone Bad | |
| Simmer Down/Turn Your Lamp Down Low | The Skatalites & Doreen Shaffer | |
| Better Must Come | The Aggrolites | Live On KPSU |
| I'm Still In Love With You | Alton Ellis | |
| Runnin' Around | Chris Murray Combo | |
| Groping In The Dark | Eric Blowtorch & U Roy | |
| Beechwood 4-5789 | Isaac Green & The Skalars | |
| 'Til You Get There | Go Jimmy Go |
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