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ribeye
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One of mine as well. Saw him, them (General Public), a long time ago.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:30 pm Post subject: Re: R.I.P. Ranking Roger |
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| ribeye wrote: |
One of mine as well. Saw him, them (General Public), a long time ago. |
I was lucky enough to see both GP and English Beat back in the day. Fun shows . . .
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For those going, who? . . . In the end, Ranking Roger and Dave Wakeling had quite a pedigree.
After the break-up of The Beat in 1983, Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger went on to form General Public [which included former members of Dexys Midnight Runners, The Specials and The Clash] and had a couple of hit singles in the US and Canada, while Andy Cox and David Steele formed Fine Young Cannibals with vocalist Roland Gift from the ska band Akrylykz. Drummer Everett Morton and Saxa formed The International Beat along with the Birmingham-based singer, Tony Beet, and the band released an album titled The Hitting Line on Blue Beat Records in 1990 (BBSLP 009). The album was produced by Ranking Roger and he often guested with the band at some of their shows. The International Beat toured the UK and United States before calling it a day in 1992. Ranking Roger also briefly joined Mick Jones' post-Clash band Big Audio Dynamite and performed at several live shows with the band. [Wiki]
Great in the studio or Live as HERE or BIG Live HERE
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| ribeye wrote: | For those going, who? . . . In the end, Ranking Roger and Dave Wakeling had quite a pedigree.
After the break-up of The Beat in 1983, Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger went on to form General Public [which included former members of Dexys Midnight Runners, The Specials and The Clash] and had a couple of hit singles in the US and Canada, while Andy Cox and David Steele formed Fine Young Cannibals with vocalist Roland Gift from the ska band Akrylykz. Drummer Everett Morton and Saxa formed The International Beat along with the Birmingham-based singer, Tony Beet, and the band released an album titled The Hitting Line on Blue Beat Records in 1990 (BBSLP 009). The album was produced by Ranking Roger and he often guested with the band at some of their shows. The International Beat toured the UK and United States before calling it a day in 1992. Ranking Roger also briefly joined Mick Jones' post-Clash band Big Audio Dynamite and performed at several live shows with the band. [Wiki]
Great in the studio or Live as HERE or BIG Live HERE |
Another really fun band from those days.
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