Hi There – If you remember 2-Tone sound of the late 1970s and early 1980s – then You’re sure to know these two…
Specials first big hit Gangsters… which my guitar students Chris, Paul and Sohrab played live, up on stage with a full band.
The sound you will hear is taken off the mixing desk.. with pictures from workshops showing students getting ready, without any audience or lights. and then students up on stage playing in front of family and friends, creating magical musical memories..
And here’s the original Gangsters… no not The Specials… but the record the Specials based Gangsters on… Prince Buster’s Al Capone…
And then our students finished the Ska section of the Special Summer Show, with Monkey Man… a regular that The Specials would do as an encore…
Monkey Man which was made popular a few years back by the Late Amy Winehouse…
Amy’s version had the energy of the Specials, though her style is closer to the original by Toots and The Mayalls
Til Next Time…
Andre
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