Let’s get this straight: Dave Wakeling is not a medical doctor. Nor is he a licensed physical therapist. But the founding singer/guitarist of The English Beat knows what works for the health and well-being of his 68-year-old body, so he’s self-prescribed steady sessions of PST: Professional Ska Therapy. “I had...
But the founding singer/guitarist of The English Beat knows what works for the health and well-being of his 68-year-old body, so he’s self-prescribed steady sessions of PST: Professional Ska Therapy.
And it’s something he’s practiced every night on his current tour opening for Adam Ant that started in March and runs through May. Fans will get to hear EB standards like “Mirror in the Bathroom,” “Save It for Later,” “Best Friend,” “Too Nice to Talk To” and “Tears of a Clown” when the tour comes to Houston’s House of Blues on April 20.
“And if they didn’t have something, they’d order if for you. It was so much more personal than today where on a it will tell you ‘If you like U2, then you’ll love Radiohead.’” One time, it was Devo’s wildly offbeat cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction”—which he likened to UB40’s “Cherry Oh! Baby” mixed with Industrial music. He also recalls meeting the band one time, telling them that story, and noting that he knew if. And then trying to get it back home as fast as I could to hear it and being so excited, but not wanting to fall off my bike and break it. I would use the handles then!” he laughs.
Its sound is slower, with extensive political and social commentary. “Doors of Your Heart” and “Get-a-Job” were the best-known numbers, with “Drowning” and “All Out to Get You” hitting more in the UK . “But it turned out to be true! They have these great records by Prince Nico Mbarga and Ebenezer Obey. I mean, it looked like a front for something that you had to speak code in. ‘Oh yes, um, I’d likeHe also recalls going into an instrument shop around the same time at the behest of David Steele where the group obtained a number of Saharan percussion instruments to use in the studio. None of which they knew how to play, at least initially.“Then we got a Chinese water gong.
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