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By Richard Gintowt
Published on May 09, 2007 at 10:15am
Two-tone torchbearers the English Beat released three legendary albums of proletariat ska-pop before disbanding in 1983 and splintering into Fine Young Cannibals and General Public. The latter featured singer-songwriter Dave Wakeling, who heads up the modern-day reincarnation of the English Beat. (Absent are Jamaican "toaster" Ranking Roger and everybody else.) Specials guitarist Lynval Golding recently joined the hard-touring group, allowing the ensemble to play Specials songs in addition to Wakeling's deep catalog of ska, pop, soul, reggae, calypso and punk.
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