The Uptones bring SKA to Oakland’s Chinatown.
Check out:
the slide show by Alycia Ramirez-Leatherman before they go onstage.
LOOKING GOOD!
Ska-T is inspired, he just watched ‘Goodfellas’ in a video kiosk down the street.
Jeanne could care less.
August 2009
Before Sublime (and all the bands after that seem to squeeze juicy ska reggae dub vibes from the California surf and sun!) The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies were cookin’ up some sunshine of their own in the rainy northwest town of Eugene, Oregon. Their name was a sort of deliberate confrontation with the hyper-PC reality of their surroundings, and it worked, garnering them plenty of controversy, critique, and, well, packed houses full of sweaty happy dancers! Here’s a taste of their musically sophisticated work – a charming song with epic reggae horns and panoramic vocal harmonies. [click to continue…]