Ska 4U » reggae http://ska4u.com Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:18:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Sweet Summer Sounds of The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies http://ska4u.com/2009/08/sweet-summer-sounds-of-the-cherry-poppin-daddies/ http://ska4u.com/2009/08/sweet-summer-sounds-of-the-cherry-poppin-daddies/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:30:33 +0000 Buster the Ska Doggie http://ska4u.com/?p=1347 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.

SusquehannaThe Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
“Blood Orange Sun” (mp3)
from “Susquehanna”
(Space Age Bachelor Pad)

More On This Album

The Daddies had a hit in the late 90′s with Zoot Suit Riot, which was more swing than ska, thereby annoying some of their ska fans even as they hit the big time. They just released a full-on ska CD, Skaboy JFK: The Skankin’ Hits of the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies taking the skankin-est tracks from their 20 year+ career and serving ‘em up on one album. The ode to closing time pick-up fiasco/tragicomedy, “2:29” is up as a free mp3 at AlternativeAddiction. Check it – excellent song and yes it’s ska, my puppies!

This has been, Buster The Ska Doggie, signing off.  More band features coming soon. Oh hey, thanks for the sweet emails this summer – I will get to all of them! It’s just that the weather is so nice I can’t seem to stay inside the dog house =) Woof for now


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That’s right, ska rock vets Reel Big Fish and two-tone ska legends The English Beat, along with Orlando, FL reggae/ska punks The Supervillains, are on tour together this summer. Reel Big Fish front man Aaron Barrett says the band is amped to be touring with one of its musical idols. Barrett explains, “We are so excited to be playing with one of our favorite bands of all time and one of the biggest influences on our music!!  We LOVE the English Beat. This tour is a dream come true for us!”   The English Beat front man Dave Wakeling responds, “I was thrilled many years ago to be invited to play at Reel Big Fish’s first album release party, and we are thrilled again to be touring with them now that they are bona fide Skadfathers!”

For tour dates and updates (and a cool song about a dude’s girl leaving him for another girl!) go to: www.myspace.com/reelbigfish!

Buster is pleased.

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King Django and the Stubborn Records posse have a most excellent podcast which we highly recommend to fans of sweet ska, reggae, dub, punk and rock steady soundz. They play some gr8 brand new releases, and talk some hella funny sh!t, too.

Tune in at Version City and enjoy!

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