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Tag Archives: Fine Young Cannibals
Back with a Special Beat Service – the Dave Wakeling interview
It gets a tad confusing with a few of the bands doing the rounds again all these years on, not least when original members have gone their separate ways, starting their own versions of the same group. Take The Beat, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Tone, California, Dave Wakeling, Fine Young Cannibals, General Public, Here We Go Love, I Just Can't Stop It, John Peel, Mick Jones, OTT, Ranking Roger, Roddy Radiation, Saxa, Special Beat Service, Stand Down Margaret, The Beat Birmingham, The English Beat, The Selecter, The Specials, The Undertones, Tiswas
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Still Holding The Flame – The Roland Gift interview
It was an appreciation of the soulful voice of Otis Redding that helped inspire Roland Gift to seek out a life as a performer. The Birmingham-born singer and actor was only six when Redding was killed in a plane crash … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Cox, Brakes, Christine Keeler, David Steele, Fine Young Cannibals, Good Thing, Hull, Johnny Come Home, Johnny Edgecombe, Profumo Affair, Roland Gift, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, Saxa, Scandal, She Drives Me Crazy, The Beat, The Clash, The Raw and the Cooked
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