Treats

We are eating dinner last night when Shaubie mentions that the English Beat are playing in Breck, WTF? Doesn't anybody advertise? How are we supposed to know that one of the biggest bands responsible for the sound of music is playing in town? It was unreal, Dave Wakeling sounds like he did in 1982. He's a bit thicker but overall he handled playing a show at 9600 feet really well. Not bad for a guy pushing 50. I only got around to listening to them in '86 but, holy shit, they sounded good. Ranking Roger's son; Ranking Junior was great. Roger is no longer with the band. All of the big songs were played as well as General Public's hit, Tenderness perfect sound in a place with crappy acoustics, ska is good in the right doses. what a special thing to see, musical history. I used to know a guy who was bummed he would never see the English Beat again, things change.