Desmond Dekker- King of Ska-R.I.P.
Ska music pioneer, Desmond Dekker, is hereby nominated to the Clydesdale Hall of Fame for his giant contribution to the 10th Avenue wardrobe. If Mr. Dekker had not created the funky, pre-reggae, ska sound many of the 10th Ave boys would be absolutely shirtless, forced to display their gleaming white torsos to the world. Without Desmond Dekker there would be no Toasters, no Specials, no Slackers, no Sublime, and poor Rudy would never have known when, or where, to run.
Ska music remains the soundtrack of the intelligent drop-out, the anarchist, the individualists. It is what they play at counter-culture recess. Ska music is white boys with black Chuck Taylors doing the Peanuts dance on a packed and sweltering beer-slick dance floor. I raise a pint to all of the skaheads today, who have said goodbye to an icon.
Skankin’ but not skanky-
Juancho
Cool blog… a lovely and apt tribute to Dekker and your otter post made me laugh. Even if you’re not cycling’s answer to Steven Zisou, I think you can tell a catlike critter from an otterlike critter.
Thanks,
alyson, thisnext.com/blog
Amen
Steven Zisou? You have given me something to google, and I thought this was going to be a quiet night!
Oh yeah, I’ll put The Life Aquatic on my list since its BRC BunkerMovieMarathon right now until I beat the plague.