Thursday, November 10, 2011

Song of the Day aka World's Slowest Radio Station

World's Slowest Radio Station or WSRS (KSRS east of the Mississippi) is a feature wherein I try to hip you to a cool track that I'm currently listening to, or heard recently on the radio, or which seems particularly timely. Kinda like a free form radio station like WABX back in the heyday of FM Radio. Today's Song of the Day is by Englands Specials, sometimes known as Specials AKA. A band formed in 1977 led by Terry Hall and Jerry Dammers. Their music is known as "ska" which was basically to Jamaican Reggae what the early American Rock N Roll was to authentic down home Blues Music. It was an ethnically based music played by English kid's barely out of their teens. They had a lot of hits in the UK. Probably the best known on these shores was "Message To You Rudy." This is one of their later tracks, "Dawning of a New Era." They still tour today under the leadership of Terry Hall. A little blast of energy and attitude on a sleepy Thursday morning!

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