Tommy McCook

Ivan Downey, the curator of the Australian Ska Archives, also involved with Calm Down Records have put out the latest Loring Groin album.

Definitely involved with lots of interesting movement in recording the Ska vendors with Dean Hilson their latest Tommy McCook releases we saw Reds Tribe on Friday and Saturday Night in Melbourne I'm pretty sure they're looking to do some recording with those guys get their music recorded because I don't think they've got anything recorded at all and they are superb such a good band Please check out Calm Down Records, check out the Australian Ska Archives.

Now, we did play Special Brew from Perth, their 2012 release In The Borough, and a track called In My Defence.

Now, news out of Perth, the reincarnated Special Brew are now called The Escalators, with an 8 in the middle.

Up next, The Busters, Tribute to the Scatolites.

The Scatterlites, a music country Who can forget this music complete And the many fans who rock to their feet Scatterlites, what their name and friends they wear It is the music we like to hear Drummond on trombone gave us the beat And Lloyd Nips on drums showed us the beat Tommy McCook and Mr. Alfonso Made Baba Brooks and the rest of their horn blow We'll be right back.

Well, that's why you have your little ska band there to keep the oddballs and costumes from raising cane.

That was Ska-Cha-Cha by Western Standard Time Scout Orchestra.

Mm-hmm.

I actually saw the originals, Tommy McCook, Roland Alphonso, Lloyd Brevett-

Mm

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I, I don't think it would be accurate to generalize, to say that that's like, that all Jamaican dub and reggae was h- was heavy at the time.

There's, there was always, like, melodic and kind of jaunty stuff being played by people like Tommy McCook, Keith-

Okay.

I sort of, I, I, I just identify that more with, like, some ska elem- elements to a certain extent.

Yeah, maybe I need to re-listen to some m- more Jamaican dub from this, this particular era.

But I, I just haven't-

You listen to like Tommy McCook.

Like Tommy McCook.

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Okay, Tommy McCook, Tommy McCook blowing his horn in the background, and, uh, we're gonna back it out for this last set real quick and, uh, get into our last one.

I've been having a lot of spontaneous, uh, inspiration here tonight, so longer sets.

Uh, Lee Perry with Captive, and a couple produced by Lee Perry, The Upsetters with Must Reach You, and of course, the original version from The Untouchables with Can't Reach You.