Welcome back to the Ska Boom podcast!  This season is called Soul Salvation and its the companion to my new book “Soul Salvation – A Gen X Love Letter To The English Beat."

Through the book and this podcast I’m telling the story of the Special Beat Service album which embodies both the brilliance and the bittersweet end of the English Beat whose songs served as a soundtrack for thousands of Gen Xers like me.  

The book and this podcast is my tribute to the band’s final, triumphant act – which initially was largely overlooked – and how their music and the love of a young woman changed me forever.

This week I’m telling the story of the International Beat, the band formed by English Beat saxophonist Saxa and drummer Everett Morton after the demise of the original band in 1983. While members of the Fine Young Cannibals and General Public reinvented themselves and found pop success, the two most overlooked members of the band may have been partially responsible for kicking off the American ska boom of the 90s.

My new book Soul Salvation: A Gen X Love Letter To The English Beat is now available from DiWulf.com and from Amazon globally. 

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