Monday, 8 March 2010
Paper back of Original Rude Boy out in May, 2010
With loads of Specials tour stories from the sell out 2009 tour.
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The cover of the book - reproduced with permission
Original Rude Boy is a homage to Neville Staple - vocalist in The Specials. His biography has just been published by Aurum Press and the great man tells all about his time as a burglar, growing up in Jamaica, meeting the Coventry Automatics (later The Specials) and being a 2Tone legend.
Original Rude Boy - Neville Staple
The cover of the book - reproduced with permission
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- My parents made me watch boxing till it came out of my ears in the 1970s and 1980s. Errol Christie was a big hero of mine back then. On the music side of things, was there ever anything better than 2Tone and ska - I'd like to know.
Neville Staple
This is a blog for all those who think Specials vocalist Neville Staple's contribution to the 2Tone story has been constantly undervalued. That it's about time music fans knew and understood how rude boys like Neville played a huge part in the ska revolution of the early 1980s.