Soul Salvation - A Gen X Love Letter To The English Beat: The Clash & Ranking Roger

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’s episode is about the vibrant musical partnership that grew between Ranking Roger and The Clash and later more specifically with Mick Jones who was a member of General Public briefly and Ranking Roger who was a member of Big Audio Dynamite.

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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