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RE: Three Tune Tuesday Chock-full of Ska Music!
I do love a bit of ska and that cover is fun.
Here's A nice story. My dad although having a very eclectic taste in music which was ever revolving had never listened to the Skatalites. In the two months before he died we sat on the couch and listened to a lot of music on his banging speakers. He couldn't do much else. He was pretty ill. I introduced him to the Skatalites and he loved it, listening to the album a heap of times. Full on ska was unequivocally not his thing but he appreciated them.
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Thanks, it's a fun genre isn't it? I love hearing that story about your father. He appreciated all sorts of music evidently, a shame he was so ill at the end. It's sad that life comes to an end, especially like that. But I'm glad you got to spend a lot of time with him before he passed on!
Yes, we were incredibly, incredibly lucky. He was a long time a'dyin, so we knew when he had onlly a few months and I came back from a trip early and as I had renters in our house, I had to live with them. That turned out to be the best thing ever. He loved having me there and I got to spend a lot of time with him chatting, listening to his beloved music on a banging audio system (he used part of his pay out to buy a hugely expensive set of speakers) and holding space, and was there at the end. Now his spirit lives on in the music I listen to. Though jesus I've had massive sobs when I've found out that musicians he liked have come out with new albums that he'll never listen to!