Ask The Artist: Dave Wakeling (The English Beat)
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
- The Beat (known in North America as The English Beat and in Australia as The British Beat) is a band founded in Birmingham, England, in 1978. Their music fuses ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock. Their lead man, Dave Wakeling is a hell of a nice guy! Dave loves to tell you the stories behind his songs, either from stage or after the show. Ask any of the thousands of fans who have met him over the years and that’s what you’ll hear. Never mind that Dave is the singer/songwriter from the two of the most popular bands of the end of the millennium, The English Beat and General Public.
Notable singles from the first album included "Can't Get Used to Losing You", "Mirror In the Bathroom", "Hands Off She's Mine" and "Best Friend". The second Beat album, Wha'ppen? was supported by extensive touring, including a US tour with The Pretenders and Talking Heads. The album yielded more UK hits, with "All Out to Get You," "Drowning" and "Doors of Your Heart", all of which broke into the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. We've been huge fans of them ever since their first record and were extremely excited to work with Dave. We invited him in Studio A to talk about his legacy and his current project that he’s finishing up as we speak. It’s been a pleasure having him at the studio and we’re thrilled to share this exclusive interview with you today.
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What a sound down to earth bloke
Love ya Dave - and I watched you in 83 at Milton Keynes Bowl with Bowie and Icehouse.
Love the Beat. Great, intelligent interview. Love that he's still got his Brummie accent after all this time in the States.
Saw you tonight in Eugene, OR! You were fabulous! You sound exactly the same and your stage presence was so fun and charming ❤ Thank you for being such a big part of my musical memories!
Great story with David Bowie. Dave says Bowie asked the Beat to open for him for a 3 month tour. Just that very day Dave had turned in his resignation to their office. Dave tried fishing the letter back out with a stick but couldn’t get it. So he decided fate was dictating him to move on.
i know I'm kinda randomly asking but does anybody know of a good website to watch newly released tv shows online?
so many great musicians say "well, it all started when I got a guitar at age 12."
Yes, Mr Wakeling ! Big respect !
I like the David Bowie story though LOL
Awesome!
cool
Did the bass player actually play anything live, like bassline to Big Shot? Never saw him at all 🤷🏾♂️
Yes of course look on the left here: ua-cam.com/video/m1mTlSOAHLA/v-deo.html ALSO check out the US Festival they played there a couple times
what group dd u have after the beat?
sam niac General Public.