Steel Pulse on the River

Steel Pulse is one of the UK’s best, certainly the most popular, reggae bands and one of my favorite groups of all time. “Handsworth Revolution” is regarded by many critics (including me) as the a high point of British reggae and 1986’s “Babylon the Bandit” won the Grammy for Best Reggae Album. Their style is very accessible to both reggae purists and mainstream “Bob” listeners of the genre. I’m a big fan of their classics “Ku Klux Klan”, “Macka Spliff”, “Soldiers”, and “Roller Skates” but there’s not a bad track to listen to from any album or live set.

This Wed, I went with friends Russ, Trudi, Mike and Anna to the River to River concert at Rockefeller Park (Battery Park City). We threw out the blankets, popped the coolers and took in a great evening of free SP reggae. Much respect to the organizers, the residents and props to Steel Pulse for a great show. Forward the bass!

One of my Favorite tracks by SP – a must jam to:

Short Cell phone clip of them live… MUCH better to just check them out when you can…