Yes, very sad. Tonight for some reason I decided to binge on Ranking Roger and The Beat videos and came across the shocking news that Morton had also passed away. People usually remember & talk about Roger and Saxa but forget that Morton was the man who put The "Beat" in The Beat. His caribbean style and polyrythms gave them a different style to the other bands at the time. I'm not sure when this program is from, it looks to me from the early 2000's.
Met Saxa when The Beat came back together and played The Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath... such a lovely night, so memorable.. great to have a brief chat with your Grandad and to tell him thanx for the tunes.
Heartbreaking when I see this. One of my favorite bands will never be again…… Met Roger in SF in ‘93 & Dave W up here when he did a gig in Nevada City. Still would’ve loved to see the whole band together again. 💔
Real shame they never got the original line-up back together,to late now.....god bless you ranking roger and saxa thankyou for some great tunes. The beat were a great band and the music will live on.
J'ai été très touché par la mort de papa Saxa. J'ai eu la chance de le rencontrer en 89 avec le groupe de Tony BEET. Son style restera et il ne sera pas oublié en France non plus. RIP
Merci pour mettre ce vidéo en ligne. Très émue. C'était mon adolescence et je les écoute toujours 🙏🏽. RIP Saxa, Roger & Everett such a shock to learn about their passing only now 😥
Love it.. 🎶It was a shame the last 2 members didn't show, but the 4 that did was great, nice to see them blend together perfectly again. Very sad about saxa, and especially Roger at a young age of 56 passing.. Rest easy gentlemen 🙏🎶 1 love ✌️🎶
that was heavy; I really enjoyed seeing the band together yet ashamed they could not put aside their differences being saxa was only here a short time. God bless saxa. that was their last chance to play as one again.
It’s sad to think that greed finished off one of the great British ska bands. The Beat were an incredible live experience, it’s such a shame that you couldn’t pull them together for one last performance. Saxa, was a fantastic musician and an incredible role model. Rest in peace, big man! 💔
Thats not the way Dave Wakeling explained it . Most of the original Beat had had it and didn't want to tour anymore while Dave and Roger had new young family to support and they wanted to tour . They were all pretty young at the time.Others in the Beat were older .
Years ago I did merch for a Neville Staples tour, the first night the band had guests Roger and his son plus Roddy from the Specials on board. The energy in the room was so great every night Neville played it was addictive. This is a fantastic series, I wish it was still going.
Such a great group - I get to see the beat pretty often @ the magic bag in Ferndale MI. Wakeling is a sweetheart , such a nice friendly fellow Sooooo damn good n concert - sound the same if not better ... it’s crazy it’s like the clock stopped Dave looks the same !
I grew up in foster care and recently embarked upon a quest to find my biological family and found out my dad was a musician and was good friends with Saxa
I saw the English Beat (Dave with Ranking Junior) tonight in Baltimore. They were awesome, as was the band they're touring with. Catch them on the Retro Futura Tour with some other great bands (including Howard Jones) if you can.
I’m going to the show march 17th in Orlando. I wasn’t even born when beat formed I got into general public when I’ll take you there came out later back in the vh1 days in the 90’s but since then loved both groups very sad how many members have died and I wish Andy and shuffle would tour with Dave 1 more time cause you never know when their time will come facts
Well thank you for sharing this. My wife and I are going to go see The English Beat tonight at The Rose in Pasadena, California. Looking forward to this.
They were supporting Bowie in Milton Keynes during the 'Serious Moonlight' gigs. They split shortly after that. Icehouse were also on that bill. It was a long day by the time Bowie arrived on stage.
I always figure that Andy Cox and David Steele would do the reunion is because they found out they were out of the English Beat in a trade paper. Dave and Roger broke up the band and didn't even tell them face to face....I wouldn't be bother with them either.
I’m so excited I’m seeing them play in Richmond this Sunday! My 19 year old daughter likes them too so we’re going together. First concert together and I couldn’t be more stoked then it being at The Beat concert!
These guy's are the real deal with no bs true to there word's and so down to earth and common propper true brummies love these guy's rest in peace to the fallen member's.
I love this series of 'Bands Reunited' and, especially this one as The Beat are a huge influence on me and I still have loads of 7" and 12" singles and albums. I didn't realise, though, that Dave is right handed but plays left handed guitar and, Everett is left handed, but plays right handed drums!
Just realized how important and great their music was/is. Too bad they made a bad decision but certainly good things came out of it, FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS for example
Exactly right! Had the break up never happen, no FYC and no General Public. The tragic thing was no reform, they just couldn't act like adults, forgive, forget and move on. Andy Cox and Dave Steel 2 babies. The least they could have done it for Saxa if not the fans, the other members and themselves.
i remember when this episode aired on vh1 classic and i was very disappointed by that cox and steele didn't want to do it. that was nothing compared to the local dj at this hour retro radio show that i listened to as he was furious. he was so pissed if he got any requests for fine young cannibals, he would say no. for several months on that retro show, the fine young cannibals were banned all because of cox and steele's refusal to reunite the beat.
That's because Steele and Cox won't be in the same room with each other. I asked Dave about it, and he said they hadn't spoken to each other since the FYC broke up for good!
I own a guitar named “One Finger Wakeling”. It is permanently tuned in the legendary “Save It For Later” tuning Pete Townshend and David Gilmour could not decipher. 😉
DAMN!! They don't even make good music like this anymore this is creative writing sound and musical vibe wow. RIP 👼 Saxa! Granddad's of Good SKA!!!! LoL 😂👍🏾 and Paul when he was with VZW! 😵😂👍🏾🙌
Is pointless to see them live now considering there is only one original member left? I was going to buy tickets for a show with squeeze in the fall, but now learning they all died, but one. I love this band and all the bands that came from it.
It surprised me that Andy Cox and David Steele wouldn't talk to anybody - even if just to say "piss off wankers!" Always thought if David & Andy formed a band they'd name it Steele Cox or Cox of Steele The Beat Forever!!!
I saw Dave in Bath a a year 2 and a half years ago and asked about Andy and David. He said they haven't spoken to each other in over 25 years since FYC disbanded. Dave said he was going to have lunch with Andy in London, but no one's seen or heard from David in decades.
