Last night was great, everybody.  I got so many positive phone calls and emails, not only in regards to The Void Union’s Live Session, but regarding the entire show, as well.  Thanks to everyone who had something nice to say!

I started things off, the best I knew how, with some brand new tracks from The Aggrolites and The Titans.  Then, after playing the Void Union’s KDHX set, I dropped some more new tunes from the likes of Vic Ruggiero, Dave Hillyard and The Pepper Pots.  I highly recommend that you swing by KDHX.org to listen to the online stream.

I want to officially thank The Void Union for making St. Louis a stop on their tour.  And I want to shout out The Pinstripes who tried to make it, but were stopped by a busted tire.  And thanks to you for listening to Ska’s The Limit.

Matt Wixson – The Ska’s The Limit Theme – -

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The Aggrolites – Gotta Find Someone Better – The Aggrolites IV – HellCat*

The Titans feat. Roger Rivas – Teardrops – Rehearsal Daze – Self* – [You must check out The Titans]

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The Void Union – Glass House – Live at KDHX -

The Void Union – In Like Flynn – Live at KDHX -[A great video feat. VU along side STL's own Kevin Batchelor]

The Void Union – Fatty Fatty Boom Boom – Live at KDHX – [Void Union's MySpace]

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Derrick Herriot – Fat Man – Trojan Singles Box – Trojan

Flight of The Conchords – She’s So Hot (Boom) – The Unofficial FOTC Songbook – HBO

Fat Girl, Sexy Girl – John Holt – The Tide Is High: Anthology 1962 to 1979 – Trojan

Eli “Paperboy” Reed and The True Lovers – Doin The Boom Boom – Roll With You – Q Division/Virgin

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Vic Ruggiero – Rudie Can’t Fail – Songs For Clandestine Lovers – Ska In The World* – [Check out Vic's new website with lots of downloadable bootlegs]

Stubborn All-Stars – Friend – Open Season – Stubborn

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The Pietasters – Keep On Lyin’ – All Day – Indication Records

The Pepper Pots – Time To Live – Now! – Black Pepper Records* – [Here's the new video for Time To Live - and - here's a live version!]

Westbound Train – Come and Get It – Come and Get It – HellCat* – [Here's a quality live video of this very song]

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Vic Ruggiero & Kepi Ghoulie – Neatly – The New Dark Ages – Asian Man*

Chris Murray – Janie Jones – Slackness – UNSTRICTLY ROOTS

Vic Ruggiero – Henderson Swamp – On The Ragtime – Silver Sprocket* – [Really nice video of Vic doing Lonely Nights feat. Lisa from Black Cat Zoot]

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Dave Hillyard & The Rocksteady Seven – Get Back Up – Unreleased – NA*

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The Clash – Bank Robber – Kingston Advice – Live in Kingston JA – Bootleg

Babyboom – Sister – Babyboom EP – Self

Bedouin Soundclash – Immigrant Workforce – Sounding a Mosaic – Side One Dummy

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Dave Hillyard and The Rocksteady Seven feat. Alex Desert – Angry Lady – Playtime – HellCat

Hepcat – Nigel (live) – No Worries Single – HellCat

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Isaac Green and The Skalars – I Love You – Skoolin’ With The Skalars – Moon

Toots and The Maytals – Broadway – 300% Dynamite – Soul Jazz

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This week has been great. On Monday, Westbound Train came by KDHX studio to record a few songs for our Live Performances series.  Then off to their show at the Firebird.  The crowd was light, but dedicated- and I even saw some familiar faces from way back.  I really appreciate everyone who came out- and thanks to Westbound Train for including St. Louis on their tour.

Last night’s show features the Live Performance from Westbound Train, as well as lots of soulful ska and reggae.  Towards the end, I tipped my hat to Star Trek and finished things off with a moody-as-hell dub from Ticklah.

You can listen to Westbound Train’s Live Session – Here

Or- as always- you can listen to the archived stream of Ska’s The Limit – Here

Matt Wixson feat. Mr T-Bone – Ska’s The Limit Theme – NA – NA

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Mr. T-Bone and The Young Lions – This Is What I Feel – Heroes – Rude Boy Corner

Laurel Aitken w/ The Skatalites – Same Old Song – Clash of the Ska Titans – Moon

The Aggrolites – Well Runs Dry (AKA Free Soul) – Reggae Hit LA – Axe

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Heavy Step – You Got It – The Longshot – White

Dandy Livingston – Same Old Fashioned Way – Suzanne Beware of The Devil – Trojan

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Westbound Train – Check Your Time – Live at KDHX – NA – Behind the Scenes Video

Westbound Train – If Only – Live at KDHX – NA – Official Site

Westbound Train – Come and Get It – Live at KDHX – NA – HellCat’s Westbound Page

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Al Brown – Here I Am Baby – 300% Dynamite – Soul Jazz

Hepcat – Same O’ Same O’ – Out of Nowhere – Moon

Skavoovie and The Epitones – Tiny Machines – The Growler – Shanachie

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The Skalars – Black Raven – Change Up – Moon

Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators – If This Aint Love (Don’t Know What Is) – Keep Reachin Up – Light In The Atic

The Debonaires – Chaos – The Debonaires – Rivercidal Syndicate

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The Delegators – Interstate 68 – Unreleased – NA

The Soul Captives – Don’t Stay Away – Livin Easy EP – NA

The Allstonians – Alex Beam – The Allston Beat – Moon

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Deal’s Gone Bad – Good Old Days – The Ramblers – Jump Up

Stubborn All-Stars – Tire Of Struggeling – Back With A New Batch – Stubborn

The Skandalous All-Stars – Columbus, TX – Age Of The Insects – Shanachie

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Flight 404 – Beam Up – Trip To Moon – Liquidator

The Scofflaws – William Shatner – Ska in Hi-Fi – Moon

Leonard Nimoy (as Mr. Spock) – Highly Illogical – Mr. Spock’s Music From Outer Space – Varese Sarabande

The Slackers – Please Decide – Wasted Days – HellCat

Ticklah – Painful Dub – Hi-Fidelity Dub Sessions Present Roots Combination – Guidence
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Westbound Train has been one of my favorite Ska/Reggae bands for a long time… and I have high hopes for their new album Come and Get It on HellCat records. As many of you already know, Westbound has already started a massive tour to support Come and Get It- which will bring them to St. Louis on Mon, May 11… and more specifically to the Firebird at 7:30.

I am proud to announce that right before they head to the venue that night, the Westbound Boys will be swinging by KDHX studios for a little Live-in-Session action. This performance will be aired the following Sat night, on my show, Ska’s The Limit.

I’ll be putting up links to the show and the session as soon as they air- so stay tuned. And maybe I’ll se you at the Firebird for what promises to be a killer show.

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