Ska Boom Stories - Top Rankin': The ON Klub & Birth of the L.A. Ska Boom Event

Welcome to Ska Boom Stories, which is the audio companion to my book Ska Boom: An American Ska & Reggae Oral History now available from DiWulf Publishing and Amazon.   I’m heading  out to Los Angeles this week to take part in Top Rankin’: The ON Klub & Birth of the LA Ska Boom -- at the Grammy Museum on Saturday 10/23 this episode celebrates the 40th anniversary of the O.N. Klub and the two bands –The Boxboys and The Untouchables -- that were responsible for giving rise to the LA ska scene and helping to create a uniquely American version of ska.  The festivities kick off at 2 pm. The panel for the event will include a who’s who of LA ska royalty including Howard Paar who created the ON Klub and is the author Top Rankin’ a ska noir novel that is a fictionalized account about his first year of running the club, Jerry Miller and Chuck Askerneese of The Untouchables, Greg Sowders and Ivan Wong of The Boxboys, Norwood Fisher of Fishbone, Greg Lee of Hepcat and Laurence Fishburne who went to the ON Klub as a teen in the early 80s. In addition, both bands are performing and DJ Chuck Wren of Jump Up Records will be spinning the best of American ska.  Please note: The music clips included in this podcast fall under the “Fair Use Doctrine” as defined by Section 107 of the Copyright Act. The law allows for use of music clips for purposes of criticism, comment, and news reporting.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices