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Today's fascinating episode features musician, artist and author, Horace Panter. Horace, known professionally as  as Sir Horace Gentleman, was a member in of my all-time favourite groups, The Specials Panter met Jerry Dammers while a student at Lanchester Polytechnic and the two of them formed The Specials.  The group enjoyed many hits including ‘Gangsters' ‘Rat Race' ‘Sterotype' and ‘Ghost Town' which stormed to the top of the charts back in June, 1981. As discussed in the interview, this seminal track truly reflected what was going on in Thatcher's Britain at the time, terrible unemployment, social unrest and riots. The song was hailed by the contemporary UK music press as a major piece of popular social commentary Horace talks about his current group The Dirt Road Band, his art and the exhibitions his put on, writing his book ‘Ska'd for Life' and his time in The Specials, who in my humble opinion are one of the most influential British bands ever. 

Host Junor Francis and producer Eric Kohler talk with legendary bassist, "Sir" Horace Panter, of The Specials, General Public, and Special Beat.

Bassist Horace Panter has been a valuable and reliable sideman for his entire career. He starts out as a founding member of the Specials, contributing mightily to the magic sound of that revolutionary band. After their demise, he joined forces with Dave and Roger to form General Public and rode that wave for a few years. Since then, he's been around for nearly every version of the Specials including the Neville Staple fronted version in the 90s and the Terry Hall reunion version of the 2000s. These days he's mostly retired and doing what he wants. We hear stories of the ups and downs, his last interactions with Terry Hall, his art career, and much more. Enjoy!  www.horacepanterart.com www.patreon.com/c/thehustlepod

(Do I really need to write any show notes after coming up with that title?) It's time to pick it up with Horace Panter (nickname: Sir Horace Gentleman), the man whose elastic lines launched generations of skanking acolytes. From their shambolic/iconic “Saturday Night Live” performance in 1980 all the way through waves of reunion tours that ended after the untimely death of singer Terry Hall in 2022, the Specials created a sound and energy that continue to inspire Coachella headliners and rudeboys alike. Horace regales us with his life in music and offers up pearls of wisdom for aspiring players, too. The Specials (https://open.spotify.com/artist/6xnvNmSzmeOE1bLKnYXKW3?si=RoeShhSMTFmTnmo6BhZRYw) General Public (https://open.spotify.com/artist/6BZbe6PDrJgxiXZ3cIXA8o?si=AgmG7MDjTnCbnVkWKevWug) The Dirt Road Band (https://dirtroadband.com/) - his latest combo Horace's auto-bio, Ska'd For Life (https://www.amazon.com/Skad-Life-Personal-Journey-Specials/dp/033044073X) - a great, quick read Horace's art (https://www.horacepanterart.com/) - check out the cassette series!  

This week on Talking to Mod we are joined by Horace Panter, AKA Sir Horace Gentleman the bass player from British Ska Legends - The Specials. Horace is also a painter, who studied at Coventry Lanchester Polytechnic, where he achieved a degree in fine art, whilst studying at Coventry he met Jerry Dammers and together they formed The Specials.you can find Megan Wyn here - https://www.instagram.com/horacepanterIf you liked what you heard please follow, like and share.you can find us here https://linktr.ee/themagicmodCreditsBen Taylor - The Magic ModGuest - Horace PanterIntro Music | Da Magic Mod - G-MENProduction - Adam Payne(this was a live recording)Sponsored by The Coffee Mod - www.thecoffeemod.com MAGICMOD15

Marc Wasserman is the author of Ska Boom: An American Ska and Reggae Oral History. He's also played bass in a number of Ska bands, and backed some of the genres legends in the historic1998 Skavoovee tour. Marc joins us with stories, anecdotes, history, gossip, and, most importantly, the feeling of what it was like to be there as groups of young, ska-crazed acolytes spread their passion and ignited a fiercely loyal dedication to a burgeoning culture. Included are interviews with members of some of these seminal bands and fans who witnessed the birth and spread of a uniquely American version of ska and reggae and a forward penned by Horace Panter of The Specials.

Marc Wasserman is the author of Ska Boom: An American Ska and Reggae Oral History. He's also played bass in a number of Ska bands, and backed some of the genres legends in the historic1998 Skavoovee tour. Marc joins us with stories, anecdotes, history, gossip, and, most importantly, the feeling of what it was like to be there as groups of young, ska-crazed acolytes spread their passion and ignited a fiercely loyal dedication to a burgeoning culture. Included are interviews with members of some of these seminal bands and fans who witnessed the birth and spread of a uniquely American version of ska and reggae and a forward penned by Horace Panter of The Specials.

Baxie talks to bass player Horace Panter from The Specials! Horace talks about the formation of 2Tone Records, reforming the band, touring, and his art work work which has been shown in galleries all across the world! We even talk about his 2007 autobiography "Ska's For Life"! Listen to the interview on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, and on the Rock102 website!

First album takes three years and the next a millionth of the timeDid a new Specials album no Ska! Probably a new record coming, and Specials unplugged works great. All looking well! Lockdown produced covers of protest songs Terry has to have no distractions and go to Paris.First tour since lockdown was fantastic. Lol remembers his first Specials show in 1979 at Bilzen Festival absolutely spectacular! It was the best show they ever did. Life changing! Utterly mental.Lol learns backgammon. No Tour games for the Specials. Budgie played subbuteo with The Cult. Banshees played Clue and Yahtzee. The Cure played football and cricket inside the stadium. Bad idea.The Specials weren't mates. Two types of groups: mates from School (The Cure) and the guy with a master plan and cherry picked guys (The Specials) Class of 1979 the music was the common thread for the specials. Banshees had a ferocious kind of loyalty. Terry was a punk rocker in the squadBurning Spear and Marley were the road in for Horace. Budgie remembers The Slits. He knew how to rehearse as did Lol three years for the Cure rehearsal no Christmas for the Smiths - the Cure are banging away in the woodshed.Middle of the 70's in England was full of discontent. Music was our salvation. Music is transcendental.In 1977 Bowies Low and The Clash. Nick Drake miserable and beautiful. The way you get the music wrong is the way you get your own sound. the Skatellites told The Specials 'you play too fast". Garvey's ghost/Burning Spear and Bob Marley live. Led Zeppelin scared the s*&% out of him.Horace says he has very little to complain about. The Specials was a great way to see the art galleries of the world. When you're hot, you're hot then you spilt up. Why don't you take a break? Lol likes being liberated at sixty.It's mostly about relationships. We find out that The Specials would do any festival The Cure were on because we had a proper guitar tuner. Still best of mates all these years later! CONNECT WITH US:Curious Creatures:Website: https://curiouscreaturespodcast.comFacebook: @CuriousCreaturesOfficialTwitter: @curecreaturesInstagram: @CuriousCreaturesOfficialLol Tolhurst: Website: https://loltolhurst.comFacebook: @officialloltolhurst Twitter: @LolTolhurst Instagram: @lol.tolhurst Budgie: Facebook: @budgieofficial Twitter: @TuWhit2whooInstagram: @budgie646Horace Panter:Facebook: @horacepanter, @thespecials Twitter: @horacepanterart, @thespecialsInstagram: @horacepanter, @thespecialsCurious Creatures is a partner of the Double Elvis podcast network. For more of the best music storytelling follow @DoubleElvis on Instagram or search Double Elvis in your podcast app.

It's been our pleasure to reach this milestone in season 5 of our podcast this year, navigating our way through the best in business in the industry we love. We wanted to bring a 'Special' guest to the latest season this week and share his ‘message to you'. It's a great honour to welcome legendary bassist Horace Panter, also known as Sir Horace Gentleman, from the biggest British 2 Tone ska band in the world, The Specials. Horace delves back in time with Dan to discuss his involvement in creating the punk-ska hybrid that became known as '2-Tone and describes his experiences since the band's creation. Enjoy yourself! Apple Podcasts: https://t.ly/212Podcast Spotify: https://t.ly/212PodcastSpotify   www.212musicgroup.com/the212podcast

Welcome to Ska Boom Interviews, which is the audio companion to my book Ska Boom: An American Ska & Reggae Oral History now available from DiWulf Publishing and Amazon.  The goal of this podcast is talk about ska with an emphasis on American ska history and the bands, musicians and people who have helped to create and influence a uniquely American version of ska and reggae that spans from the late 70s until today. In this episode, I'm speaking with Horace Panter – bassist for The Specials. Horace has been a huge inspiration to me and many others who emulated his choice of a Fender P-bass and his moving octave bass runs drawn from disco and funk. I've met Horace twice. Once when my band opened for Special Beat and he recognized me from being interviewed for a BBC news story about American ska in the early 90s and then again when he was on tour with Ranking Roger. Both times he lived up to his nickname of Sir Horace Gentleman. I'm honored that he wrote the foreword to my book.We talk about bass guitars, The Specials incendiary performance on Saturday Night Live and his take on America and American ska from his time touring here with The Specials, General Public and Special Beat.Ska Boom is hosted/produced by Marc Wasserman and co-produced/engineered by Rob George.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.

Welcome to Ska Boom Interviews, which is the audio companion to my book Ska Boom: An American Ska & Reggae Oral History now available from DiWulf Publishing and Amazon.   The goal of this podcast is talk about ska with an emphasis on American ska history and the bands, musicians and people who have helped to create and influence a uniquely American version of ska and reggae that spans from the late 70s until today.  In this episode, I'm speaking with Horace Panter – bassist for The Specials. Horace has been a huge inspiration to me and many others who emulated his choice of a Fender P-bass and his moving octave bass runs drawn from disco and funk.  I've met Horace twice. Once when my band opened for Special Beat and he recognized me from being interviewed for a BBC news story about American ska in the early 90s and then again when he was on tour with Ranking Roger. Both times he lived up to his nickname of Sir Horace Gentleman. I'm honored that he wrote the foreword to my book. We talk about bass guitars, The Specials incendiary performance on Saturday Night Live and his take on America and American ska from his time touring here with The Specials, General Public and Special Beat. Ska Boom is hosted/produced by Marc Wasserman and co-produced/engineered by Rob George. 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

Welcome to Ska Boom Interviews, which is the audio companion to my book Ska Boom: An American Ska & Reggae Oral History now available from DiWulf Publishing and Amazon.   The goal of this podcast is talk about ska with an emphasis on American ska history and the bands, musicians and people who have helped to create and influence a uniquely American version of ska and reggae that spans from the late 70s until today.  In this episode, I'm speaking with Horace Panter – bassist for The Specials. Horace has been a huge inspiration to me and many others who emulated his choice of a Fender P-bass and his moving octave bass runs drawn from disco and funk.  I've met Horace twice. Once when my band opened for Special Beat and he recognized me from being interviewed for a BBC news story about American ska in the early 90s and then again when he was on tour with Ranking Roger. Both times he lived up to his nickname of Sir Horace Gentleman. I'm honored that he wrote the foreword to my book. We talk about bass guitars, The Specials incendiary performance on Saturday Night Live and his take on America and American ska from his time touring here with The Specials, General Public and Special Beat. Ska Boom is hosted/produced by Marc Wasserman and co-produced/engineered by Rob George. 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

In 1977 Horace Panter was recruited by fellow art student Jerry Dammers, at Coventry's Lanchester Polytechnic to join his band The Automatics. The band became The Specials. They led the British ska revival of the late 1970s and created the highly influential 2 Tone Record label. Their hybrid of old school Jamaican dance music, punk attitude, ant-racism stance and social awareness made them one of the most revered bands in the history of popular music. Horace Panter is still playing bass with The Specials who reformed in 2008 after the band acrimoniously imploded in 1981 when their classic single ‘Ghost Town' was top of the charts.

Protestsongs aus fast einem Jahrhundert: The Specials aus Großbritannien veröffentlichen nach diversen Auszeiten und Besetzungen nun ihr neues Album "PROTEST SONGS 1924 – 2012". Klaus Walter hat es gehört und blickt auf die 50-jährige Bandgeschichte.

“They've all got different stories and messages.” Terry Hall and Horace Panter on recording an album of protest songs chosen by the band.

Once a rude boy, always a rude boy. In this episode Tom gets to relive his past with artist and bass player in The Specials, Horace Panter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Horace Panter, aka Sir Horace Gentleman, co-founded The Specials with Jerry Dammers in 1977 in Coventry, England. For four years The Specials rose and ultimately flamed out, mirroring one of their iconic songs, “Too Much Too Young.” After a 29-year gap, the band reunited and is still going strong today. Horace traces the journey, which also included stints with General Public and Special Beat, and talks about his work in art both as a teacher and an artist.

In my first episode of Series 1, I chat with Horace Panter - Contemporary Artist and Founder of Two Tone Ska Band The Specials. We discuss how the band started and what the music scene was like in the late 70's, how he became an art teacher and his career now as a professional contemporary artist. He also tells me about his new home in the countryside and how they have coped in lockdown. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

To celebrate the Thekla Isolation Discs Podcast reaching double figures this week, we're releasing a very special bonus episode! Recorded back in December 2019, Chris spent some time in Coventry chatting with Horace Panter, the bass player in the legendary two tone act The Specials. Formed in the mid-70s, The Specials played an exciting new genre of music that fused together the energy of punk and the grooves of reggae. In this interview, Horace recounts the early days of the band, the exhausting tours and eventual breakup as well as his subsequent years playing with other groups, working as an art teacher, the exciting reformation of The Specials in the mid-noughties and the release of their sublime 2019 album Encore.

The best from Rude Boy Revival Podcast 2019! Categories include Best Ska Album and the Best Ska Single!Interviews with Symarip, The Dualers and Horace Panter of The Specials

Don't even think about the number of guitars he's got these days. Charming, witty, and with vast musical knowledge, Horace Panter is brilliant company.  I really can't remember first chatting with Horace Panter, but it might well have been in 1978, when the Specials played at Birmingham University. They were at that fantastic phase in a new band's career, when the band has gelled, strings of gigs have knocked them into shape, and the whole point of the exercise seems to be coming together in an exciting way. I asked them if they would do a session for the old BRMB Radio that night. If not then, it would have been at the now long-gone Outlaw Studios, when the band squeezed six songs out of that three hour session for BRMB. I went on air with those songs the next day. That probably makes me the first DJ to have played the Specials on radio, by the way. Jerry Dammers left the session in a grump once his vocals were down, but Horace was the soul of patience and courtesy. And it's been that way ever since. Talking music with Horace is completely engrossing and serious fun. It was really, really enjoyable. And, d'oh, I learned something about basslines for Time is Tight and Rescue Me. Marvellous for my age, me. We veered off my initial Lives In Music track, and wound up gossiping about all sorts of things, as you'll hear. Music Links Needles and Pins - The Searchers Fifth Dimension - The Byrds All or Nothing - Small Faces Judy in Disguise With Glasses -John Fred & his Playboy Band Rescue Me - Fontella Bass Time is Tight - Booker T and the MGs Nite Klub - The Specials Blank Expression - The Specials Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum Gangsters - The Specials Monkey Man - Toots and The Maytals Ghost Town - The Specials Okie From Musgokee - Merle Haggard The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band Willin' - Little Feat Six Days On The Road - Taj Mahal BHS - Sleaford Mods Wind Whispers - Pete Williams     Band Links The Specials website and wikipedia pages Horace Panter on facebook Horace Panter Art on facebook and website Lives in Music The Lives in Music series celebrates people who have spent a lifetime in music. They may be famous; they may be people who have spent their lives working in the background for the love of it. They all have stories. Lives in Music is a Radio To Go production.   The theme music for this series is by Big Q Fish. 'Boksburg Jive Toon' was written by Brian Neil, and recorded at the Jam House, Birmingham, in 2017. Subscribe! Subscribe to the Podcast through your podcast host to automatically download each episode to your chosen device. These will then land with you first, before everyone else hears about it.  If you would prefer email updates each time a podcast episode (or blog post) is published, you can subscribe to the mailing list. Head here and scroll down to the signup form.    

This popular punk-influenced rocksteady and ska band formed in Coventry in 1977 and went on to record one of the most highly rated British debut albums ever, The Specials in 1979. They rapidly became the epitome and gold standard in socially realist, anti-racist, politically progressive bands. They are back today with a new album 'Encore' and it feels like it's not a moment too soon.

When The Specials released their new album Encore recently, their first new music with Terry Hall since the classic Ghost Town in 1981, it went straight to Number One. Nearly four decades on from their split, the Coventry band's lead singer Terry Hall discusses the new album and how he found himself back in the recording studio with his long-term collaborators Lynval Golding and Horace Panter after all these years.This year is the 25th anniversary of the first universal democratic elections in South Africa which resulted in Nelson Mandela becoming President of the new rainbow nation. Athol Fugard's plays dramatise the injustices of apartheid and were part of the struggle that led to those elections. Now two of his plays are about to open in the UK, 1961's Blood Knot, and, A Lesson, which was first performed in 1978. Directors Janet Suzman and Matthew Xia discuss the importance of Fugard and how, 25 years after the end of apartheid, his plays speak to us today. As the National Gallery's newly acquired self-portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi begins a grand tour of the UK starting at the Glasgow Women's Library, curator Letizia Treves discusses the significance of this early 17th Century painting and Gentileschi's extraordinary career as one of the leading artists of the Baroque. Music journalist Dorian Lynskey looks at the life of Keith Flint, lead singer of dance band The Prodigy.Presenter, John Wilson Producer, Dymphna Flynn

In this week's Pocket Edition we talk to Dr Kirsten Zemke about recent abuse allegations in the music industry, and catch up with Horace Panter from The Specials.

Chris Watts tells the story of The Specials! Interviews with Horace Panter, Neville Staple and Dandy Livingston As well as Specials classics you will hear the rude boy's 3 favourite tracks from the new No.1 Album Encore 

Horace Panter talks to Trevor Reekie about his career in the band which he documented in his book 'Ska'd for Life: A Personal Journey with The Specials' published in 2008.

Chris Watts tells the story of 2 Tone! Interviews with Neville Staple, Horace Panter, Lee Thompson, Suggs, Ranking Roger, Pauline Black and Rhoda Dakar

Anecdotes and music from The Specials Bass guitarist Horace Panter, recorded in 2015

A special edition this week as Clint catches up with Horace Panter from The Specials for an in depth interview looking into what made The Specials so successful as well as the group dynamics and some of his favourite songs. There is new unsigned music this week from The G.O.DThe Spotify playlist for this weeks show can be found here - http://spoti.fi/29T1nj0The Specials - GangsterThe Specials - Ghost TownThe Specials - Too Much Too YoungSleaford Mods - JobseekerThe Specials - Message to You RudyThe G.O.D - Drive Away The Rain