Steel Pulse is a British roots reggae band from Birmingham, England. They were the first non-Jamaican act to win the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album for their 1986 album Babylon The Bandit.
Steel Pulse originally formed at Handsworth Wood Boys School, Birmingham, and comprised David Hinds (lead vocals, guitar), Basil Gabbidon (lead guitar, vocals) and Ronnie McQueen (bass).
However, it is Hinds who, as songwriter, has always been the engine behind Steel Pulse
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...REGGAE FEVER... by Steel Pulse ------------------...............
*from 'Caught You' (1980)*
Intro:
CmFm (x2)
Verse 1:
CmFm A-reggae music, sends me in a fever, G#7G7F7G7 My blood pressure high, yet, I don't want to doctor. CmFm A-reggae music, get me hot around the collar, G#7G7F7G7 My blood pressure high, yet, I don't want to doctor.
CmFm Reggae fever; it's the feeling I've been dreaming of, CmFm Reggae fever; great universal love. Cm The only remedy that you can find; FmCm So skank away your troubles; leave them behind. Fm Reggae paradise is nice, nice, nice.
Break:
FmGmCm Reggae, big, reggae, little reggae tallawa, FmGmCm Reggae, big, reggae, little reggae tallawa. FmGmCm Reggae, big, reggae, little reggae tallawa, FmGmCm Reggae, big, reggae, little reggae tallawa.
Verse 2:
CmFm A-reggae music makes me cold, 'till I wanna shiver, G#7G7 My liver quiver, G#7G7F7G7 My blood pressure high, yet, I don't want to doctor. CmFm A-reggae music is driving me crazy; G#7G7 Charm A-weeza, charm A-weeza. G#7G7F7G7 My blood pressure high, yet, I don't want to doctor.