Just Got Lucky....

After 2 days of over indulgence I found myself back at work today...sitting on the train half asleep I needed something to come on the MP3 player that was going to shake me out of my stupor and then this little gem came on...

Joboxers star shone briefly in the early 80's when they appeared on the scene with the Northern Soul influenced floorstomper Boxerbeat. In the early 80's Subway Sect in between backing Vic Goddard, regularly performed sets with different guest singers at Club Left in London and one of those singers was Dig Wayne formerly of New York rockabilly band Buzz and The Flyers.The club was moved up the road to Ronnie Scotts and with Dig in tow the band evolved into Joboxers.

Fusing Northern Soul,high energy pop, a great horn section and the powerful, raucous vocals of Dig Wayne, Joboxers produced one of the best singles of 1983 in Boxerbeat eventually reaching Number 3 in the Hit Parade. After another couple of hits and a Top 20 album Joboxers took a couple of years to release the follow up but sadly by that time the Great British record buying public had moved on...

The follow up to Boxerbeat is in my opinion even better and is up there as one of the best tracks of the 80's and has stood the test of time remarkably well...Just Got Lucky sounds great played on a mixtape alongside tracks like Geno, Town Called Malice and Rock The Casbah... and does not sound out of place alongside any of them...

Enjoy............