Credit: Frank Egel

\\<\/iframe\>

Florida Ska has been busy bringing the sweet sounds of Jamaica to clubs like Fubar, but the group expands to the Skipperdome on Friday when Keith Rowe and Texas Dixon (aka Keith & Tex) bring heavy rocksteady vibes to north Tampa. It’s been about half a century since the duo released its big hit “Stop That Train,” and you can expect ska and reggae fans to be out in full effect to pay respect to these legends of the genre. Orlando ska band Control This plays support alongside The New Rulers from Clearwater.

Florida Ska Events Presents: Keith & Tex w/Control This/The New Rulers/DJ AMFB. Fri, June 8, 8 p.m. Skipper’s Smokehouse, 910 Skipper Rd., Tampa. skipperssmokehouse.com

Visit cltampa.com/musicweek every Thursday to see a new list of the best shows coming to Tampa Bay.

This article appears in May 31 – Jun 7, 2018.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...