Derv Gordon (The Equals) + So What & Kepi Ghoulie – The Side Door, Sacramento

Derv Gordon, legendary 1960s Jamaican-born British ska/soul/rock singer who led The Equals. With Bay Area-based So What & Kepi Ghoulie..

The Equals, England’s first interracial rock band, formed in the 1960s. The group scored a hit with “Baby Come Back,” which drew on his Jamaican ska roots, and wrote “Police On My Back,” which was later covered by the Clash. The original lineup of the Equals also included Eddy Grant, who scored the 1983 hit “Electric Avenue.”