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| | The Famous Dixons - MASTER SERIES |
 | | The story of Dexys Midnight Runners is, to be more accurate, the story of Kevin Rowland, who was bom in August, 1953, in Wolvrhampton, in England's industrial heartland. |
 | | His first recording of any note was as guitarist with a Bimingham-based punk group, The Killjoys, who made a single at the time when punk rock was at the cutting edge of musical innovation. |
 | | It was inspiring." The result was that Rowland and Killjoys guitarist Al Archer launched a new group, Dexys Midnight Runners, which, while espousing the spirit of punk and 2- Tone (the ska revivalist label which launched the carrers of The Specials, Madness, The Beat. |
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