The Cables: Elbert Stewart, Keble Drummond and Vincent Stoddart.
Not many harmony groups from the rocksteady era are still active. Those who are, don’t have their full complement of original members.
The Cables, best known for the classic songs Baby Why and What Kind of World, are an exception.
Keble Drummond, Elbert Stewart and Vince Stoddart are still together. According to Drummond, they perform “every couple of months. We just need enough (shows) to keep us sharp.”
On April 20, The Cables return to the stage at Coral Springs Center For The Arts, for Reggae Meets Soul.
Drummond, a longtime resident of South Florida, said the trio still records. Last year, they cut two ska songs — You Lied and Good Luck to You. Both will be released soon.
Stewart and Stoddart live in Maryland.
Though they recorded a number of songs together and as solo artists, The Cables are synonymous with Baby Why and What Kind of World, which were produced by Clement “Coxson” Dodd at his legendary Studio One in 1968.
Drummond, who wrote the songs, remembers their success as “very exciting.”
He added that, “Baby Why was the top song for that year. What Kind of World was on the flip side; it also became a hit, then Mr. Dodd re-released it.”
Interestingly, Baby Why and What Kind of World featured Leroy Sibbles of The Heptones on bass. Sibbles will also perform at Reggae Meets Soul, along with Nadine Sutherland, Ambelique and The Manhattans.
They will be backed by the Code Red Band.
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