DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS: THE TEAM THAT DREAMS IN CAFFS by Geoff Blythe
The Team That Dreams in Caffs is the first book written by a
member of Dexys Midnight Runners from the period of their debut album
Searching For the Young Soul Rebels.
This book is the story of the making of that album and what it was
like being a member of the band and working with the genius Kevin
Rowland. Alongside Geoff Blythes and the authors narrative the book
includes contributions from a selection of fans and people that were
connected with the making of the album and the band at the time.
The Team That Dreams in Caffs also includes photographs from
Mike Layes collection. Mike was the bands official photographer between
1979 and 1980 and captured that iconic image that the band displayed of
donkey jackets, wooly hats, brogues and carrying northern soul style
holdalls. All the photographs are black and white, which adds to the
atmosphere of the book.
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels was the album that gave the world such songs as Geno and There There My Dear and put Dexys Midnight Runners
on the map. The album is regarded as many as one of the greatest debut
albums of all time and this book is an attempt to celebrate that fact.
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