Today would have been Joe Strummer’s 62d birthday. Hard to believe he’s been gone for twelve years.

I’m going to feature some of The Clash’s less famous but noteworthy performances. Here they are covering Toots & the Maytals’ “Pressure Drop.”

Ed Kilgore

Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York and managing editor at the Democratic Strategist website. He was a contributing writer at the Washington Monthly from January 2012 until November 2015, and was the principal contributor to the Political Animal blog.