Keith & Tex reinvent Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps with reggae soul

Keith & Tex have always had a gift for making a familiar melody feel like it was cut for their voices alone, and their reggae reading of “Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps” carried that instinct forward. Released on March 20, 2026, the track found the rocksteady pair doing what they have long done best: taking a song everybody knows and folding it into their own phrasing, their own timing, and their own deep-rooted island feel.

The new cut was co-produced by Carl Fletcher, Basil “Benbow” Creary and Keith Rowe, and Keith said the idea came out of a conversation last year about covering “obscure, and well-loved songs.” He added, “Perhaps it was the first song we recorded.” That approach fits the way Keith & Tex have handled covers throughout their career. Rather than chase the original too closely, they reshape the tune until it sounds like it belongs in their catalog, the same way their classic-era recordings from 1966 to 1968 did.

That instinct matters with “Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps,” because the song already carries a long, well-traveled history. Cuban composer Osvaldo Farrés wrote it, and its original Spanish title was “Quizás, Quizás, Quizás.” It was first recorded in Spanish in 1947. The English-language version was translated by Joe Davis and first recorded by Desi Arnaz in 1948, and the song later passed through the hands of artists such as Doris Day, Bing Crosby and Dennis Brown. Keith & Tex stepped into that lineage with a version that treated recognition as a starting point, not the destination.

The release also followed their reggae version of Bobby Caldwell’s “What You Won’t Do For Love,” making the pair’s current run of covers feel deliberate rather than casual. For veteran artists, the strategy keeps the music moving: a well-known standard becomes a new vehicle for tone, balance and chemistry. That is exactly where Keith & Tex still excel.

Keith now lives in Tampa, Florida, and Tex lives in Toronto, but the duo continue to tour Europe and Australia while releasing albums roughly every two years. Their 2025 set, Gun Life, arrived on March 21, 2025 through Liquidator Music and is listed by Apple Music as a 12-track album running 36 minutes. More than five decades after their rocksteady first chapter, Keith & Tex are still turning old songs into fresh proof that the right voice, the right groove and the right touch can make a standard sound brand new.