Bring it home

Even though after seeing Air Supply perform live I could have quite happily gone home to Kingston, there was still one more night to go of the festival. I slept until about 1pm (which is unusual for me but I rationalised by saying it was sleep for 2 nights :-) ). We headed to a BBQ lunch at another villa before getting ready for the show.

On arriving at the venue, I again headed backstage for a bit (just to make use of my band, cause I was planning to watch more of the show from in front this time). I watched Maxi Priest perform from backstage which was cool. No pics this time tho as the security tightened up for the Saturday stars - MP went straight from the stage into a black SUV.

When I passed through the artists’ hospitality area, I caught a glimpse of James Ingram headed for the bathroom (no, I didn’t hijack him for a picture) and overheard him doing his vocal warmups. He is really short though, hadn’t realized that.

I headed back to find my group but the crowd was kinda thick so I walked the long way. By time I got settled again, James was on stage and the ladies were screaming. He was followed up by the diva herself, Miss LaBelle. Her performance was good, including her surprisingly funny stand-up comedy attempts - girl’s got attitude. The night ended with the tribute to Byron Lee. My favourite part? The performance of Electric Boogie by Marcia Griffiths.

Sunday saw me finally catching some sun by the pool before we headed back into Kingston. Sorry the weekend was over but glad to be home. Not sure how I will do the Jazz Festival again without a backstage pass tho. :-D

Right now I am feeling kinda full emoticon full...
Musings on Arts and Myself that flowed from my brain at 2:34 pm Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2006

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Comment by Adrian

February 1, 2006 @ 11:14 pm

This makes me bitter. I would kill to be at the back of the crowd at a Jazz Festival, and you’re here saying that the front row might not cut it for you anymore! What madnesses and injustice!

I understand how you must feel though. How does one live up to a backstage pass w/o another such pass?

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