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Title: Whitby Musicport review
Post by: grateful on October 22, 2006, 07:16:01 AM

As requested by Dave, here?s my highlights of Whitby Musicport Saturday.  Appearing early afternoon was local lass Eliza Carthy, with the Ratcatchers.  As one might expect from the daughter of Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson, this was English folk at its best.  Unfortunately, the early time slot meant the musicians were more animated than most of the audience (how people remained seated during their jigs and reels I do not know!  I certainly did not) but this didn?t affect the band?s exuberance.  A band well worth seeing, even if folk is not your cup of tea.  Golem Sound System were the second last band of the evening.  
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  Most of this band are from Argentina, though they live in Spain.  They really had the crowd jumping by this time with their eclectic style of dub reggae with Spanish lyrics.  Their cover of Eleanor Rigby was superb.  They certainly set a high standard for Apache Indian and the Reggae Revolution, the last band of the night.  This standard was raised as soon as Apache Indian and the Reggae revolution took to the stage.  What a hot reggae band!  Jazzyvee?s Alembic sure sounded sweet;  my daughter noticed the difference!  
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  The only non-standard feature was the Indian drummer.  He mostly played tablas, but in the middle of the set, he switched to a dhol.  This is a large, double-ended drum played with sticks.  This part of the set was like a brief bhangra  interlude:  Jazzyvee played some hot stuff here.  
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  The tribute to Desmond Dekker was  a treat (he was booked to play Musicport before his untimely death earlier this year) with a stunning rendition of ?The Israelites?, with the whole audience joining in for the ?woh - oh - the Israelites?.  The set closing ?Boom-Shack-a-Lack? was superb; again the audience joining in.  At the end of this, the entire band suddenly switched from the reggae backing to conventional rock-and-roll.  Absolutely stunning set;  shame they didn?t realise they would?ve been allowed an encore.  Despite ten minutes of thunderous applause, we couldn?t get them back.  Live music is the one!  Mark  (Message edited by grateful on October 22, 2006)

Title: Whitby Musicport review
Post by: 57basstra on October 22, 2006, 07:21:24 AM

Cool event. Nice review. Great pics! Thanks

Title: Whitby Musicport review
Post by: grateful on October 22, 2006, 07:27:50 AM

It was definitely my pleasure David!  Unfortunately, that first pic is bound to inspire a beer hijacking!

Title: Whitby Musicport review
Post by: jazzyvee on October 22, 2006, 09:21:48 AM

Hi Grateful, thanks for the pics, if you have any more of our set, I'd love to get some copies of them on email.
Shame you didn't come to say hi.
 
Thanks.
Jazzyvee

Title: Whitby Musicport review
Post by: grateful on October 22, 2006, 09:34:31 AM

Hi Jazzyvee,
 
I must confess my daughter, Elanor took the pics.  The lighting behind the band made photography really difficult so she only got 3.  I'll email you the full-size ones.

Title: Whitby Musicport review
Post by: jazzyvee on October 22, 2006, 11:59:46 PM

If you don't mind me adding them to my web site in the future, I will credit her name under them too if thats ok?
Jazzyvee

Title: Whitby Musicport review
Post by: grateful on October 23, 2006, 02:29:28 AM

Feel free to put them on your web site.  Do you want the full size pics?  They're 2048 x 1536 pixels.  Or would you rather I reduced them in size first?

Title: Whitby Musicport review
Post by: bracheen on October 23, 2006, 08:41:30 AM

Mark, I'm all for a beer hijacking but I'm missing the connection with that and the first pic.  Thanks for sharing the photos.
 
Looking good, Jazzy!
 
Sam

Title: Whitby Musicport review
Post by: jazzyvee on October 23, 2006, 10:01:56 AM

please send me the full sized pics if thats ok as I can reduce them to the size I need when the time comes. Best to start with the full quality.
Jazzyvee

Title: Whitby Musicport review
Post by: tbrannon on October 23, 2006, 11:16:01 AM

Sam,
 
In the top photo the crowd is all dark except for the plastic cup of beer that is illuminated in the foreground (just left of center).  
 
Let the discussion begin.
 
Jazzy- Great shots and I finally got around to viewing your website.  Nice stuff~

Title: Whitby Musicport review
Post by: bracheen on October 24, 2006, 06:21:13 AM

Is that what that is?  My eyes aren't what they used to be.  Or maybe it's a cup of Guinness and can't be seen in the dark.

Title: Whitby Musicport review
Post by: jet_powers on October 24, 2006, 09:26:05 AM

Mark- Good eyes to pick that beer out of the crowd! Now, what flavor is it?
 
JP

Title: Whitby Musicport review
Post by: tbrannon on October 24, 2006, 11:36:06 AM

Wow-
I'm at work and my monitor is waaaaay different from what I have at home. It certainly looks like something dark here at work.  At home it was pretty obvious that I was looking at a cup of amber colored beer...
 
Time to upgrade the monitor at work I guess.
 
Sorry for the hijack Jazzy!

Title: Whitby Musicport review
Post by: jacko on October 25, 2006, 05:27:38 AM

There's no head on it so it's probably some nonedescript lager.
 
graeme

Title: Whitby Musicport review
Post by: David Houck on October 29, 2006, 02:07:32 PM

Great review and I love the pics of JV's band!