Beginning of the Ball Of Fire tour 1997 I have no particular pictures of this date in Bordeaux. In my diary I have found the following about that day. It is Thursday, 16th of October 1997 (exactly 20 years ago), 2.45 PM, I am at the Montparnasse train station in Paris. I should sit in the train to Bordeaux now, but I was running to the wrong train. I wasn’t easy, because I only had little time for changing. And there were two trains called BORDEAUX. One “promené” the other “depart”. This two french words upsetted me a little. That’s
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Monday, august 24, 1992, The Skatalites day-off | The Skatalites Euro Tour 1992, day-off, France
Time to say goodbye to The Skatalites At 8 AM I went to the Hotel Le Dauphin for the last time.
Day 7, Friday, august 21, 1992, day-off for The Skatalites | Linton Kwesi Johnson, Rolando Alphonso, Tommy McCook, Saint-Nazaire, France, Lloyd Brevett, Dennis Bovell
This is the day in 1992, when The Skatalites and I arrived in Saint-Nazaire and met for the first time My bicycle ride today was about 160 km from Saint-Georges-des-Gardes to Beaupréau and Vallet and Vertou to arrive on time in Saint-Nazaire. The Skatalites took another 500 km to arrive in Saint-Nazaire as well.
Day 6, Thursday, august 20, 1992, day off for The Skatalites
A day of long distance My bicycle ride today was about 140 km from Céré-la-Ronde along river Cher then along river Indre and along river Loire to Saumur and to Saint-Georges-des-Gardes The Skatalites had a day off
Day 5, Wednesday, august 19, 1992, Markthalle, Hamburg
Bourges versus Hamburg Bicycle ride for about 160 km from Imphy to Bourges along river Cher to Villefranche to Céré-la-Ronde The Skatalites playing at Markthalle in Hamburg.
Day 4, Tuesday, August 18, 1992, Metropol, Berlin
Berlin and a natural bath Bicycle ride for about 145 km from Buxy to Toulon-sur-Arroux to Luzy to Imphy The Skatalites are playing at the Metropol in Berlin
Day 3, Monday, August 17, 1992, day off for The Skatalites
Happy 11th birthday Noah my son 25 years ago: I was hungry Bicycle ride for about 100 km from Mirebel over Châlon sur Saône to Buxy The Skatalites had a day off
Day 2, Sunday, august 16, 1992, Fiesta Caribe, Cologne | Skatalites Euro Tour 1992, Cologne, Germany
Starting my tour The Skatalites in Cologne My bicycle ride today is about 100 km from Neuchâtel to Mirebel The Skatalites played at the Fiesta Caribe in Cologne
Day 1, Saturday, august 15, 1992; Beach Festival, Duisburg | NoF-NoF session, Skatalites Euro Tour 1992, Ras Claude, Neuchâtel, Case au chocs, Bicycle tour
NoF-NoF Session is always a nice event The Skatalites in Germany for the first time Bicycle ride 160 km Lucerne – Neuchâtel with NoF-NoF Session (including one hour audio documentary) And The Skatalites at their first ever show in Germany, Duisburg.
The Skatalites – Live in Seattle november 3, 1990
There is not much to say. I only have those nice pictures from the university ballroom. Now updated with some new pictures. The band lineup includes: Tommy McCook, Rolando Alphonso, Lloyd Knibb, Lloyd Brevett, Nathan Breedlove, Josh Roseman, Devon James, Cary Brown and Patrick Gordon