4th day, Bordeaux, France, Wednesday, 3rd of may 1995, Krakatoa This club is a very nice place in Bordeaux. In my memory there is this souvenir of my luggage. I helped in Rennes to load the van with all the luggage of the band. Finally we left Rennes and in Bordeaux I saw, my own bag was left in Rennes. All I had to do was to ask the club manager to help me. And he did. It was unbelievable great help. He wrote a fax to the hotel in Rennes and asked the hotel manager to send my bag to
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May 2, 1995, Tuesday, Rennes (France) | Skatalites world tour 1995
3rd day, Rennes, France, Tuesday, 2nd of may 1995, L’Espace
May 1, 1995, Monday, Bourges (France) | Skatalites world tour 1995
2nd day, Bourges, France, Monday, 1st of may 1995, Le Printemps de Bourges
April 30, 1995, Sunday, Bourges (France) | Skatalites world tour 1995
1st day, Bourges, France, Sunday, 30th of april 1995, Le Printemps de Bourges
November 10 to 25 1997, Ball Of Fire tour
The Ball Of Fire tour continued After Berne, I had no contact with The Skatalites and the Ball Of Fire 1997 tour until tuesday 26th of November, when the tour was in Paris, where I meet them for the last show of the tour. Stuttgart (LKH), Erlangen (E-Werk), Leipzig (Connie Island), Hamburg (Fabrik), Dortmund (Live Station), Den Haag (Paard), Cean (La Fonderie) And then The Skatalites went for the very first time into Africa. La Reunion is a french island close to MadagaSKAr. That was a great moment specially for Rolando Alphonso, as he told me later. Island of La
October 24, 1997, France, Strasbourg, La Laiterie
Last day on the Ball Of Fire 1997 tour for me The way from Nancy to Strasbourg isn’t that far, so we arrived early.
October 23, 1997, France, Nancy, Jazz Pulsations
Second last day for me on the Ball Of Fire 1997 tour I have a single room (I don’t remember why). We’re in the Hotel Ibis in Nancy. Because Shay was with the both Lloyds in Paris, I have seen the rooming list and I wasn’t on the list, but a name of an old friend of mine. It was a bit strange for me to see this, without knowing about it. I mean, I knew, I have to leave the tour in Strasbourg the next day, but I didn’t know why. Now, I realized, that I was out and
October 22, 1997, France, travel day
Seventh day on the Ball Of Fire 1997 tour This morning Lloyd Knibb and Lloyd Brevett left us togehter with Shay for a trip to Paris to give interviews and stuff.
October 21, 1997, France, Tourcoing, Le Grand Mix
Sixth day of the Ball Of Fire 1997 tour At the breakfast I was talking with Lester Sterling about Peter Tosh. Lester told me, that Peter Tosh used to call him “Mr. Sterling”. Later, when Tosh was famous, Lesters brother Keith Sterling was in the Tosh band, so they met again. Tosh didn’t recognized Lester, so Keith introduced him to Tosh. And Tosh said: “Hello Lester”. That’s how things are chaning.
October 20, 1997, France, Rennes, L’Ubu
Fifth day of the Ball Of Fire 1997 tour From the bretagne to Rennes it was the same way back.