Mitenand Festival des pôtes with Tonton David, Cheikha Rimitti and DJ Ras Claude, Halle de Comptoir, Fribourg on Fri, 22-March-1996.
Here is another blog-page of mine for this event.
The previous year NoF-NoF invited me to the festival to see the show of Billy Ze Kick from Rennes (France). NoF-NoF asked me to play some music over the system of the Halle de Comptoir. In 1996 I was invited as the DJ and announced as Sound System with Guests.
Marc da Silva, already proved as MC visits Fribourg a few hours later than I. Before the show I meet Cheikha Rimitti (the mother of Raï).
The show is amazing. The Cheikha counts already +70 years.
Later on, there is Tonton David entering the stage. Tonton is a star in France, but in Switzerland not very known. The french part of Switzerland knows him better, of course. Tonton David died in 2021. In his bandstand is the one and only original Wailers, Revolutionaries, Now Generation Band legendary keyboard player Earl Wire Lindo. Earl Lindo died in 2017.
After the shows, the stage is prepared for the DJ. But lots of people already left the place. It is not a great set I play, but with Marc da Silva it becomes more intense. I guess, everybody who is there enjoys the music.
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