The Selecter live at Sedel Fri, 03-February-1995 with DJ Ras Claude Pauline Black is my favourite of all time. She is lovely, when she tells me, that it’s great to play for cows (outside the Sedel, there are cows, real ones). She makes me fear, when she smash an apple against her driver, because he’s […]
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The Skatalites live at Bimbo Town in Basel on Wed, 06-July-1994. This is the very first show in Switzerland by The Skatalites. I invited all my friends. I’m happy René and Roger are there. I introduce them to the band. After the three days in St. Nazaire (1992) and the three days in the Netherlands […]
Peacestreet invites for a concert plus Disco with The Roots Connection rTc, Saturday, March 19, 1994 at Restaurant Widder, Zürichstrasse, Luzern The full playlist of this show I haven’t found. But from the recording this left: Two tracks from that show. Ska Boom (inspired and composed by Maroon Town as Boom Ska) and Pig Bag […]
Burning Spear live in concert, Lyon, February 3, 1994 This is a very special one. It starts with the invitation by NoF-NoF to accompany him to Lyon to meet Burning Spear. At this time it is quite difficult to see NoF-NoF without Whiskey. He’s driving and drinking. But I feel safe. At that time, I […]
The Skatalites Euro Tour 1993, September 9, Tivoli, Utrecht, 11, Effenaar, Eindhoven, 12, Melkweg, Amsterdam Tivoli, Utrecht, Thursday September 9 I travel to the Netherlands by train. All I know, The Skatalites are playing tonight. I guess it will be easy to find the club. But I can see not one poster in town and […]
Saturday, 4th of September 1993 the very first show with Peacestreet is held at Wärchhof in Luzern as support act for M.D. Moon from Zurich who’d just been left by Lucernes Rockstar Hösli and Gret The article welcomes Peacestreet as possible new party band but before they are they should learn a few more tracks. […]
George Clinton with P. Funk All Stars on the Up Close And Personal Tour, Keziah Jones, Omar at Festival Vernier sur Rock on Friday, 6th of November 1992 in Salle des Fêtes du Lignon Together with Rashid I went down to Geneva by train. It was difficult to find Vernier sur Rock. We had no […]
Festival Les Escales, St. Nazaire (France) from Fri, 21-August-1992 to Sun, 23-August-1992 with The Skatalites, Linton Kwesi Johnson & Dennis Bovells Dub Band, Fab 5. Yes, after the first NoF-NoF session in Neuchâtel, I take my bicycle to drive 600 miles to Saint Nazaire in western France. The plan is: Meeting The Skatalites for the […]
DJ Clat as part of The Roots Connection played a set of tunes at the NoF-NoF session in Neuchâtel on Saturday, August 15 in 1992. The story begins at the Mad Lighters show in Luzern (see this blog entry) when Alain Salvi heard my selection. He told this to NoF-NoF who was responsible for the […]
Saturday, 28th of september 1991 live at Sedel. That was my very first live concert I planned and promoted. Togehter with Vesna I have built the Ska Connection agency to promote Ska events in Luzern. This was our first. At that time I was working in a record store in Luzern and saw this CD […]