The Skatalites live at La Laiterie in Strasbourg on Sun, 21-May-1995 plus The Selecter and Skaferlatine. Some friends invited me to this Ska festival in Strasbourg. We drive in a van (I guess five or six people). I have access to the backstage. After the show we drive back home.
The Skatalites live at Wasserwerk, Bern on Thu, 18-May-1995. It is a warm welcome in Bern. I bring some friends with me. We have such a good time. Nathan Breedlove is the leader and I ask him to play “Burru Style” from the new album “Hi Bop Ska” (one of my favourite albums of all […]
House Of Rhythm plus Peacestreet live in concert at Sedel, Fri, 12 May 1995. After Maroon Town (see here) in Schuur, this is the second time I meet Jeff Lucas. In 1996 I was on tour with Jeff for one month (see here). This event is a very busy one for me. I am the […]
The Skatalites World Tour 1995 from Sun, 30-April-1995 to Sun, 07-May-1995 from Bourges to Toulouse. It’s the fourth year I’m meeting the Skatalites. This year for the first time Lester Ska Sterling. Bourges is a capital city in the middle of France. The Printemps Festival is the largest festival on the continent at that time. […]
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 […]
Ska-Night Festival Dampfzentrale Bern, September 16th 1994 with DJ Ras Claude, Peacocks, Quatre In Toulouse and Ventilators. I was present as DJ Ras I (my brother Rogers stage name). But because Peacestreet was not able to show up, I went there all alone. I remember some tunes I play and people come to ask who […]
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 […]
The Busters plus Peacocks plus DJ Ras Claude at Kulturkarussell Rössli in Stäfa, Zurich on Friday, May 27, 1994 This invitation comes from Markus Vogel (Reggae Fever). He also invites me to stay at his home over night. We both didn’t like too much this kind of Ska music from The Busters, Peacocks is OK, […]
Cheb Kader in concert after Ethno-Disco with DJ Ras Claude at Schüür, Luzern, 1994 Friday, May 20, 1994 at Schüür with Cheb Kader plus aftershow DJ Ras Claude. Roots Connection – Dread ‘n’ rare © 1994 This is my first DJ set with my first self-burned CDs. Yes, at that time it wasn’t easy to […]
The Ventilators plus DJ Ras Claude live in concert at Hotel Löwen in Solothurn on Fri, 25-March-1994. There is not much to say about. I went there with my suitcase full of records. After the ska concert the audience was filled up with straight off-beat and was very happy, when I played Miriam Makeba and […]