The Skatalites live at Reitschule Bern Sat, 21-August-1999 with warm-up Kalles Kaviar. This is the third show on this 1999 Euro tour. Colmar (here) Grenoble (here)
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The Skatalites at Le Magique – Drac Ouest in Grenoble Sat, 03-April-1999 with warm-up K2R Riddim. After the show in Colmar (here) I went back home to travel to Grenoble the next day. In Grenoble I see Dr. Ring Ding to say hello. After the show in Grenoble I’m sitting with the Skatalites management in […]
The Skatalites live at Fédération Hiéro in Colmar Thu, 01 April 1999. This is my first show after Tommy McCook and Roland Alphonso have passed. It is the first show with Cedric IM Brooks at the tenor. It’s a different band now. I’m not 100% sure, if the group around Cedric IM remains the same, […]
The Skatalites on the Ball Of Fire Tour at New Morning in Paris Wed, 26-November-1997. To meet the band for a last time I took the train to Paris to see them, before the tour ended. It’s a very personal moment. I love them all from deep in my heart and I miss them all […]
The Skatalites live on Ball Of Fire Tour at Bierhübeli Bern Sun-Nov-9-1997 with Tobias TJ on guitar and Ras Claude on flute. This is my one-and-only special moment with The Skatalites on stage. But the full story can be found here. More infos of the Ball Of Fire Tour here. And from the last day […]
The Skatalites Ball Of Fire Tour 1997 from Thu, 16-October-1997 to Fri, 24-October-1997. You find all the details on this tour on the Skatalites blog with Schedule, Tour Members and day-by-day: Thu, October 16: France, Bordeaux, Lune dans le caniveauFri, October 17: France, Apremont, Le Grand DucSat, October 18: France, Rennes, day-offSun, October 19: France, […]
Skasplash tour 1996
The Skasplash tour 1996 with The Skatalites, Laurel Aitken, House Of Rhythm and DJ Ras Claude plus different local bands for “the ultimate SKA train – 5 hours of TOTAL MADNESS” from October 16th to November 17th 1996. There is another blog of mine with the diary day-by-day that is made exactly 20 years after […]
The Skatalites World Tour 1995 part 2 from Wed, 04-October-1995 to Sun, 08-October-1995 from Toulouse to Limoges, Paris, Lille to Dijon. I’m not part of the whole tour, but this is another time to spend with The Skatalites. New stories, new experiences. And again, I’m invited to be a tour guide and merchandiser. Lloyd Brevett […]
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 […]