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 […]
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The Roots Connection presents on Thursday, September 21 1995 at Schüür Luzern the one and only Trojans from England and warm-up with Peacestreet. Promotion – before the event The year was a busy year for the Roots Connection. But this event was one of the legendary ones. With the arrival of The Trojans there was […]
Bim Skala Bim live at Sedel Sun, 02-July-1995 Unbelievable but true. Sunday shows in Sedel? Impossible. But I don’t care. Mission Impossible? Great! This is such a great one. Bim Skala Bim is not in the charts, but from Boston and that means a lot. I invited Sämi Hofmann to be DJ Sam Frandisco. Because […]
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 […]
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 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 […]