Let the play
What is it about live music that gets patrons to regularly flock to venues such as Red Bones Blues Café on Braemar Avenue and the JAVAA headquarters on Haining Road to hear it?
The energetic ambidextrous antics of the drummer. The cool du-du-dum of the bass player; the eclectic twing of the guitar and the metallic tinkle of the keyboard ivories.
It’s all part of bands playing music. Jamaica, the land of reggae, has always produced great bands: The Wailers, Black Uhuru, Third World, Byron Lee and The Dragonaires, and the list goes on.
Live music appears to be alive and well in Jamaica despite all the technological advancements. If anything, all the computers help to do is refine the sound on the album. Other than that, the good old drum and bass combo still works.