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SATURDAY
MAY 8
FESTIVAL MARQUEE 8.00pm (Band on stage 9.30pm)
An absolute institution, this collection of top-notch musicians
didn’t merely define the sound of Jamaica, they were
the sound of Jamaica across the ‘50s and ‘60s.
Alumni of the Alpha Cottage School for Boys, an educational
institution for troublesome kids in Kingston, The Skatalites
formed in 1964 with a lineup featuring Tommy McCook, Jackie
Mittoo and Don Drummond.
The bouncy swing tempo, jazzy brass, and steady, skanking
beat, all define the Skatalites sound. Songs like “Guns
of Navarone,” “Phoenix City,” “Addis
Ababa,” “Silver Dollar,” and “Blackberry
Brandy,” to name just a few of their most seminal cuts,
created a whole new genre of music — ska.
In 1989, they toured the world as Bunny Wailer’s backing
band, and the next year performed the same service for Prince
Buster. In 2001, they recorded the ecstatically received From
Paris With Love. Each year brings another slew of compilations
of their recordings from labels around the world. Decades
on, their music remains timeless.
Marquee catering provided by Yellow Door Catering
Ticket £10.00 from the Festival office on 028 90232
403 and Belfast Welcome Centre on 028 9024 6609
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