Monday, May 19, 2008

Roots Festival Tour

On Saturday night Samuel was good enough to take Raysha and I to see our new friends, Too Late Lucy, perform at the Roots Festival Tour. There was not nearly as many people as I was expecting at the venue. I think maybe 200 and that is being generous. I met up with a couple of the guys in the band and they introduced me to some members of one of the other bands, DUB L.F.O, that is touring with them. DUB L.F.O is a rock/reggae group from Israel.

The first performance was an Assamese Bihu group and then there were a couple more tribal Indian performers, Rewben Mashangva and Warklung. DUB L.F.O was up next. I really enjoyed their performance. Their songs are inspired from their lives in Israel. I had a chance to talk to them again after the show and they all seemed like pretty cool guys.

Too Late Lucy was up last. They were pretty concerned about playing to such a small crowd since all their performances in NE India up until this point had been to audiences of around 20,000, give or take. The Assamese people are more into Indian music than foreign groups. Even though it was a small and not so enthusiastic crowd the Too Late Lucy guys gave a great show. They did a pretty good job of getting the crowd excited and they even dedicated their second song to their new Canadian friends. :) Later on in the show Dan dedicated his bass solo to me...it wasn't much of a solo but pretty funny none-the-less. I had a really good time. I hope that the rest of the tour goes well for these guys and that they find success when they head back home to the UK where they will begin recording their first cd.

DUB L.F.O - Guy Cohavi on guitar, Eviatar Gutman on keyboard and electronics, Adi Ben Tsur on bass and vocals, Dudu Vazana on drums and Roi Avital on guitar and vocals.


Too Late Lucy - Jimmy Isaacs on trombone, Graham Howes on trumpet, Will Hoult on guitar, Ben Chapniss on guitar and vocals, Alex Bisset behind the smoke on drums and Dan Saunders on bass and vocals.


Ben and Graham trying to liven up the crowd.


Ben.


Me with the DUB L.F.O boys, minus bass player Adi. From left to right Roi, Dudu, Guy and Eviatar. Friendly bunch of guys.


Too Late Lucy drummer Alex and I. I caught one of his drumsticks. Nice guy!


Alex, Dan, Ben and Will. Cute smiles and great accents!


Graham, Jimmy, Raysha, Me, Dan, Alex, Will and Ben. Talented group of guys!

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