An often overused cliche but usually a necessary cliche for "lack of a better one"
In recent years Pittsburgh has welcomed several reggae acts
Junior Reid, Fambo, Bugle, Freddie Mcgregor, Chino, Elephant Man, Laden, G Whizz, Charly Black, Oriel, Wailers, Shaggy, The Marleys just to name a few
Being that Pittsburgh has a relatively small reggae community most of these shows when compared to bigger markets such as New York , Miami etc had moderate turnouts but in most instances were some great shows.
Kudos to all the above names mentioned. Thank You for performing for Pittsburgh People.
Let me highlight three names in reggae:
COCO TEA , ETANA , LOUIE CULTURE
The sunrise in Negril tour is supposed to feature these individuals.
We were contacted a week before Wednesday October 29th to organize a tour launch/autograph signing on the forementioned date. Reluctantly myself, Trainer (owner of Taboo) and other key reggae people in Pittsburgh took on the project in good faith thinking even though it was rushed it would be a nice experience for some of our patrons.
On the night we attracted 75 to 100 patrons (not bad for a wednesday night with 5 days promo)
The artists who were in a parked SUV outside the club decided there was not a sufficient number of people (PAYING CUSTOMERS) in the venue to warrant them entering and opted to go back to their hotel rooms.
COCO TEA, ETANA, LOUIE CULTURE
When you hear these names and remember there catalogue of music you think:
These are some of the positive wholesome people in reggae right????
WELL SO DID THE PEOPLE OF PITTSBURGH UP UNTIL WEDNESDAY OCT 29 , 2014
