Barbados Day 6 – Roadhouse at the Red Rooster
OPA’s on the Friday night was good, Garvey and Alex playing acoustic guitar and singing with Toby Armstrong putting in a guest appearance. The beer came in an ice bucket, 5 bottles for 20 BBD’s. Beki and I went on to the Gap where Salsa dancing was the order of the day. Got to sleep at 2.30am and was woken up again at 5.30am to go selling at the Farmers market this morning. Did some celebrity spotting there, Mike Atherton is on the Island.
Friday at OPA’s turned out to be good but Saturday’s entertainment was outstanding and the day will long be remembered for the performance given at the Rooster by the members of Roadhouse. I walked down there with Sam who was standing in on Bass, he hadn’t played with the band for a long time and they gave him no mercy, immediately introducing him as Samud “Rusty” Ali.
Kirk the drummer sat up the corner keeping up an impeccable beat throughout the performance. A lot of old greats were played, the band was fronted by “Black Magic” Garvey Griffith and Toby “Fender Bender” Armstrong, great singing by Garvey whose accomplished acoustic guitar playing provided an excellent platform for Toby Armstrong’s stunning lead riffs. That guitar was made to cry, scream, laugh, and howl, no mercy being shown, a joy to listen to. We were treated to Black Magic Woman, All along the Watchtower, Jamming, No woman no Cry, amongst others, which had the mixed audience of tourists and locals jumping and clamoring for more. Even a cricket wandered in and leaped about for awhile during happy hour. Humorous banter from the band filled in between songs and their biggest fan was introduced…….it was 3 foot square and white being held up by the bar manager keeping the guys cool. Sam played well throughout and sang one time, and during Knocking on Heaven’s Door, Alex got out of his seat and took over the singing earning great applause.
Perhaps one day they will get the chance to play in England, I hope so.
Beki spent most of the evening up in the Bush, otherwise called St Lucy’s parish, taking photos at a client’s family party. She got the “I’m here to help you” routine from the Valet so I reckon that Local Government training manual is doing the rounds
OPA’s on the Friday night was good, Garvey and Alex playing acoustic guitar and singing with Toby Armstrong putting in a guest appearance. The beer came in an ice bucket, 5 bottles for 20 BBD’s. Beki and I went on to the Gap where Salsa dancing was the order of the day. Got to sleep at 2.30am and was woken up again at 5.30am to go selling at the Farmers market this morning. Did some celebrity spotting there, Mike Atherton is on the Island.
Friday at OPA’s turned out to be good but Saturday’s entertainment was outstanding and the day will long be remembered for the performance given at the Rooster by the members of Roadhouse. I walked down there with Sam who was standing in on Bass, he hadn’t played with the band for a long time and they gave him no mercy, immediately introducing him as Samud “Rusty” Ali.
Kirk the drummer sat up the corner keeping up an impeccable beat throughout the performance. A lot of old greats were played, the band was fronted by “Black Magic” Garvey Griffith and Toby “Fender Bender” Armstrong, great singing by Garvey whose accomplished acoustic guitar playing provided an excellent platform for Toby Armstrong’s stunning lead riffs. That guitar was made to cry, scream, laugh, and howl, no mercy being shown, a joy to listen to. We were treated to Black Magic Woman, All along the Watchtower, Jamming, No woman no Cry, amongst others, which had the mixed audience of tourists and locals jumping and clamoring for more. Even a cricket wandered in and leaped about for awhile during happy hour. Humorous banter from the band filled in between songs and their biggest fan was introduced…….it was 3 foot square and white being held up by the bar manager keeping the guys cool. Sam played well throughout and sang one time, and during Knocking on Heaven’s Door, Alex got out of his seat and took over the singing earning great applause.
Perhaps one day they will get the chance to play in England, I hope so.
Beki spent most of the evening up in the Bush, otherwise called St Lucy’s parish, taking photos at a client’s family party. She got the “I’m here to help you” routine from the Valet so I reckon that Local Government training manual is doing the rounds
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