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NEW YORK WAS BUBBLING WITH ANTICIPATION OF BERES HAMMOND'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY BASHMENT FEATURING
BERES THIS CALIBER OF TALENT IS UNPARALLELED IN REGGAE MUSIC AND WE KNEW IT. THAT 'S WHY MASSAPAN AND I (AND HIS FANS) PAY TOP DOLLAR FOR BERES AND FRIENDS EVERY TIME ! THE SHOW WAS HOSTED BY SEVERAL DJ'S FROM WLIB 1190 AM NY BUT IT WAS PAT MCKAY WHO SHINED ALONGSIDE THE IMMORTAL SOUND, STONE LOVE WHO KEPT THE VIBES GOING BETWEEN THE BAND CHANGES. THE SHOW OPENED WITH
CHOPPER RANKS DOING SOME GOSPEL REGGAE FOLLOWED BY THE JAMAICAN AND
AMERICAN NATIONAL ANTHEMS SUNG BY A LOVELY GIRL CHILD, SUPACHILE, MIKEY
JARRETT AND WAILING SOULS
BUT BEFORE
THEM ANOTHER
YOUTH WHEN
MARCIA GRIFFITHS
THEN,
BUJU BANTON
THEN, THE BIG MAN
BERES
INTRODUCED BUJU BANTON BERES INTRODUCED
MARCIA GRIFFITHS TO DO THEIR DUET. THEN, BERES INTRODUCED " THE
LITTLE ENGLISHMAN, AS I HAVE ALWAYS SAID " BERES IS THE GODFATHER OF LOVE". SO LETS MAKE SURE HIS NEXT ALBUM ( IN STORES NOV. 25TH) BRINGS HIM THE GRAMMY ! SIZZLA,
OH YEAH, I FORGOT SIZZLA WELL HE
THE ELDERS IN THE CROWD LEFT (THEY CAME FOR BERES) BUT US YOUNG BLOODS STAYED TO SEE SIZZLA PERFORM. WE WATCHED THE LIGHTS COME UP, THE SONY BIG SCREEN TURN OFF AND THEN SIZZLA'S MIKE WENT DEAD (UNION RULES). WELL, BERES HAMMOND CAME OUT AND SAVED HIM FROM UTTER HUMILIATION. BERES TOLD HIM TO
GIVE US " THE BIG TUNE" BLESSED LOVE TO BERES HAMMOND, GIVE US ANOTHER 30 YEARS OF LOVE,
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