Ziggy In Concert
Went to see Ziggy Marley perform last week (with the wifey). The show was not too bad at all. I would rate it 8 out of 10. It started promptly at 8pm with his opening act Skye. A black British young lady doing some good folk-pop stuff with just an acoustic guitar, she sounded pretty good and just released her debut CD, kind of Tracy Chapman-ish, but sweeter looking.
The wait for Ziggy was a bit long, but when he did hit the stage he got right into it. The sound was nice and clean except for a few mishaps that perhaps only a sound guy like me would notice. The band was tight and it was really great to still see Sticky Thompson out there on percussion. 35+ years of touring and still going strong! Ziggy hit the ATL after canceling his two weekend shows because of Bronchitis.. You could see that he wasn't quite 100% back, but he still put on a top-notch show. He really got deep into the vibes when doing his own personal material, though he just seem to go on auto pilot when he did Bob's and ZMM songs. "Lookin" is really GREAT live, so was "True To Myself" and "Be Free".
For those of you that don’t know (but still care to find out), Ziggy recently married a Jewish young lady and now resides in Israel. It is rumored that he is actually converting to Judaism but keeping the locks. During the entire show there was absolutely NO mention of Jah, Rastafari or Selassie. Very strange for a Marley production, I was however quite happy to get a break from all of that crap.
The wife and I met him briefly after the show, he has lost a lot of weight but claims to be exercising regularly now. We also met Sticky, Erica Newell, and Grandpa (of Morgan Heritage) back stage as well. Decent show, can’t complain.
The wait for Ziggy was a bit long, but when he did hit the stage he got right into it. The sound was nice and clean except for a few mishaps that perhaps only a sound guy like me would notice. The band was tight and it was really great to still see Sticky Thompson out there on percussion. 35+ years of touring and still going strong! Ziggy hit the ATL after canceling his two weekend shows because of Bronchitis.. You could see that he wasn't quite 100% back, but he still put on a top-notch show. He really got deep into the vibes when doing his own personal material, though he just seem to go on auto pilot when he did Bob's and ZMM songs. "Lookin" is really GREAT live, so was "True To Myself" and "Be Free".
For those of you that don’t know (but still care to find out), Ziggy recently married a Jewish young lady and now resides in Israel. It is rumored that he is actually converting to Judaism but keeping the locks. During the entire show there was absolutely NO mention of Jah, Rastafari or Selassie. Very strange for a Marley production, I was however quite happy to get a break from all of that crap.
The wife and I met him briefly after the show, he has lost a lot of weight but claims to be exercising regularly now. We also met Sticky, Erica Newell, and Grandpa (of Morgan Heritage) back stage as well. Decent show, can’t complain.
posted by De Immigrant at
11:54 PM
4 Comments:
Oooh! No Rasta? What would Dad say? This is bound to cause some controversy.
but, but, but....what about the mother of his kids who was with him from Prep school, where I first met him and showed him how to do a math problem???
Lawks, if I could just remember her name....nice dark skinned child who, if I remember correctly, sorta put her life on hold and had his kids. jeez, what is this girl's name?????
Times and people change Leon.
She get lef', Yammie... Moral: Nuh put you life pon hold for no man, no matter how rich him is.
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