By Leighton Williams, Staff Reporter
Shelly Thunder (right) in worship. On Sunday night she graced a local stage for the first time since 1995, at the Trench Town Festival Days Gospel Festival,
SHELLY THUNDER graced a Jamaican stage for the first time since 1995 on Sunday night when she performed at the Trench Town Festival Days Gospel Festival.
However, this time, instead of singing about keeping men in check (by giving them a 'kuff') she was delivering God's message.
Shelly Thunder, who recently gave her life to the Lord, is known for hits such as Sometimes A Man Fi Get Kuff and Walk Out A Mi House... Bwoy Nuh Come Back.
The new recruit to God's army, who was clad in a blue jeans suit, touched the Vin Lawrence Park stage in Trench Town at minutes past 12 and received mixed reactions from the worshippers and onlookers who had gathered at the show. For persons who were 20 and over, the name was a familiar one, but for the younger persons, the name may have been unusual.
To ensure that she was remembered by the younger generation, the deejay went down memory lane in the first few minutes of her 20 minute performance. Instead of doing Sometimes a Man Fi Get Kuff she did Satan Fi Get Kuff. The response from the audience was immediate as shouts rang out in approval.
She continued on her refresher course, performing Walk Out A Mi House Devil Don't Come Back, generating a similar response as the first.
Seeing that the crowd was receptive, Thunder did Shelly Thunder Born Again with the same flavour as her former years, which saw persons lifting their hands in praise to God and shouting 'hallelujah'. She had the younger members in the audience 'logging on' to her every word.
Stopping briefly to talk about her life, which she said was always under God's direction, she encouraged the women not to lose hope in God. She then did a song called The Race Is Not For The Swift before leaving.
Prior to Shelly Thunder, the audience were kept in the praise and worship mode by good performances from Shelly-Ann Watson, Radic, Forgiven, Carlene Davis, Judy Mowatt, Mr Gallimore, Moses and others with current 'Christian Soldier' sensation Prodigal Son bringing the concert to an end.
Radic had opened the night's proceedings by performing Cover Me, which saw the audience jumping and worshipping. Shelly-Ann Watson followed and took the worshippers to another level in Christ. Her melodious voice pleased gatherers immensely.
Judy Mowatt, Carlene Davis and Forgiven also had the same effect, with Mowatt explaining that she had never felt better until she found Jesus.
Members of the Main Street camp also turned in good performances, including teaching the youngsters the new way to say forward in Christendom, which was 'Good God Man'.
(See additional reports on the Trench Town festival in today's STAR)
