Kavelle Anglin-Christie, Staff Reporter
Barrington Levy being 'broader than broadway' at Heineken Startime, held at Mass Camp on Oxford Road, New Kingston on Saturday
WHOEVER SAID young people didn't appreciate 'oldies' wouldn't have believed their eyes at the Heineken Startime on Saturday night.
Both the old and young came out to the Mas Camp, Oxford Road, to enjoy the music of artistes including Leroy Sibbles, George Nooks, Ken Boothe and Barrington Levy.
George Nooks came out looking chic in his brown suit and felt hat and rocked the house with songs like God is Standing By and a few Dennis Brown hits.
Leroy Sibbles' performance was lengthy but entertaining. At one point he sent out the invitation for a voluptuous woman on stage while he was delivering the song Fat Ting. Whey fatty deh? he asked. Two persons appeared but it proved to be too much for him. "No sah me one caan manage two a dem." So only one stayed.
The performance of Little Roy was not as sprightly at the others. He started out with Tribal War but pretty soon lost the interest of patrons, causing Sibbles to return to the stage urging the audience for their support. "People a di real big man dis."
If there was a prize, however, for the best performer, Ken Boothe would have received it. He ran, he span, he jumped and all of them were in sync with the music, provided by Lloyd Parkes and We the People band. Boothe performed crowd favourites such as Everything I Own, Old Fashion Way, The Train is Coming and Puppet on a String.
Barrington Levy used the Schoolers Band for backing and it didn't turn out to be the best choice. They continuously paused after each song, causing Levy to say, "Please don't take any breaks after the songs, just move right into the next one." That however, fell on deaf ears and he eventually decided to sing acapella for most of his songs, including So Many Girls, Murderer, Living Dangerously.
The highlight of his performance was when he brought Bob Andy on stage to sing Too Experienced.
Levy's performance didn't last as long as some of the others and part of the reason could have been because he was ill but ignored this in order to perform.
Irrespective of that Levy's performance combined with the others to make a complete five hours of great entertainment.
