The Mighty Diamonds, Chakademus and Pliers, Alton Ellis and Freddie McGreggor did not take the stage at Foundation Music Showcase.

Peabo missing

Neither did headline act Peabo Bryson. However for the full house that turned out to the Constant Spring Golf Club, it may not have been a total waste of time. Performances came from Hugh Jay, Lorna Bennett, One Third, Noddy Virtue, Christopher Martin, Gem Myers, Half-Pint, Gregory Isaacs and Ray, Goodman and Brown.

After Hugh Jay's start to an already behind schedule show, Lorna Bennetts's far less than stellar showing, a sizzling, sassy Gem Myers performed under a full moon.

Christopher Martin's rendition of Change Is Gonna Come led to what should have been a short break, which kept going and going and going and going, the audience getting impatient with the recorded music and clapping for showtime at 11:30 p.m. and 11:35 p.m.

Resumption announced

At midnight MC Junior Sinclair announced the resumption with Lloyd Parkes and We the People Band, saying that there had been technical difficulties. However, after Half-Pint's Greetings, Gregory Isaac's Number One and a substandard Ray, Goodman and Brown hitting vocal potholes in attempting to find Love On a Two Way Street, it was back to more recorded music at 1:39 a.m. before the mass exit of bodies and chairs.