I am pretty excited about the risk we’re taking at my first show in Jamaica. We’re closing with a Mento song that we turned into a full on Rock Song.
This band is two Jamaican cops and this Jamaican drummer that is the in the pocket reincarnation of Keith Moon.
…and a Budtender from Seattle.
If we nail this song it’s a WRAP. It’s so good as a closer. The opener Funky Kingston is going come out and hit people like Mike Tyson in the first round. I posted it. We brought it.
Jamaicans want Rock & Roll but it has to be good.
Let’s roll the dice. Because that’s how I got here. I ain’t scurred.
Mark Wonder was looking at us…
“You guys are playing a rock song”
….with a mix of horror, admiration and fascination.
I start the song as a little mento song through the first chorus, then I stop it like the end of ‘Natural’. Then I might go full on preacher if I feel it and talk about some real sh☆t.
…as I quietly count 1,2,3,4 to Ackeme.
I know we are holding a grenade that could go off in our face. But if we hit this…
I am dropping the mic.
It’s not like I haven’t done this before but to try to turn a group of people I didn’t know Sunday into my band on a Saturday is an achievement and a challenge.
The half Puerto Rican tan is real. I haven’t been this lean and tan since the mid nineties.
El Capitan, El Capitan…
Entrance to the show. This ain’t Kansas. Welcome to Jam Rock.
…Isachar waits on the other side.
Selecta Ras Isachar came all the way from Kingston to introduce me on stage at my first Jamaican concert.
He used to play opposite Bob Marley in those legendary Hope Road Soccer matches. He DJs Friday nights on Roots FM. June 14th he is playing his selection of NWst artists that give him the correct vibrations.
…and also those that submit tracks, which you can do by contacting me.
We did it! We closed with balls out Arena Rock at a Reggae Show in Jamaica.
And it worked. Quite well.
Amen. Thank you Jamaica. Now that’s f☆ckin’ teamwork.
Now I can smoke this phat spliff
You know I wasn’t trying to be Reggae singer. But sometimes your SQUAD is RASTA and you just have to support.
…and I got 10,000 hooks. So we good.
The question is who is going to join me at Lenni I-Music ‘s concert next year in Port Antonio?
I love Reggae music. But I love the people even more. I’d be down with this crew even if they were Polish American Polka Kings.
Maybe it’s the Red Stripe talking, or the spliff.
But yes Hunter, “when the times get weird, the weird go pro.”
…and Sorry Not Sorry, I prefer Black Nashville.
Big ups Jamaica.
I am pretty excited about the risk we’re taking at my first show in Jamaica. We’re closing with a Mento song that we turned into a full on Rock Song. 
– Musician and writer Davin Michael Stedman has many ventures, such as the AMAZING blog, 100milesofmusic.com. Davin’s new song has become a global earworm and Caribbean dancehall hit. Listen here on Reggaeville: DAVIN MICHAEL STEDMAN & ANTHONY RED ROSE – FREE YOUR MIND FEAT. SLY & ROBBIE WITH LENKY MARSDEN. The video is now available on Youtube: Tuff Gong Television. His single with British band Sherlock Soul is available here.
