Posted by Jamaica MAX - Join the Jamaica MAX Message Boards and discuss this in the Jamaica discussion forums!
Tags: Jamaica, Jamaica Music, Jamaica Nightlife, Oracabessa, Reggae Concerts, Reggae Concerts, reggae month, reggae music, smile jamaica
Damian Marley and brother Stephen Marley on stage at Smile Jamaica Africa Unite 2008 in Oracabessa jamaica on February 23, 2008
Ziggy Marley performs True to Myself and Into the Groove at the 2008 Smile Jamaica Africa Unite Concert in Oracabessa Jamaica at James Bond Beach on February 23, 2008
I made it to the 2008 Smile Jamaica | Africa Unite Concert in Oracabessa at James Bond Beach on February 23rd and it was a great show for me in many ways. I met some super cool people and made it all the way backstage with the artists. I shook hands and held a short conversation with some of the Marley brothers. I made some new friends and learned a lot about Jamaica and her royal family as well as myself in the process. The concert was big and a drain on me in more ways than one. I have not written much about my experience but I8217;m finally putting some reviews together now.
I have over 1200 photographs from Reggae Months biggest concert event from backstage before and during the show to front and center of the VIP area and even some shots from underneath the stage I have lots of pictures of 2008 Smile Jamaica to load to the photo gallery and some great video as well but the force has been against me. My website server was hacked and another one of my sites has been causing us troubles. You may have noticed some considerable downtime for us recently and I have been working hard on that. I8217;m uploading video and pictures now and I will update some new articles and links later this week but here are some pictures to give you an idea of how it went.
I got to the event very early in the day and was able to watch the setup crew from three different production companies at work as they got ready for what they all said was one of the largest concerts of the year. It took them 3 days with over 60 guys running around to setup for a show that was supposed to last about 12 hours but ended up running much longer. Things were a bit slow and in between set changes made the night
Comments