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Feel Reggae ~ Carl Harvey / Jason Wilson Review ~ Epic performance{s}

2/27/2019

Feel Reggae 23rd February, 2019 ~ Review

Carl Harvey on guitar alongside Jason Wilson on keys, with Michael Shapinko on bass

Carl Harvery, a guitar virtuoso, on tour with Toots Hibbert now for over 40 years. He has played on songs and albums with Jackie Mittoo, the legendary Skattalites who was a keyboard wizard

Warning: Carl Harvey’s playing can give goose bumps

Jason Wilson, plays a LOT like Jackie. This past weekend, it was clear to me of Jackie’s influence on Jason Wilson. Dr. John Jason Wilson, thank you for this week’s presentation{s} and song choices

They did something that is the essence of Feel Reggae, which is to speak of the different eras, charting the progression of the music where quadrille, mento, ska, rocksteady and reggae are discussed, then played

Education and entertainment

Like a reggae school

We discuss the eras and the political climate of when the music was produced

When the music changed and why

Anecdotes

Experiences

Both Carl and Dr. Jason Wilson, a professor at Guelph University, are learned scholars yet have lived the life of music ie; jazz, funk, folk, classical and all forms of reggae for most of their existence{s}

They played with many of the originals and still do today

Experience and great talent

Our goal is to bring the fans to the players of instruments and pay them for said talent

The “system” isn’t set up to pay artists at any time, especially the reggae crew

Next Feel Reggae Seminar, Saturday, 23rd March,2019

Drum Song by Jackie Mittoo

Israelites ~ Desmond Dekker cover

Satta Masagana ~ Abyssinians cover ~ Carl goes in on guitar...wait for it...

Willi Williams ~ Armageddon Time ~ A history about the punk movement and The Clash covering this tune

Keele Street ~ Jason Wilson original ~ Reggae / jazz

A few images on the day

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Next Feel Reggae Seminar, Saturday, 23rd March,2019

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Feel Reggae ~ February ~ Carl Harvey & Jason Wilson

2/13/2019

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This a dream match up

These are two musicians on the planet who shared musical experience{s} with the musical guru Jackie Mittoo

Come listen to how that story went for both

Carl Harvey has been on tour with Toots Hibbert aka Toots and the Maytals for over forty years now, brother to Rupert Harvey of Messenjah, where Carl has produced a few of their albums as well as played live at times with the band and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience

Dr. John Jason Wilson, a professor at Guelph University and a musical veteran in this city `trained` with Jackie Mittoo from about the age of fifteen years old and has produced albums and gigging for over forty years himself

These two have wanted to work a Feel Reggae Seminar together since I mentioned it to them

There will be a few mentions of Jackie as well as all kinds of talk of jazz, funk ska, rocksteady and reggae

I am eternally grateful for this opportunity to have two people on the planet who can speak from actual experience cause there were there when it was done

There is a change of time for this event to 7:00pm – 9:00pm

There will be several performances

JuLion soup a mek

One of the reasons I love Jason Wilson is his ability to go back DEEP into the history of reggae and touch a Skattalites track, aided by Sunray Grennan on drums and Michael on bass

Here is Toots with Carl and the rest of the band on the Jimmy Fallon Show last year

Here is Carl at a Feel Reggae session throwing down a version of Jimi Hendrick's, Voodoo Child

Spinning tunes prior to and after performance is DeeJay Scootz

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Colors of RasTafari shine on Marley Earthstrong - TORONTO

2/7/2019

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Grateful that a positive energy of RasTafari was able to shine in Toronto for a split second

Bob Marley performed in Toronto three times I think but I saw only two of them. The last one at Maple Leaf Gardens

RasTaman lit up a hockey arena that night

Torontonians like me, still brag about that last concert in 79

They lit up the lights at Nathan Phillips Square red, gold and green

Ites up to Jason McLean of Torontoreggae.ca who requested it

Grateful for those who came by and by all those who shared and fulljoyed the process

It was Robert Nesta’s earthstrong yet I send a love to Peter and Bunny also as I know we all feel that

Garry Lowe passed last year and his RasTafari energy affected rock and roll in Toronto and Canada

It is always a blessing and a source of pride to see one of Haile Selassie I greatest warriors, when 38 years after his death, his energy and conviction as a spiritual warrior, has a major city like Toronto, shining the colors of RasTafari on his birthday

Those two examples plus many others show me what the love of RasTafari can accomplish

Big love to all who came out to the first ever time the powers of RasTafari was shone out to the world from Toronto, Canada

I am eternally grateful to those who showed and to all who still monitor and show pride in this energy

RasTafari blessings to the world family

A few visual memories of last evenings events including the after party at Remix Lounge - click on the pics to enlarge them