Well to be honest I was really desperate to go to the LMHR (Love Music Hate Racism) gig in Ramsgate on the Kent Coast after having 'discovered' Mic Righteous ( who was playing) through one of my face book friends who is also a real friend and one of the organisers of the gig. Of course the usual problem (reminiscent of my younger days when clubbing); who can I go with? Luckily I managed to persuade my dear sister to come along, and that was a great result, even better than going with a friend or acquaintance as you don't have to talk or pretend, you can just be, and that is what we did and we thoroughly enjoyed the day.
There was wind and rain at the site of the gig which was on the sea front, or the Harbour, so it was being postponed, on account of the equipment being too wet to use and needed drying out. So my sister and I walked along the harbour and found a really good art exhibition all along the sea front, really big pictures and some of them very good indeed, I was surprised and glad to come face to face with two of my favourite historical figures, Karl Marx and Vincent Van Gogh, well there was obviously some good spirits there in the Harbour.
The weather really was incredible, huge waves came crashing on the promenade, wind, rain, it was so bracing, mesmeric and picturesque. The sun did make special appearances later on ...
But not at this time around about one to two in the afternoon, it should have started at midday, and we were beginning to think that it would have to be called off.
But it did get going, first there were some warm up acts, grime, and it was beautiful, the lady above in the picture was from a class act called 'Vee and the Vendettas', and it was a little like a ladies day, which is cool, ladies first as they say!
Wow! Lady Leshurr totally mashed up the place, with some superb rap and grime, and as you can see she looked absolutely stunning too ( sorry pic is a little blurred)
Then there was this energetic Young band with another female lead, the band was called 'Shy Chlo', and were a combination of metal and rap, wonderful and very powerful too.
OMG Mic Righteous, whatta man, what can I say, he was my reason for attending and he didn't disappoint, he followed a most amazing grime rapper called 'Spookasonic', who really got the crowd going and the sun shone and blazed while Mic Righteous blew up the stage. Mic Righteous has become somewhat of an 'underground' celeb, he is very well known and loved now particularly after his 'fire in the booth' performance that I posted here, so he gave us that and his new single which isn't due out until next year called 'Lets get nasty', I loved it, there was some great audience participation on that one. Stunning pic of him above.
There was a fantastic surprise after Mic Righteous, I was ready to retire and go home, but for a wicked Rasta who was simply brutal, all the righteous rasta lyrics, but 'hard core', and that is how he described it too. He looked brilliant with a nyabinghi turban, gold in his teeth and a beautiful reddy black complexion. I was awe struck. Was unprepared with my camera and too absorbed in the performance to take any pics, but he will live on in my memory and my minds eye for a very long time to come.
The last act we saw were 'Kid British', but I was tired, my sister was cold so we departed the scene, just as they were singing a song something about a middle aged woman although I didn't catch any other lyrics, a nice band though and after that there was the head line act, 'Congo Natty' AKA Rebel MC who I remember from back in the day with the classic line in one of his rap tunes that went 'Is he a Yankie; no, I'm a Londoner'. The crowd was so up for it I bet it was a great performance too.
There was some Leary behaviour which thankfully didn't escalate, and I hope it remained calm throughout the duration and after we left, the organisers and sponsors ( the trade union UNISON), really did an excellent job, I will write to the main organiser who I know and congratulate her.
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