By Chaos, Freelance Writer
From left, Cindy Breakspeare, Damian 'Junior Gong' Marley and Rupert Bent II thrill on-stage during 'Jamming On The Fault Line' at Falise, Jack's Hill early Sunday morning. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
ON A night that saw a veritable potpourri of performances, the pick of the night during 'Jamming On the Fault Line' may very well have been seeing Damian 'Junior Gong' Marley perform on-stage with his mother Cindy Breakspeare. The event was held last Saturday night into Sunday morning at Falise in Jack's Hill and was produced by Suzanne Couch.
It was not a matter of their performance standing head and shoulders above the rest on a night which saw a number of wonderful sets from the veritable who's who of entertainers present, but more because of just how... special it was seeing the Grammy-winning artiste sharing the stage with his beauty queen-turned-singer mother.
Cindy Breakspeare came to the stage after her husband, Rupert Bent II on guitar, had thrilled the audience with an instrumental piece with jazz inclinations, backed by a sparkling Noel Seal on congo drums, an ever-smiling Ibo Cooper on keyboards, Aeion Hoilet on bass and Ordean Francis on drums, each musician taking a moment to shine in their own right.
"You know I tend not to be from the now generation, I'm from the old generation and I make no apologies for that," Breakspeare said before breaking into Teach Me Tonight. "Let me hear you put your hands together please," she requested, a request which was granted with gusto.
"We're gonna start with One Love and see where we go from there. We have Damian in the house, we have Julian in the house, we have Stephen in the house, so we're gonna invite them up here and see where we go."
"Wha dem sey, a di song a di year, di millennium?" she asked before launching into the Bob Marley classic. There were spontaneous cheers when Damian 'Junior Gong' Marley walked on-stage and joined his mother during the famous refrain and then deejayed. "Cho, pull up, gimme some a my ting," he then said. The band duly and competently obliged and More Justice brought the house down, even as Junior Gong smoothly switched microphones during an extended deejaying stint which saw the cord fall from the microphone he was using. Cindy Breakspeare managed to smile widely and sing back-up at the same time, continuing to do so as Damian segued into Still Searching. She attempted to fill Stephen Marley's shoes on the and it was written refrain during It Was Written and the two hugged as they sang, seemingly oblivious of the audience for a brief moment.
The Gleaner spoke with Damian Marley after his short set and after saying it was 'normal' for him to sing with his mother, he said "It feel good fi kno' sey mi madda proud a mi, yuh kno'?", a wide smile on his face.
'Jamming On The Fault Line' also saw an amazing range of performances from Suzanne Couch, Brother Joe's Rightful Brothers, Soul Case, Della Manley, Jana Bent, Andrew McIntyre, Toots, Leebert 'Gibby' Morrison, Tessanne Chin, the Martial Arts band, the United States-based Thievery Corporation, THE STAR 'Artiste of the Month' Wayne Marshall, Buccaneer, Bling Dawg, Kip Rich, Fahrenheit, Dean Fraser and his band as well as others.
