Funky Reggae on the Reno River
Saturday afternoon on the River presented a perfect afternoon with Wine, Rasta and Reggae. Tracy “Too Dread” Moore of KTWX 100.1’s Reggae show organized the River Roots Reggae Summer 2006 show on Saturday afternoon from 1-5 p.m. “Too Dread” was the first to have a Reggae radio show in Reno in the 80s.
The show was held outside of E.J’s Jazz Café and Dreamers Coffeehouse on a perfect hot afternoon. Although it was cold the day before the sun shinned bright for this fabulous Reggae tribute to Bob Marley and “the movement for Jah’s People.” Too Dread’s band Jahzilla brought in a swarm of people dancing and celebrating reggae music. Reno performers The Mark Sexton Trio opened the show with some acoustic sounds of reggae rock.
The show started around one but by 2:00 p.m. the place was completely crowded by people who heard the funky sounds of Reggae. Jen Haverty, known as “Akasha” seduced the crowd with her belly dancing as she shook her body to the music of Jahzilla. Haverty is part of Reno’s own “Controlled Burn”, a group of fire performers and jugglers. It was her second time dancing with Jahzilla and surly not her last.
The crowd was shy at first but then Jahzilla’s addictive beats brought dozens of people to their feet to dance. Burt Rendon, part of an organization called The Solace Tree, got up and started singing a song that he made up on the spot to Jahzilla’s music. His hilarious song was for his best friend and fellow member of The Solace Tree, Kim Seifert who was laughing and dancing around. The Solace Tree is an organization for children who have lost a parent. Kim Seibert lost her husband six months ago after a snowboarding accident and joined the organization for their daughter.
They were part of The Wine Walk, which was also taking part Saturday. The Wine walk helped bring in more people to the River Roots Reggae show. The show brought reggae lovers old and new for one final taste of summer while the sun was still hot. For more Reggae sounds, listen to Tracy “Too Dread” radio show Sunday nights from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on KTWX 100.1.
* On the paper edition I goofed the name of the opening act, I wrote Val & Kyle when in fact they are called The Mark Sexton Trio. I'm really sorry about that guys, you were awesome none the less! :D
The show was held outside of E.J’s Jazz Café and Dreamers Coffeehouse on a perfect hot afternoon. Although it was cold the day before the sun shinned bright for this fabulous Reggae tribute to Bob Marley and “the movement for Jah’s People.” Too Dread’s band Jahzilla brought in a swarm of people dancing and celebrating reggae music. Reno performers The Mark Sexton Trio opened the show with some acoustic sounds of reggae rock.
The show started around one but by 2:00 p.m. the place was completely crowded by people who heard the funky sounds of Reggae. Jen Haverty, known as “Akasha” seduced the crowd with her belly dancing as she shook her body to the music of Jahzilla. Haverty is part of Reno’s own “Controlled Burn”, a group of fire performers and jugglers. It was her second time dancing with Jahzilla and surly not her last.
The crowd was shy at first but then Jahzilla’s addictive beats brought dozens of people to their feet to dance. Burt Rendon, part of an organization called The Solace Tree, got up and started singing a song that he made up on the spot to Jahzilla’s music. His hilarious song was for his best friend and fellow member of The Solace Tree, Kim Seifert who was laughing and dancing around. The Solace Tree is an organization for children who have lost a parent. Kim Seibert lost her husband six months ago after a snowboarding accident and joined the organization for their daughter.
They were part of The Wine Walk, which was also taking part Saturday. The Wine walk helped bring in more people to the River Roots Reggae show. The show brought reggae lovers old and new for one final taste of summer while the sun was still hot. For more Reggae sounds, listen to Tracy “Too Dread” radio show Sunday nights from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on KTWX 100.1.
* On the paper edition I goofed the name of the opening act, I wrote Val & Kyle when in fact they are called The Mark Sexton Trio. I'm really sorry about that guys, you were awesome none the less! :D
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