Welcome to Jamrock online … on target

When Paula-Ann Porter announced the start of The Gleaner-sponsored ‘Welcome to Jamrock’ at the Constant Spring football field on Friday, it was a minute before the slated 9:00 p.m.

When Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley said goodbye, after his brother Stephen had delivered Could You Be Loved and he had invited “Simone inna me love zone”, it was two minutes before the slated 2:00 a.m. end.

The audience, most of which was packed into the vast VIP section, had not had enough after 90 Marley minutes. Even as the band was packing up, most stood firmly in place as Porter marshalled the chant ‘we want more’. “Officers, no disrespect. We a go do two more tune. A Christmas,” Jr. Gong said.

Then parts of Road To Zion and Welcome to Jamrock, hit home hard.

It was the end of a well- organised, high-quality event which had built momentum from shorter stints by the earlier performers, Javaughn singing of Peer Pressure and taking over instruments from members of C Sharp band to show his skills on keyboards, drums (singing “do rocksteady” to cheers at the same time) and bass guitar.

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