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| Winston
Wells Ball Field, Cruz Bay, St. John was the venue for the very successful |
| St.
John Christmas Music Festival, which was three nights of free concerts.
Inner Visions |
| was
the headliner on Sunday, December 18th, performing for almost 3 hrs. to
a captivated |
| audience.
Steve Simon, the festival promoter, sent this email to me, December 25,
2005: |
| |
| "...Inner
Visions was amazing...I was blown away by the energy, the harmonies, the
whole |
| vibe
of their performance. I am so very proud to have been able to present
them and look |
| forward
to doing it many more times...Grasshopper looked fabulous!!! |
| |
| Thanks
for all your help and I look forward to working with you again... |
| |
| Merry
Merry and Happy Happy! |
| |
| Steve
Simon |
| St.
John Blues Festival |
| P.O.
Box 37 |
| St.
John, VI 00831-0037 |
| Phone:
340-693-8120 |
| Cell:
340-643-6475 |
| www.stjohnbluesfestival.com |
| |
| SUPPORT
THE BLUES - JOIN THE BLUES FOUNDATION AT: WWW.BLUES.ORG |
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| |
| Sista Irie of the consciousparty.com
forum put out some beautiful photos of Inner visions during their performance
October 14, 2005 at the Flamingo Cantina, Austin, TX. Read
her wonderful review too. |
| |
| Check out more great reviews
here: www.digitaldudes.com/9reviews.htm |
| Inner Visions performed
for a Katrina Benefit in Davis CA, at the Catino del Cabo on Oct. 9th. |
| Read the kudos from the
South African sound engineer, Gabe Lewin, to George Michailow of Fast Lane |
| International, Inner Visions'
stateside booking agent, in this email thread. |
| |
| -----Original Message----- |
| From: LEWIN, GABE [AG/1983]
[mailto:gabe.lewin@monsanto.com] |
| Sent: Wednesday, October
12, 2005 2:40 PM |
| To: 'George Michailow' |
| Subject: RE: Bloody Brilliant
Laddie! |
| |
| I try...The guys were a
pleasure to work with. Sometimes I have worked with Reggae bands and been |
| surprised to find that they
are generally grumpy, and unfriendly. Not so with the I.V.The whole thing
was |
| fun and there were a few
guys helping me pack and load out. and the organizer got me all 4 of the
CD's |
| which I am enjoying immensely.
I have a studio at my house with 6 15" speakers and 4 18" subs. They |
| sound great. One day I will
look you guys up at the Virgin Islands. Maybe 2007. next year I am going |
| to Jay bay (Jeffrey's Bay)
in South Africa. (Home of the perfect wave). |
| |
| -----Original Message----- |
| From: George Michailow [mailto:George@FastLaneIntl.Com] |
| Sent: Wednesday, October
12, 2005 11:31 AM |
| To: 'LEWIN, GABE [AG/1983]' |
| Subject: RE: Bloody Brilliant
Laddie! |
| |
| Thanks for the great Sound
in Davis!!!! Nice feedback |
| gm |
| |
| -----Original Message----- |
| From: LEWIN, GABE [AG/1983]
[mailto:gabe.lewin@monsanto.com] |
| Sent: Wednesday, October
12, 2005 2:29 PM |
| To: George@FastLaneIntl.Com |
| Subject: Bloody Brilliant
Laddie! |
| |
| Totally awesome show! Not
in the least bit tedious! Very Cool indeed! |
|
| |
| Check out this great review
heralding Inner Visions's highly anticipated |
| performance at Schooner
Landing, Damariscotta, ME, Aug. 6, 2005: |
| www.mainelincolncountynews.com |
|
| From:
Notipunto News notipunto@notipunto.com |
| To:
pickering@vitelcom.net (Grasshopper) |
| Date:
Sun, 05 Sep 2004 17:27:25 -0700 |
| Subject:
Monterey, CA Performance |
| |
| "Today,
for the first time, I had the opportunity to do a news media coverage at
the Monterey |
| County
Fair Grounds where the 9th Annual Monterey Bay Reggaefest was held.
Being a |
| native
of Ponce, Puerto Rico, and a broadcaster for so many years, I can tell
you that I have |
| had
the opportunity to listen to reggae music, in both Spanish and English,
but never had the |
| opportunity
to be part of such a powerful performance as the one you just presented
here |
| today. |
| |
| The
mix of the youth and experienced Inner Visions performers is just a magic
combination |
| for
your true musical communication, with a great taste and full of professionalism.
It is a |
| performance
I will never forget and I have to give you a ten plus! |
| |
| During
our press meeting, I noticed that when you speak you speak from deep in
your heart, |
| and
your "visions" are so positive that I find them as a venue of encouragement
to all of those |
| of
us who listened to it. |
| |
| I
wish you the best and hopefully we meet again soon. God bless you and keep
up that |
| "deep
from the heart beat". |
| |
| Roberto
Rullan |
| Journalist/Broadcaster |
| Notipunto
News, Monterey CA |
|
| "About 2 years ago I went
to St. Croix to see the VI reggaefest and a guy named Irving kept tellin |
| me how great these guys
were. They played that time, but came on at 6 or 7 a.m. and there was |
| absolutely no one there
at that time. I was beat too, so I took off after a song or two.. |
| |
| They played here at Club
Viva about a year ago and maybe it was a bad night, but I wasn't |
| impressed. Since they're
from the hotbed of the U.S. Virgin Islands (St. John to be exact), I |
| decided to check em out
again at Viva last night. let me tell ya, it was one of the best shows
I've |
| ever seen. They just totally
blew the place away...Just incredible. |
| |
| Viva's a small basement
club. They started at 10:30 and it was a sparse crowd. Not sure what's |
| going on in town here, but
it was a drag and i was kind of embarrased at the turnout but the band |
| played on and believe me,
they played. the man they call Jupiter was front and center playing a |
| mean bass all night long.
To his left was Grasshopper and this guy is one of the best guitarists
I've |
| ever heard. From searing
notes to real rootsy licks, I just couldn't believe how good he was. Some |
| lead vocals, too. The man
Ras Paul was on his right and he was great. When he took over lead |
| vocals his stage presence
was mesmerizing. he'd let the spirit move him and would go off on |
| these tangents and he really
blew me away. I told him later how good he was and he was just a |
| humble rasta (as they all
are). |
| |
| The drummer was strong,
too. I think his name was Aswad. They laughed and called him |
| Hollywood. he was definitely
hitting the skins hard and just jammin. Akiba, the keyboardist, |
| was layin down some great
sounds, too. The sound was just great last night and these 5 guys |
| just meshed perfectly together
to create some of the most crucial sounds I've heard in awhile. I |
| asked them for the playlist
afterwards but apparently they just play whatever's on their minds. And |
| they dub out some of the
tunes and their musicianship is just over the top. Just crucial... |
| |
| Some of the songs i remember
were "Love One Another," "Slow Down," "I Cry," "School Daze," |
| and they closed down with
"Spiritual Dancer." Near the end they also played "Hotel California." |
| When Grasshopper introduced
it I thought why would this band play that song? Their originals were |
| so tight I just couldn't
figure it out. But as soon as they started playing it, i was hooked. They
then |
| played Marley's "Waiting
In Vain" and that one blew me away too. they were just hard-core roots |
| with Grasshopper's amazing
guitar work. Man, it was a great show...They'll be back in town again |
| this Saturday at the Show
Me Reggae fest, so that'll be cool. |
| |
| Gotta roll to work. Check
em out if they come to your town. believe me, they lay down some |
| crucial vibes..." |
| |
| keep skankin... |
| DJ Professor Skank |
| St.Louis, MO |
| pskank@skankproductions.com |
| Positive Vibrations
9/15/04 |
|
| Friday,
June 24, 2005, Inner Visions was the featured headliner at the |
| 10th
Year Anniversary of the Kalamazoo Island Festival. |
| Check
it out here: |
| www.islandfestkalamazoo.com/ |
|
| “I just wanted to say thank
you for your true representation of what we would |
| believe true Rastamen should
be! Thanks for the love you showed me!” |
| |
| Cedric Seymour |
|
| July 28, 2004, Musihya Strickland
wrote an article announcing that |
| Inner Visions was about
to heat up the U.S. Reggae Tour Circuit with Cool |
| Reggae Rhythms! |
| Read all about it: |
| onepaper.com/caribiadigest/ |
|
| On October 28, 2003, St.
John Source carried this great article about |
| Inner Visions' triumphant
return after a successful 6-month tour: |
| www.new.onepaper.com/stjohnvi |
|
| “I’ve
been importing bands from the States here to the Island of St. Thomas |
| for
years and the best band I’ve ever imported came from right next door |
| (St.
John)!” |
| |
| Matt
Smith, Offshore Bar |
| St.
Thomas, VI |
|
| “I absolutely love your
sound and can’t get enough of it!" |
| |
| Brittany La Croix |
| Mascoma High School,
NH |
|
| "Ride
the Wave!…..Don’t miss em live!” |
| |
| Denise
Beal |
| Mansfield
CT |
|
| “I was listening to your
music on the net and really like what you are |
| doing. Continue your
great work. Your music and vibes are very good!” |
| |
| Gi Dussault, Co-host
and Co-producer of |
| “The Upper Room with
Joe Kelly” |
| Connecticut USA |
| "Inner
Visions is one of the most professional reggae groups to hit the |
| charts.
A wonderful combo of music, vibes and committed message |
| of
one love penetrates your soul with the first struck chord. Live your |
| dreams
and you will conquer!" |
| |
| Naomi
Baylarian |
| St.
Thomas, VI |
|
| “I’ve been listening to
reggae for more than 30 years. Unfortunately |
| most are not as tight and
well grounded as you!” |
| |
| Thia Hadge |
| Northhampton MA |
|
| “Just
wanted to thank the Inner Visions crew or coming to Wichita, |
| fKansas.
You opened our eyes to the feelings of love!” ……… |
|
|
| Matt
Aelmore |
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