Name: KING YELLOWMAN & THE SAGITTARIUS BAND IN VICTORIA BC WITH GIRAFFE AFTERMATH!: YELLOWMAN & THE SAGITTARIUS BAND, Giraffe Aftermath @ Distrikt - Oct 23, 2011
Start: 2011-10-23T21:45:00-04:00
End: 2011-10-24T01:30:00-04:00
Location: Distrikt

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KING YELLOWMAN & THE SAGITTARIUS BAND IN VICTORIA BC WITH GIRAFFE AFTERMATH!: YELLOWMAN & THE SAGITTARIUS BAND, Giraffe Aftermath

Tickets on sale now at Lyle's Place, Ditch Records, The Reef, Strathcona Hotel, ...

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Music Folk / Celtic / Latin / World Hip Hop / Rap Jazz / Blues Reggae / Ska / Dub

Sun. October 23rd 2011 + Add to Calendar

Distrikt (No Minors)

9:45pm - 1:30am Doors at: 9:00pm

$23.50 adv. +

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YELLOWMAN & THE SAGITTARIUS BAND

Reggae/dancehall from Kingston Jamaica

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Giraffe Aftermath

Reggae/Dub/Hip Hop from Vancouver BC

Available for Shows/Gigs

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Victoria BC Ska and Reggae Society

Entertain, Educate, Unite

Victoria BC

Open / Operational

PEPPERPOT

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Physical tickets at: Lyles Place, The Reef, Ditch Records & Cds, The Strath, Ticketweb, Fascinating Rhythms

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Tickets on sale now at Lyle's Place, Ditch Records, The Reef, Strathcona Hotel, and ticketweb.ca

Victoria BC Ska Society & Pepperpot are proud to bring Victoria Jamaica's first dancehall superstar. YELLOWMAN ushered in a new era in reggae music following Bob Marley's death. His early-'80s success brought the popularity of toasting -- the reggae equivalent of rapping -- to a whole new level, and helped establish dancehall as the wave of the future.

YELLOWMAN was one of the most verbally nimble toasters of his time, with a loose, easy flow, a talent for improvisation, and a definite wit in his wordplay. Plus, all the boasting about his prowess on the mic or in the bedroom had to be over the top to be convincing: true to his stage name, Yellow-man was an albino, which carries a tremendous social stigma in Jamaica.

Also playing alongside King Yellowman is Vancouver's Giraffe Aftermath. The band is becoming recognized around Vancouver as they've played around the city for the past four years playing with other bands such as John Brown's Body, The Black Seeds, Israel's Zvoloon Dub System and other notable bands.

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919 Douglas

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KING YELLOWMAN & THE SAGITTARIUS BAND IN VICTORIA BC WITH GIRAFFE AFTERMATH!: YELLOWMAN & THE SAGITTARIUS BAND, Giraffe Aftermath @ Distrikt Oct 23 2011 - Dec 22nd @ Distrikt

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