8/9/19

Day two of the fest. We were playing in our home base of Montejaque. All we had to do was walk downstairs and we were at the gig. Yeah!

DJ Scratchy got up in between all the bands. He played loads of great tunes from all over the musical landscape. He was also telling us about his time touring with the Clash!! Loads of great stories. 

We went on first and the set was way better than the night before. Not the best, we really aren’t use to being the the opener and it took us a bit to get rolling, we got there eventually. Crowd was decent for us but it really picked up later for Los Skarnales!!

But right after us was Maf E Tula. She is this gal from Costa Rica plays acoustic guitar does some throat singing and totally rips it. She backed by the rhythm section of the Jake Levinson band (who also rips it but in a very different way!). We are lucky enough to be in the bill with them every day of the fest. Really lucky.  

Then Skarnales got up... I was hanging with these dudes the first night. We got all drunk and stayed out late as hell (apparently I was singing at the top of my lungs in the square at 6am...)   Their set was unreal. I’ve not been the biggest ska fan but these guys totally changed my mind. Unreal. And some of the most charming folks I’ve ever met. 

Oscar Ornelas and Tamara Mack were the last two acts of the night. Both did some pretty great blues/rock and roll. They shared the same band and those dudes were on fire. Kind of a theme here.