7-5-13
FANS of Baba B, easily identified as the big man with the
small ukulele had a feast of reggae music when their idol rocked the island in
a two-day concert last Sunday and Monday at the Pacific Islands Club beachfront
in San Antonio.
“I am the biggest man on the beach, but I can get up and
dance. There’s no reason for you all not to get up and dance,” Baba B
challenged the guests to the second night of the concert. In response to his
challenge, males and females from the audience got up and rocked their hips and
swayed to the music on the sandy dance floor to the accompaniment of Higher
Ground band from Guam.
The first pair to dance got free copies of Baba B’s latest
CD. For the seventh time since 1999, reggae fans in the island were thrilled to
welcome back Baba B who promoted his newest album whose contents he himself
composed.
Among the songs in the album are All My Life, Rock With You,
Should We Cry, Candy, and High. Lucky guests who guessed trivia questions
thrown by master of ceremony LJ Castro about Baba B’s newest album got free
copies of the CD.
Baba B’s claim to fame with island reggae was in 1997 after
he released his debut album “Big Boy in Love.” This was followed by his second
album “Local Boy” which was released in 1999. Baba B has a big fan base for
reggae not only in Hawaii but in the Pacific islands.
The “Baba B Live on Saipan” was hosted by the Marianas
Pacific Distributor as part of a series of activities leading to their 40th
anniversary on September 14. Sponsors for the event are Docomo Pacific, Hertz
Rent-A-Car, IP&E, and Pacific Islands Club Saipan.
He has also performed in Las Vegas, California, and other
states in the mainland in addition to his island home Hawaii.
