BASSETERRE, St. Kitts- GRAMPS MORGAN and his son Jemere gave an electrifying, audience-loving performance on Monday night (Apr. 1) before hundreds who had assembled at Black Rocks Pasture for the annual St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party's Easter Monday Rally held under the theme ‘Full Confidence’.
Among the Government Ministers who attended the event were Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party Dr. Denzil Douglas, Deputy Prime Minister Asim Martin and Marcella Liburd.
While the Ministers and other officials incorporated the Party's red affiliated colour into their outfit for the occasion, PM Douglas stood out with his red iRepSKN T-shirt.
Gramps Morgan, lead vocalist from the internationally-acclaimed Jamaican Reggae band, Morgan Heritage, officially introduced his son, an uprising Jamaica artiste.
Many people were shocked at the announced age of the tall and handsome Jemere Morgan, who looked matured and much older than his 17 years.
The performance between father and son lasted from about 8:46 p.m. to 9:48 p.m. and patrons still wanted more.
The senior Morgan emerged onstage telling the massive audience if "Unno ready fi some rockers say yes Rasta", as the music for the 23rd Psalms was being played.
While belting out 'Down by River', he improvised lyrics to say, "Tell them I'll be with the Labour Party."
Other well-known tunes performed by him included 'Hold On', ‘Come Back to Bed’, ‘Wash Away Tears’ and ‘Praise The Almighty’.
Gramps dedicated his ‘One Night’ song “to all the beautiful women of St. Kitts”.
Upon the introduction of the junior Morgan, many ladies screamed and cheered for the young and upcoming Jamaican sensation, and the revelation of his age made him more appealing to the young females.
Interestingly, when Gramps had reached out his hands to the audience during the first part of his show, many appreciative fans returned the gesture in an attempt to touch the Reggae star, while Jemere’s crowd outreach was met in similar fashion but with obstreperous screams.
One young lady, dressed in a short jean pants and green blazer and with a tummy revealing top underneath, had the opportunity to be serenaded by him to a song called ‘Sunshine Glow’.
The young lady made her way onstage with assistance from the budding star and stood on the right hand side at the front of the stage.
To many people however, the lucky young lady seemed just too boring and unconcerned about such a lovey-dovey kind of entertainment treat that a number of other females had no doubt envied.
"Hold on pon de man” exclaimed a member of the audience who appeared to be in her 30s.
It was not clear whether she had heard the woman or decided to get into the groove, but she did put her arms around him to which the same female bellowed, “That's right!”
While onstage, she even found time to stick her tongue out at her friends at the front of the stage.
At one point, while sitting at the edge of the stage, when it seemed as if she wanted to slip back to her spot in the crowd, Jemere mixed her into his performance once again while asking, “Wey yuh a go?” He then led her back to center stage.
The chorus to his song ‘Paradise’ was a crowd favourite with lyrics saying: “The way you love mek me rock and wine…make the hair pon me skin, hands stand up now…baby love , baby love that’s the way we gonna live in paradise.”
He also did his “brand new single” called ‘Neighborhood Girl’.
Following his performance, which clocked approximately 25 minutes, the audience thunderously clapped and cheered for a job well done.
Back in the limelight to conclude his performance, Gramps Morgan said, “Seventeen years old…a mek a nice baby…nice”, which made patrons burst out in laughter.
He condemned crime and violence, including gun-related criminal acts.
“Come clean and leave me the machine and take care the queen”, he encouraged.
He further admonished citizens and residents to “keep the peace in the community”.
During his performance, Gramps Morgan had invited PM Douglas onstage, who told the patrons to enjoy themselves and asked if they would like to see the Jamaican superstar return to the Federation, to which he got a ‘yeah’ reply from the excited crowd.
“Well, we going to bring him back,” PM Douglas promised.
Gramps lauded the leadership of PM Douglas as a black man in the Caribbean, whilst making commendable reference to President Barack Obama.
“Yuh kno inna St. Kitts a long time we see black man a run di country. Big up yuhself Prime Minister...seen,” Gramps Morgan remarked.
A female patron, who seemed to be in her 50s, made her way to the side of the stage wining and grooving steadily during Gramps Morgan’s performance.
“Yuh see da wine dey? It full a love; it no cantankerous…it just nice”, Gramps said about the woman whom he referred to as “Mama”.
Gramps Morgan also gave his audience a taste of his new album called ‘Reggae Music Lives’.
‘Africa is Calling’ is one of the album’s song that he dished out, which went well with the audience.
He distributed over 30 CDs of the album to members of the audience.
Upon leaving the stage, Gramps Morgan expressed, “I look forward to coming back with my band to give you some real rockers.”
Well-known radio personality EK, made the audience laugh when he commented on Jemere Morgan being a 17-year-old.
“I want see dat birth certificate”, he humourously said.
Earlier that night, popular national artiste Nicha B had the audience rocking and enjoying themselves during his performance which ran for about 30 minutes.
He did songs like ‘Highly Blessed’, ‘White Sheet’, ‘Stop Chat People Business’ and ‘Don't Grudge People’.
Nicha B called on persons to join him onstage to dance. And while a male adult shied away from the opportunity to show his moves because he did not get a female partner to accompany him, a 14-year-old student of Saddlers High School named Skydaekah accepted the invitation.
And showoff he did.
Skydaekah became an instant crowd pleaser as he gyrated and boogied to dance moves like ‘Walk and Wuk Up’, ‘Footsy Dance’ and ‘D Tremble’.
The audience clapped and cheered the youngster who seems to love dancing.
Nicha B was obviously quite impressed.
The event was also used to introduce the eight contestants who would be vying for the crown in this year’s Miss Labour Pageant, which is scheduled to be held in May.
DJ Dangles kept the crowd rocking and grooving to a variety of selections at different intervals.
The curtains were however brought down on the stroke of midnight by the Grand Master Band with an energetic jam session that dished out hits like ‘Work That Body’, ‘Pay Day’, ‘Jungle’, ‘Give Me That’ and ‘Bully’.
