The ‘Boatman’ is a big star in Mal Movies – known now as Dillip – but back then Gopalakrishnan – the in-house Mimic could keep a crowd going for hours. Smita (also Sushma), is a Mohiniattam and Kathakali dancer – now living, teaching and performing in the USA. Anil G at the helm – is an ol hand at Aditi tech (and an often seen shiny pate at TAAQ gigs in Bangalore). I’m still doing that thing we do…que sera sera. What ever! That was 1989 @ Ooty Lake!
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The JC 'Helmet' tour
We pulled this one off with some help from above!Got the then Commissioner of Cops (Sangliana)to kick off the tour for us…
Four o us rockin the afternoon at St. Josephs…
With crew an a cool back drop…
The view from above at Christ…
Brigade Street launched at Music world on Brigade rd…
The crowd at Christ (sitting room only as per college rules!)
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Our first real "outing"…
On a cold chilly day we step out of our cumulative jet lag and take main stage at Barfly – Glasgow. Tony’s guitar refused to behave and kept sliding out of tune.
We started cold and ended ‘Hot’ – given the response from the last gig we did on our first UK tour and the 5-star review we got in the Scottish Herald for it.
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Gods Owns Rock Show!
The Tree Festival – early 2003 or late 02. Not sure the exact date – anyone?We joined Kashi Art Cafe’s Campaign to save the Giant Raintree’s of Fort Cochin: With Sunset Man and the sun setting on a backdrop of ‘Chainese’ fishing nets.Not to mention a dockyard full of local fishermen rocking along!
Brigade road goes down in Fort Cochin.Not to miss our good ol back drop bowin in the wind and the bamboo stage.
Rajeev gets down an dirty at the Gundoo Island Gig.This was a day before the Tree Fest. We got a private gig signed up with the Taj Malabar.If only we new what we were in for!This picture (which only Guru could have taken?) kinda captures the mood of the gig later on!
We had our own P.A. All the stage gear. And a ferry to the island. The stage was set up in the middle of the island, a mile away… with a wheel barrow and Elsa the Airport trolley to get us a cross that mile of soft beach sand!
Sea Breeze and pedestal fans – and Rajeev’s full-works-kit…And finally – the morning after – the big chill:
We just got off the boat at some 5 a.m. Unloaded the gear off the boat and onto the Tempo Traveller. Totally doggered! And then I saw the infinity pool. So while everyone else crash out into the comforts of the Taj, Rajeev and me dived into the pool. Caught Rajeev in this early morning light with the ole Canon AT… shortly before we headed off to steam out at the Spa! -
August 11th, 1985…
The early days of struggle…we had one and a half guitars. No Stage amps. One mic.
A drum kit held together mostly by will power and some bits of string (in the pre-digital/photoshop era a black marker direct on to the picture added aspiration – TAMA and an extra tom!). That didn’t stop us from getting tie-dye shirts and a rock star attitude!Aje, insisted that the only way to play bass was left-hand (since Paul McCartney did it that way) – no matter that it was a battered six-string with only the last 2 strings remaining!). To make matters worse we didn’t have a sound check – and were plugged directly into an Ahuja PA – complete with foghorns and daisy-chained speaker boxes.
And then some one decided to twiddle with the tuning keys of my guitar just before we got on!! – digital tuner? never even dream’t of such a thing!
Varkey (the drummer) moved on to St.Stephen’s Delhi to do eco (hons), but passed away tragically in an accident in ’89. Aje, (now a Commander in the Indian Navy) can still play left hand bass, but only the two songs that we did that day – Lyin eyes by the Eagles and Sound of Silence by S&G – provided the guitar has only 2 strings!
All this, at a place called Ambalamugal, the back of beyond, in God’s own Kerala, some 22 odd years ago!
We have come some way, since. Not quite there yet…but Getting there!
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Ancient History!
That would be me on the drum kit – 1982 would be the year (I think).
Rohan on Guitars is a hot shot investment banker somewhere.
Christy, on the other guitar is a Full-time employee of Christ (not the college – the God!)
I, still like to give the drums a good whack once in a while (when Rajeev’s not looking!)
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