Gettin’ LUCKY!

So james, Paul, Herbert, Nneyka and I all got Lucky last week….together….in an old theatre in Atlanta.   We got Lucky but not the way you are thinking.  We were attending the Lucky Dube concert.  It was at the Variety Playhouse in Little 5 points.

James grew up listening to Lucky Dube he liked him before he became a reggae artist…..back when he was into a traditional Zulu music known as Mbaqanga.  James often opens my eyes to new things south African music is one of those things.  I have been listening to Lucky Dube for the past 3.75 years of our relationship I just didn’t know it.  Brenda Fasse is another South African artist that I love.  James also introduced me to her.

I ‘d like to comment a bit on how refreshing it was to be at the Lucky Dube concert.  His bio says that his parents christened him “Lucky” because he was born very sick and was lucky to be alive.  In my opinion Lucky Dube has carried this positive attitude with him through his entire career.  All of his songs were positive….this is what was so refreshing.  Today so much music is about killing, shooting and other terrible things.

After the concert I was contemplating this fact.  I was wondering if that positive energy was stemming from the fact that Lucky first became popular in the 1980’s and things were just more positive then or if that is just Lucky’s outlook on life.  I think I’ve decided it is just his outlook on life. 

 I will leave you with one of my faves from Lucky Dube… this is some of the song from a recent concert he did in Columbus.  I would also like to add that the singer in RED was my favorite!  She had such great facial expressions.

Lucky Dube Different Colors / One People Live Columbus 8/22