MARBELLA

Sun 25th March.
Another beautifull day as we went for our dip in the pool was to turn out as one
"Helluva" day later! We had been asked by Vidal to go and see him in one of
his gigs in the afternoon,just past Puerto de Banus on the beach by "Victors"
bar.We caught the bus across the road towards Marbella but the driver did
not stop at the right spot so we ended up in Marbella-so we decided to have
lunch in town then go back to the beach later as the gig was from 3-00pm to
6-00pm.We found the best Tapas bar "La Venencia" which we have been to
with our friend Joyce-Brenda had Broad Beans with Ham and Deep Fried
Hake and i had also the house special Patas Bravas and Roast Pork in a
picquant sauce.The bar is always very busy and is loud and hot! We then
went to find a taxi on the front by the Marina and to our great surprise we
bumped into Vidal and Gisela-the gig on the beach had been called off as
the wind had got up! Vidal was all ready in his gear.he is a one-man Steel
Band and music system in this type of gig,he also performs in a trio and
also in a Ten piece big band with Brazilian dancers and fire-eaters!.They
specialize in Company Launches and Private Parties ie; Porche and
Michael Jackson for example! He has a 30 watt music system around his
waist,with a mixer and sound hi-fi speakers on his hips-then he has a steel
drum or saxophone which he plays along to the backing tapes which he has
produced in his mobile studio-he plays over 12 instruments.He started on
the promenade and he immediately attracts a large crowd but he moved
down onto the beach front bars on the side by the sea as the local police
moved him on-at one time Brenda was on spotting duty as by now we had
joined in with the gig as Dancers,Roadies !! By now Gisela was taking
bookings,inc.a party of Dutch people for later in the evening at their hotel.
So we squeezed into his BMW with all his equipment-inc.his Bongodrums
on our knees!!Only one problem,we could not find the "Atalaya Park" in
the Spanish road system and arrived for our first gig as "Honorable-
Roadies" late! After the party was over we had free drinks and Toasted
Chicken sandwiches in the bar,then arrived back to the site-late!! No
pictures but check out the web-site;
www,GTM-MUSIC.de