
Rasta Rafiki
1994-12-31
A.J. Palumbo Center
Pittsburgh, PA

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       Rasta Rafiki opened for Rusted Root
d1t01 Changes Calling
d1t02 Cousins
d1t03 Rainbow
d1t04 Elm Tree
d1t05 Stream of Consciousness
d1t06 at the Dancehall
d1t07 Imagine (your Dream for Real)
 
   Rasta Rafiki pile out of the white bus that was our home for many years of road. Pittsburgh, A.J. Palumbo Center. For 
Duquesne College Basketball, I think. Spirits were high. We were playing the Nyabinghi later that night. Two New Years Shows.
Everybody was happy. 
  Everybody 'cept me that is. I had been running sound for Rasta Rafiki for about 10 minutes so I really had no idea how to mix 
except for the sound in my head.  Tom persuaded me, "Everything will be fine". Sure.   
   We load in and set up. I go back to the soundboard. I guess the guys back there wereUnion or something. They were not
interested in me. One guy pointed to a soundboard off to the side and said, "That's for you. Set it up however you want.", and 
promptly left. Great. No instructions, nothing. I got my sound levels while the monitor board crewgot their stage levels which 
was Real Fast cause, once again, Union. That was it. A total of about 15 minutes and we were off the stage.

    About 5 minutes to showtime, after the annual attitude adjustment, I walk to the board through about 5,500 kids. Plenty of people,
 plenty of exitement. It's New Years Eve. 
Everybody was Happy!
   The lights go out. The stage lights come up on Rasta Rafiki. Woo Hoo. Everybody starts screaming, The Boys start into the first song. 
And the rest is, as they say, History. 
 We watched as Rusted Root started drumming and chanting  and slowly walked through the backstage area and up on stage  
to start their show.We piled back into the bus and headed toward Morgantown and the Second show, listening to a live broadcast
of Rusted Root on the radio (90.5fm of something like that). If you have the Root show off radio please contact me.

    This is still my most requested Rasta Rafiki Concert.                          Coppolasetic Sound


Rasta Rafiki: 
Tom Batchelor: Guitar, Vocals 
Andy Lindsay: Bass 
Dave Lloyd: Keys, Backing Vocals 
Steve Markle: Drums 
Derrick "D" McDonald: Vocals, Trumpet, Congas, Peace Pipe 
John Schmitt: Lead Guitar

 