Jam Session at "De big Fish"

Whatever Island we are or Bay we have anchored in, music has always played an important part in the local or sailing community. Luckily here in Grenada the local music community is not as loud and noisy as in Luperon or St. Lucia, however there a few events where it can get a bit louder than usual. On Friday nights there is a band called “Barracuda” that makes really nice music and the band leader is from Italy and is very versatile with his music pieces. The other musical events here in Grenada are the jam session in “De big Fish”, where sailors get together with their music instruments and giving their best. It is amazing how many sailing people have got instruments on board and are very musical. The variety of instruments is also very surprising; from Wooden Saxophones, to Pan Flute, Violins, Drums, Ukulele, Banjo and of course the good old classical to electrical guitars. I wish I could say we are musicians, but unfortunately we are not. Even though we have bought Carlos and Julia a guitar, unfortunately they still haven’t been able to pick up enough notes to be able to play a song or even a little tune. Today’s jam session was a great success and I have never seen the restaurant so busy. However there are always people that need to be in charge of the sessions, have an awful way of handling situations and can ruin it therefore for other people. While Julia and Carlos were sitting in amongst the other players with their rattles in their hand, the guy with the violin is telling them off, that if they cannot play to the rhythm they should not play at all. All they heard do not play at all and left the circle very disappointed. I explained to them later that they should not take it too serious and I really hope that this will not discourage them to get the rhythm right and to play an instrument!