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After the first scheduled concert failed to come off July 31, many music lovers were reluctant to bet their money on a second attempt but those who dared to gamble their money on a second concert with the same headline artiste, South African Jonathan Butler had no regrets.
The second concert, which finally came off at the Accra International Conference Centre Saturday night, was a second attempt by organisers, Outlook Minik and Design House Project (DHP).
JB Storms GH (Jonathan Butler Storms Ghana) concert was a concert with a difference. Not only was it the first time the internationally renowned South Africa artiste was making a historic visit to Ghana, the concert was also for a noble cause.
Proceeds from the concert, supported by the Ministry of Health, would be used to aid the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goal Five which is aimed at reducing maternal mortality especially in deprived communities in the 10 regions of Ghana.
It will aid significantly, Government's effort to achieve MDG Five to improve the maternal health ratio by 75 per cent by 2015.
Before the main act, Jonathan the musical Butler, took the stage; it was Eclipse, Ackah Blay and his band and Danny Nettey who were at their peak, in turns, proving Ghana’s musical worth on stage.
But that Nzema guitarist, Ackah Blay, who seemed to have married that instrument for years now, was just amazing. He constantly intertwined his performance with a unique Ghanaian story – every song of his had a history.
Ackay Blay and his band thrilled expectant audience with several exciting songs but the one that stood out was a song about the Kundum festival where youths of Nzema taunt under-performing chiefs and leaders. It was mandatory that those taunts are taken in good faith therefore also prompting the audience to also take his performance in good faith.
The stage lights even moved and danced to his so-called ‘take it in good faith’ song but it was his bass guitarist who was overly excited. He moved to a different pedestal – the music spirit had driven him nuts unleashing the results through his fingers, he was jumping to the glory of the music.
Jonathan Butler is without a doubt, one of God’s special gifts to Africa, and the world. Coming from an interesting history, his first single was the first by a black artist to be played by white radio stations in the racially segregated South Africa. That earned him a Sarie Award, South Africa's equivalent to the Grammy Awards.
The award winning acoustic guitarist came onto the stage flanked by a lady, radiant as the rays of the rising sun – her skin glittered leaving to mercy the skimpy black dress she wore while her beauty lit up the stage. She was his daughter, Jodie, and she had a voice that matches her beauty – so sweet it was.
Her earlier entry on to the stage prior to her father’s drew whispers and whistles from the male audience who had fallen prey to the unexpected jewel of a beauty. Briskly, but cautiously she walked off the stage, that went to the admiration of all – she was tempting!
Now back to Jonathan’s performance, he himself was a share ‘mischievous’ musician on stage - that mischief was however a captivating one that had no bounds and from the word go, it was as if he had performed to the same audience a hundred times before – he knew the audience and the audience knew him.
After a welcoming performance, Jonathan recounted that as expectant as he was being his first trip to Ghana, a Policeman who met him at the Kotoka International Airport on arrival, “did not say welcome to Accra…he welcomed me with my song,” which was a very touching and heartwarming moment for him.
He was a complicated personality on stage, one minute he was your regular gospel musician, the next minute a jazz bar musician and then your love doctor.
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