Ozo!
Ozomatli was in town last night, playing at the Rec Center. What a treat, right in the middle of SLO town. The concert started a bit slow, with a free-style rap group fronting for another interesting band, fronting for Ozomatli. The rap group was able to talk to so fast that no one in the audience could understand what the hell they were saying — not very entertaining tho. The next group was much more my style. We got to the concert at 7:30, waaaaay too early, considering Ozo went on stage at 10pm. What a long wait.
Once they came out, the mediocre crowd that was gathered went nuts. They played for two hours, with styles sounding like reggae, hip hop, and mariachi. Ozomatli has such an eclectic style, able to entertain from the start to the finish of the concert.
One very unique thing I noticed happened when Ozomatli stopped playing, picked up the percussion instruments, trombone, and trumpet, and marched out into the crowd. In the middle of the audience, there I was, face to face with the stars of Ozomatli — having a drum line in the CPSLO Rec Center! Not only that, but my old Roommate, John Taylor, started doing Cappoerra with the kids of Ozomatli! Ozomatli, doing the drumline for a roda in the Rec Center, and I was in the front row. This was the most amazing concert I had ever been to in my life — an experience I will never forget. Thank you ASI Events!
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on October 24th, 2004 at 10:20 pm
My very first concert was an Offspring concert and Ozamotli was scheduled to be the opener, but cancelled.
Until this moment, I was blissfully unaware that I had missed anything.
Thanks Ryan, thanks a lot…