Saturday night?s ?Veterans in Action? concert at the Number 1 Shed was a blast from the past that arrived just in time to make de people dem dance. I arrived on the scene around 11.15 and the vibes were so fresh and, really, quite clean.

Bass Rider was riding the Natural Mystic wind, and the people were bubbling from beginning to end. Bob Marley received tributes-a-plenty, and the crowd was around twelve hundred and twenty.

Around a quarter to twelve the Sagittarius Band took the stage, and the audience swooned with every riddim they played. Now I know this rhyming is probably getting pretty tiresome, but yo, this is big tune, so you?re gonna need some fire son!

Besides, there was a melody to this concert, a rhythm and a rhyme, especially when Admiral Tibet opened with the magnificent ?Serious Time?!

The crowd ate it up, like cornbread and grits, and shocked out even more when he sang ?Don?t Try to Dis? ? oh, what-a-ting, to see the people?s revelry, and that?s it for the rhyming ? I?m on the level see.

Tibet held the crowd in the palm of his hand, for forty minutes he fronted the legendary band; and each hit he dropped landed like a bomb, as we rode on emotions from ecstatic, back to calm.

?Leave People Business? was the biggest explosion, delivered with a voice that showed no sign of erosion. Tibet was in command from beginning to end, and when the last note was struck, he?d made a thousand new friends.

Next up to the stage was the second Admiral waiting, this one was called Bailey and there is no debating; he was awesome! Bailey spit a trailer-load of hits from the mid-to-late eighties when the Admiral was the -er- best.

International super hits like ?Two Year-Old?, ?Jump Up? and the spectacularly received ?No Way Better Than Yard? flowed from the good Admiral like there was no tomorrow, and we carried on like we knew nothing of sorrow.

The feel of this concert was nostalgic, warm and intoxicating; like back when you were young and invincible and nothing mattered but the music and it was invigorating.

Bailey delivered a heartfelt rendition of ?Three Little Birds? in tribute to the great Robert Nesta Marley, and finished with the massive ?Horse Tonic? encore.

He provided a generous forty minutes of good old fashioned Reggae revelry, and by the end we were quite low on energy.

Energy levels aside, the ride was special, and the sweetness was already at a very high level; but we hadn?t seen a thing yet, for the night was still young, and Sugar was next.

Sugar Minott poured molasses from his mic, and every note he struck gave us the feeling that every little thing was gonna be alright.

He crooned through the timeless ?River Jordan,? the sweet ?Just Don?t Wanna Be Lonely,? the melancholy ?Some Guys Have All The Luck,? the classic ?Herbsman Hustling? and the absolutely majestic ?Smile,? which was received with considerable acclaim by the near capacity mass of Reggae connoisseurs that witnessed this special concert on Saturday night.

Sugar was sweet, from his feet hit the stage, and the tunes he delivered took us back to an age when the dance was not violent and all got their groove on, but now it was 2.30 and we had to get a move on.

King Yellowman graced the stage for about half an hour, delivering the hits with significant power. ?Pass De Dutchie? opened the onslaught, followed by ?Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt?; this set, was taut.

The big tunes kept rolling with ?Operation Eradication? and ?I?m Getting Married,? by now there was no limit to the influence King Yellow carried.

He held the crowd in suspended delight, as he shucked and jived late into the night. ?What A Bam Bam?, ?Mad Over Me?, ?Blueberry Hill? and the brilliant ?Zunguzeng? all got play, and the whole set was fire at the end of the day.

A bit too short for a headlining act, but still entertaining and that is a fact. In actuality, this entire concert was a blessing. From start to finish the quality was easy to find, and all those who attended will keep highlights treasured in their minds.

A great start in the Reggae concert arena for Hott 107.5, lets hope they have the drive to keep the vibes alive.