Sawdust Caesars Marathon Second Set
It’s always great to see these guys take the time and effort to come all the way to The Kings since they bring a variation in music very rarely seen these days. They move seemlessly from one genre to another however it is their own brand of Brit-influenced Reggae which always has the crowd up on their feet and dancing all over the bar.
If you were there during the first set you know they were not dancing then since The Kings was chocker block, even the front doors had to be opened! So what’s this about a Marathon and a dance session? The world’s best leading times for a Marathon is about 2:04 for a man and 2:15 for a woman. The Sawdust Caesars second set was somewhere inbetween that and did not finish until gone 01.30. Obviously by that time the bar had thinned out however there was an extremely hard core set of revellers determined to enjoy music that they had either never heard before or not for a long, long time.
This was the first time that Balding Bloke had engineered their sound but once he had got his head wrapped round it, what a joy to listen to. Everything was spot on and crystal clear but when the Caesars struck up with My Generation we knew the night was drawing to a close…was it really gone 01.30? What a great night, the only pity is we don’t know when they will be back again however if you happen to be on the Isle of Wight over the Bank Holiday weekend you can see them supporting at the Summer Madness Concert Sun 30 Aug 2009 at Carisbrooke Castle Fields.