Native Oysters in Whistable

Friday 14th June 2019
St. Mary's Hall, Whitstable

Rick told me about this — he's part of the new crew attempting to reboot the (old, tired) Whitstable Carnival this summer. The bands heavily overlapped — happy to see Annie Whitehead playing trombone with both, Jen Maidman on killer bass with the All-Stars. Native Oysters had a sousaphone instead, so more of a New Orleans vibe (they did "Iko Iko", but also some surprises like The Kinks "Summer Afternoon" and Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio". Ivan's All-Stars had everyone up and dancing to Stevie's "Master Blaster", "Can't Stand The Rain", "Le Freak", "Rocksteady", "Message to You Rudy". Nice to see Christine Hopper and other old faces having a good dance in Whitstable on a Friday evening.