The next day... after enduring a sleepless night of aftershocks. The promoter for the first show of the tour in Osaka (west part of Japan) said the show was go!!

Musicians inspired by life experiences

Keeping busy was something we all wanted to do, so we ended up taking the 6 hr drive to Osaka.

We stopped at rest areas, ate food and reasoned about life

We arrived in Osaka in the evening. Osaka wasn't effected by the Earthquake at all. Life seemed quite normal there... the first thing that the promoter asked is if Gappy was ready to voice dubplates...

One thing about Osaka sounds... they love dubplates. They voiced some Gappy tunes that Gappy didn't even remember... lol. big up all the Osaka sounds!!!

Soon after we all took a rest and got ready for the show at Ten-G.

We arrived at Ten-G early but there were barely any people there yet... even though Osaka was not directly effected by the quake, you could still feel a certain vibe from the people. Unity Sound did a little early warm and then Gappy came on stage for his first performance in Japan.

the reception was good.. and people started to smile and enjoy Gappy's classic hits from his debut album "Put the Stereo On". He even went into songs like "Stinkin Rich" which got a big forward as well. He continued giving them tunes like "Tun Up", "Nuttin from dem" and so on... When Gappy started to sing his tune "Thanks n Praise" it became a little difficult because the song hit close to the incidents that unfolded the day before and Gappy had to stop and sing it from top again. The people looked happy to hear and feel music that night and Gappy ended his performance with "Heaven in her Eyes" that left the ladies full of smiles. Big Up Gappy!!!

After his performance, Pierre from Special Delivery niced up the dance with hits from the Special Delivery catalogue like "Westside" riddim & more... while Gappy signed autographs and talked with the people

Day 2: Earthquakes... Reggae & Osaka