Shelly G

The Shelly G show got off to a lazy start. Maybe it was the weather. But it ended up a well-supported, entertaining and interactive sound lab with a live-in-Georgetown kind of feel to it.

The album and DVD launch party at Club Elysium was graced with the presence of several of Guyana's known performers most of whom flowed among the patrons like the rain falling outside on and off all night. Though this particular 'Scenist' has never been in a jazz club I would imagine this is something of what it would be like with some modernizations like live video footage for those who could not see directly on the stage.

First up in the house somewhere around 11.45 pm was Celeste David. She brought with her a new ballad "In Love" that most in the club were not familiar with. But they were still appreciative as of course the voice entertained and kept folks wrapped up. "Through the Eyes of a Drug Dealer" done by the Foreigners got lost, to the space for improvement mic system, though the beat was phat.

Passion worked a new song called "Get your Groove On" with Taz and the X-Factor dance group; one of the songs he is purportedly going to be using at next year's Carib Mash Soca Monarch competition. X-Factor put in another performance before Fojo did his thing working on some solo slow jams before enlisting the help of stable mate Little African for "Playing Games".

Guyana's home-grown stars First Born took stage front with "Headlines", "Bounce them Head", and closed their set out with a wheeled-up version of "Gathering Time". X2, Jomo and Adrian, got on stage somewhere around 12.45 am and involved the ladies particularly with suggestive antics all taken in good fun.

The star of the show Shelly G blew the cork off things with her sexy outfit and trademark scream/shriek "oooow". She attempted to sing a Christmas song for her fans then Fojo came back on stage to do their combo "I Know You Know". The peeps requested "Touch Meh" so she did that. Then JB, a dynamic Dynamix Studio hip-hop artiste, did a song with her "Someone Watching Over Me" before home girl did a slow jam "What You Mean To Me" to finish off her live segment.

The video launched at Elysium for the song "Touch Meh" featured hot rides and scenes from a bedroom tryst with lots of touching in places those open-minded fans should enjoy. basstone@lycos.com