Chameleone ‘stands’ tall at Bayuda concert
Feb 01, 2009
SINGER Jose Chameleone might be a mischievous artiste, but his concerts have always been a memorable experience! And, his Bayuda launch concert last Friday at Hotel Africana was nothing less.
By Pidson Kareire
SINGER Jose Chameleone might be a mischievous artiste, but his concerts have always been a memorable experience! And, his Bayuda launch concert last Friday at Hotel Africana was nothing less.
But most of all, the massive turn up proved that unlike popular belief, Chameleone still enjoys unwavering support from his fans.
Fans started streaming into the venue at 5:00pm when Chameleone was still fine-tuning and testing his musical instruments. He was forced to leave the stage since he could not do last-minute preparations in front of the crowd.
But the concert did not kick off until four hours later when a sporadic volley of fireworks shot into the air to mark the beginning.
Thereafter, different artistes delivered high-energy performances.
Unlike most shows where hordes of upcoming artistes sing to CD tracks, the Bayuda concert had few of such.
The few established artistes who opened for Chameleone included Juliana Kanyomozi, Bebe Cool, Kid Fox, Karim Sava and Gen. Mega Dee.
As the clock ticked towards midnight, Chameleone, surrounded by several muscular men (kanyamas) and boys waving Uganda national flags, hit the stage and presented a convincing musical performance.
He sang for two hours and nobody left the venue until his latest song — Bayuda. In no particular order; he sang a medley of 30 songs; which he punctuated with dancing interludes.
In fact, Chameleone who has not been able to stand on his feet for the last four months, stomped his still fragile wounded legs so hard, he prompted usually crowd-shy wife Daniella Atim, to walk onto the stage and whisper into his ears to slow down.
The only problem was that he never really sang any of those songs fully. It was more like he skimmed over them. But perhaps seeing that he was pressed for time, one can forgive him.
Enthusiastic fans gave Chameleone money; some offered their shoes to him, while others fought to carry him around as he sang.
Chameleone, like most artistes who have been victims of intrigue and slunder (the subject of his song Bayuda), took every opportunity to tell off critics and rivals and asserted himself as a doctor who heals societal woes through his music.
And did Chameleone really point out any particular Bayuda (hypocrites) like he had promised? Nope, but his live and electrifying performance sufficed.
SINGER Jose Chameleone might be a mischievous artiste, but his concerts have always been a memorable experience! And, his Bayuda launch concert last Friday at Hotel Africana was nothing less.
But most of all, the massive turn up proved that unlike popular belief, Chameleone still enjoys unwavering support from his fans.
Fans started streaming into the venue at 5:00pm when Chameleone was still fine-tuning and testing his musical instruments. He was forced to leave the stage since he could not do last-minute preparations in front of the crowd.
But the concert did not kick off until four hours later when a sporadic volley of fireworks shot into the air to mark the beginning.
Thereafter, different artistes delivered high-energy performances.
Unlike most shows where hordes of upcoming artistes sing to CD tracks, the Bayuda concert had few of such.
The few established artistes who opened for Chameleone included Juliana Kanyomozi, Bebe Cool, Kid Fox, Karim Sava and Gen. Mega Dee.
As the clock ticked towards midnight, Chameleone, surrounded by several muscular men (kanyamas) and boys waving Uganda national flags, hit the stage and presented a convincing musical performance.
He sang for two hours and nobody left the venue until his latest song — Bayuda. In no particular order; he sang a medley of 30 songs; which he punctuated with dancing interludes.
In fact, Chameleone who has not been able to stand on his feet for the last four months, stomped his still fragile wounded legs so hard, he prompted usually crowd-shy wife Daniella Atim, to walk onto the stage and whisper into his ears to slow down.
The only problem was that he never really sang any of those songs fully. It was more like he skimmed over them. But perhaps seeing that he was pressed for time, one can forgive him.
Enthusiastic fans gave Chameleone money; some offered their shoes to him, while others fought to carry him around as he sang.
Chameleone, like most artistes who have been victims of intrigue and slunder (the subject of his song Bayuda), took every opportunity to tell off critics and rivals and asserted himself as a doctor who heals societal woes through his music.
And did Chameleone really point out any particular Bayuda (hypocrites) like he had promised? Nope, but his live and electrifying performance sufficed.