Tim Hain and Jamside Up!

Jamside Up! play a wide variety of music in a reggae style as well as classic reggae covers and some originals.

Lead singer and guitarist Tim Hain learned reggae from the source, touring as lead guitarist for Jamaican stars such as Tyrone Taylor, Winston Reedy, Janet Kay and Carol Thompson. From them he gained ’nuff education, and earned ’nuff respect. He has also successfully opened for artists as diverse as Chaka Khan and Thomas Mapfumo, Zimbabwe’s finest. He has also been the butt of ’nuff jokes about being born the wrong colour. Never mind. Tim Hain has a rasta heart, and the voice to match.  Tim is also a smokin’ guitar player.

Oh, and if it is dreadlocks you want, check out the drummer currently known as Prince, a true born Jamaican Rasta with locks to his knees.

Jamside Up! have a flexible line up. They can play as a three piece band (vocals/guitar, bass and drums) or expand to make a bigger line up featuring three lead singers (two male and 1 female) with extra vocal contributions from Prince the drummer!

Sample set list:

MARLEY: Jammin’ / Stir it Up / Waiting In Vain / War / Redemption Song / Feel It In The One Drop / Keep On Moving / I Shot The Sherriff / No Woman No Cry / Lively Up Yourself

PETER TOSH: Johnny B Goode / Reggaemyelitis

UB40: 1-in-10 / Red Red Wine

TOOTS: Pressure Drop / Monkey Man / 54-46 Was My Number

GREGORY ISAACS: Nitenurse

BLACK UHURU: Medley – Shine Eye Gal / Sponji Reggae…

MIGHTY DIAMONDS: Pass The Koutchie – medley with Buffalo Soldier / Wa Do Dem / Money In My Pocket etc.

THIRD WORLD: 96degrees / Satta Masgana

COVERS performed in a reggae style include: Falling (Alicia Keys) / Down Don’t Bother Me (Albert King) / Wind Cries Mary, All Along The Watchtower (Hendrix) / Misty Blue / Going To Jamaica / Black Magic Woman / Need Your Love So Bad (Original Fleetwood Mac) / Hound Dog (Elvis) / Hungry Heart (Springsteen)

…and of course HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (trad; beatles and stevie wonder in a reggae groove!)

Plus originals: Jamside Up! / Sunnyside Up / Meditating On Your Love / Tell You Something ’bout Reggae Music / Raised On Reggae…

Testimonials:

“Excellent. Best I’ve heard For some time.” – BILL WYMAN , founder member of The Rolling Stones.

“You sound great…I love all that Albert King, Albert Collins stuff you play.” – JEFF BECK, Guitar Legend.

“A breathtaking, hugely entertaining fusion of blues and reggae…” – BLUES IN BRITAIN Magazine.

“His version of Hendrix’s “The Wind Cries Mary” is worth the price of the album alone” BLUES MATTERS Magazine

“He’s a very, very good musician. Writes good songs. A natural….we want to see him playing the big venues. ” – ESTHER ANDERSON, actress, filmmaker, iconic photographer and former girlfriend to BOB MARLEY.

“A damn good guitarist.” THE RT. REV NICK BAINES, Bishop of Leeds.

“I enjoyed that. All very different.” – SIR STIRLING MOSS, Motor Racing icon and International hero.