Shelter Discog:
Now if you did your math, you knew the Tribute to the Paradise Garage party at the Shelter was gonna be ovah! Well, it was. Ask anyone of the 3000 people who were there. DJs Joey Llanos, David Depino and the Shelter's own Kevin Hedges (aka Blaze, hello) rocked the classics like, well, like you knew they would. Is it All Over My Face? Hell yeah! True Garage flavor on a floor that kept the crowd continually churning each other further into the mix. From the Asian heads, to the dreads to those crazy straight UK boys who (unnervingly) know every word to every classic to card-carrying Paradise Garage members (carrying on like it never stopped) it was all there and it was all good. Damn good. And sweaty, child. Of course, it got better at around 5:00 AM when the inimitable Grace Jones materialized on stage in a glowing Miyake white hood, chrome glasses and Miyake black hoop skirt which she swayed fiercely ("to the rhythm") as she opened with "I'm Not Perfect." She performed 12 songs (including "Walking in the Rain," "Pull Up to the Bumper," "Slave to the Rhythm," "My Jamaican Guy," "Nipple to the Bottle," "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)," "La Vie En Rose," and "Sex Drive") with as many outfit changes. Finally, an hour and a half later Grace sang her way through the audience and exited - sweating, smiling ("I'm feeling you!") and just as Grace as you wanted her to be. Madonna who? Please. This woman is untouchable. Always will be. Who else can perform songs from almost 20 years ago with such gorgeously glittering, tongue-flicking, shriek-inducing raunchiness, but the our one and only Grace. This was a once-in-a-lifetime performance. If you missed it, you did indeed, as it was probably the last party of its scale at Shelter: Sadly the Shelter is closing. Landlord drama, greed, we hear. Get the latest at www.clubshelter.com. See you at the closing party on September 15. Free admission! -- from westendrecords.com
Timmy Regisford was the original DJ of Club Shelter, during the nineties, Club Shelter was a collaboration of Freddy Sanon, Timmy and Kevin Hedge of Blaze.