The MFM Jam Chronicle: The 'Chakk De Phatte' Jam of July 22 @ Bandstand

I cant believe this! three consecutive weeks! The rains have been really nice to us, maybe the Gods want to support our cause..! We started a little late, but the energies were high. Continuing to sit in our old position amongst the 'audience' on the stairs, I'm sure it is the better way. This jam for me, marked the 'return of the jam'- the way things used to be, with our energies latching on to others, people showing real participation (at least 8-10 people sung songs for us), none of us wanting to show too much of our individual skill; though we did murder some of the requests, thanks to being a little out of sync, for some new guys had joined. Aman, a real nice guy joined us and it was fun singing with him. Chintan joined the jams after a looong break and he had a real nice dhapli with him! It was a day of 'string breaks', with strings of all three guitars deciding to break! And it was the day of the percussionists, with Chintan and Tarun in real form and sync. It was fun and more than that. I got my mother who's on a trip to Mumbai to come and see the spirit of the jam. She sang us a nice Punjabi Song. Towards the end of the jam, Vinay spoke out passionately about the things the jams stand for: Environment, Humanism, belief in a simple way of life, connecting to each other, in the collective soul and I'm sure his passionate and honest from the heart speaking would have made at least some people reflect...

Cheers! Here's how it went:

A nice happy audience singing along. We could have come earlier to clean up some of the mess that has gathered on the artist's court...

'Baba Vinay Dev' took chaukari stance!!

BoomShakala! The Guy in the grey-green shirt is Aman, who joined in the spirit of the jam. Chintan (on the dhapli, red T-shirt) joined the jam after long time.