Barry Likumahuwa & The Rhythm Service Shows Tribute To The Rollies At Java Jazz 2024

Barry Likumahuwa & The Rhythm Service shows tribute to The Rollies at the Java Jazz Festival 2024 (Ivan Two Men / VOI)

JAKARTA - Barry Likumahuwa & The Rhythm Service appeared in the first day of the Java Jazz Festival 2024 which was held at JIExpo Kemayoran, Central Jakarta today, Friday, May 24.

In his appearance, Barry Likumahuwa cs performed tribute to the legendary Indonesian band, The Rollies at MLDSPOT Hall at 17.45 WIB.

They performed the song Chicago as a repertoire opener. Not without reason, the band from the United States was also often covered when The Rollies appeared.

Thank you everyone who has come. I think the audience will be quiet, but it turns out that a lot of people came. Thank you everyone," said Barry Likumahuwa welcoming the audience.

The room used was filled with half of the audience from various circles.

Then, Barry Likumahuwa & The Rhythm Service continued their performance by performing the best songs from The Rollies, starting with the song The Rollies from the 1979 album Kemarau.

Barry explained how 'Kemarau' became a unique song, because this song had received Kalpataru, an award given to parties deemed to have contributed to the preservation of the environment in Indonesia.

The 40-year-old bassist also welcomed a special guest who came among the audience, Jimmie Manopo and the wife of the late Benny Likumahuwa who was the mother of Barry himself.

Here are special guests, there is Om Jimmie Manopo here, the personnel are The Rollies. But I don't know where Om Jimmie is, he said he came here to watch, "said Barry.

Furthermore, Barry is still performing the best songs from The Rollies, such as 'Alam', 'Days', 'Astuti', and many other songs. Although the tribute to The Rollies this time is not the only one, seeing Barry Likumahuwa & The Rhythm Service performing The Rollies songs is interesting because the new arrangement featured at Java Jazz this year.