Sixteen rock groups come to the aid of ailing Boyati
A crowd-turnout of almost 700 filled the auditorium, chanting for their favourites as they appeared on stage. Metal Maze, Nagorik, Celcius, Echoes, Birodh, Kronic, Stentorian, Pentagon, Warfaze, dNA, Aurthohin, Artcell, Maqsood O Dhaka featuring Fakir Alamgir, Arbovirus, Aashor and finally Black catered to a whole lot of audiences to save a musician's life.
The music ranged from rock, alternative and heavy metal, to pop and disco element songs, to suit every taste, and thus keeping the crowd energetic and jumping to their favourite tunes. Iron Maiden and Metallica numbers were covered at large at the event, along with the bands' own popular numbers.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The presence of Abdur Rahman Boyati, in the arena for quite a long duration, made it a rather emotional gathering for both the audience and the performers. As Boyati said, 'Neither the Government nor any other institution came to my aid. The musicians and the musical community and the organisers mean a lot to me. I want to sing again and prove that I value them.'
As the convenor of this event, Shipul said, 'Such a huge participation from the musicians and amadergan.com is overwhelming. Abdur Rahman Boyati does mean a lot to the musical community of Bangladesh. He has made folk music immensely popular and the fusion of his song Mon amar deho ghori with our band culture was actually the first step towards folk music promotion amongst our generation. Working together to help such an artiste is an honour.'
Indeed, this was one of those rare moments when the young musical community came together for a worthy cause. The venue, sound system and lights along with the bands, performed free of cost to host such an event.
Despite the poor sound quality, the concert was indeed a crowd puller, especially for those who have followed Rahman Boyati throughout his musical career.