S.O.S.

No, I'm not referring to an emergency request for help or the thin sliced beef in gravy served over toast commonly called S.O.S. (You military guys can explain the acronym) but to the 70's disco/funk/soul band of the same name.

A bit of (as Ricky Ricardo would say) "splainin" is in order first.....
Yesterday my eldest son Yohan and his GF Yui arrived for a visit from Okinawa. We went to the base to visit my work and pick up some snacks, I brought them to a rental car agency so they had transportation for a few days then we headed back to my house. A quick rest and it was off to Yokohama for dinner and to sightsee along Minato Mirai (see my photos in the Yokohama album). We had dinner at a place I found last Sunday, a nice Italian restaurant called Mangia-Mangia, nice view, good food and they had live music. Well there was an African-American guy playing some jazzy piano, we happened to be sitting right in front of him and enjoyed the show. He took a break and came down to talk to us as I was the only other American in the place. Well turns out this gentleman was Mr. Jason Bryant Jr.. Who (you ask) is he? Well, turns out that Mr. Bryant was the founder of the S.O.S. band! (Take your time do it right....) He married a Japanese woman and now lives in Yokohama and plays at this restaurant twice a week. We had a nice chat about living in Japan and he asked about my job and if I had heard of his band before (not knowing I am seriously into old school music) I knew several of their songs and many others too and told him I will definitely be down to hear him again. He gave me his business card with his e-mail address and cell number and was kind enough to take a few photos too. Real nice guy, down to earth and laid back, not to mention a damned good piano player, singer and performer. Such things just wouldn't happen in the US!