Spring/Summer 2013. I remember the vibe. The streets were beginning to fill with holiday millennials, couples and families - all strolling, laughing and enjoying the warm lengthy Mediterranean evenings.
We were "out and about” having fun, three of us hoping to stay out for a while in a nice place to sit, talk and drink good wine. And Bonita, Bonita beckoned, so we entered.
What a surprise to discover that we were just about to have an experience. An experience totally unexpected, totally enjoyable and unforgettable. We experienced the talent of Ramon Mirabet… I remember thinking, he looked young and cute and then it happened; he started to sing. What a VOICE!
His voice commanded attention and filled the room with a life-weathered quality which took me completely by surprise and compelled me to wonder how it was at all possible that such a young guy could with his voice muster such a beautiful sound, such pleasing music.
His mother in the audience (later introduced to us) glowed with pride and we all grooved to songs he sang in Castellano and in English. Notably, I listened in amazement as, again - I experienced - his live rendition, strumming his guitar and mixing of Bob Marley’s & the Wailers "Get up, Stand up” & “Jamming" with the Police’s “Roxanne”, and the vampy classic "(You give me) Fever”; his improvisational lyrics, witty and wonderful!
Happy Days (2013)
We quickly bought his first CD,
Happy Days from him and learned that he resided in Sitges (at that time).
Those Little Things
This month I had the pleasure of seeing a short film by Barcelona brewing company Estrella Damm, "The Little Things” and to my surprise, guess who’s voice I’ve come to learn sings the theme song? None other than, Ramon Mirabet.
The short film is set in the Mediterranean about a man finding out what really matters in life; starring Jean Reno and Laia Costa, directed by award-winning director Alberto Rodríguez.
Here is a video of outtakes from the film,"Those Little Things” with Ramon singing the song.
Who knows, one day you might be lucky enough to experience his music as you walk through the Racó de la Calma in Sitges, or enter one of the bars which are the more usual stages of this rising star.
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