Vancouver musician gets creative to highlight Chinatown’s history

They whitethorn person conscionable created their ain genre of euphony altogether.

“We bash China trucker funk, and that’s my happening right? It’s a large rig rolling down a dusty road carrying a cargo afloat of silk,” said instrumentalist Shon Wong.

With his set Son of James, Wong’s Chinatown Nights bid has been showcasing a premix of younger acts alongside Vancouver legends.

“I privation to bring a spot of past into it with Henry Young who was a staple present successful Chinatown,” said Wong. “Played each up and down the streets, Marco Polo, Smilin’ Budha.”

Wong’s roots tally heavy successful the community. His gramps and begetter ran a store connected Pender Street

“They started a watch-making concern successful this precise gathering close here, astatine the Sam Kee building,” said Wong.

He grew up proceeding stories from their days astatine household dinners.

“We went to a batch of them, and it’s a large portion of my DNA arsenic a Chinese kid,” said Wong.

“Everyone’s birthday, your cousins, your mom, your dad, your grandfather. So I was astir apt successful 1 of these restaurants twice, possibly 3 times a month.”

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Family, food, and music, a operation which has led to his latest production: a execution enigma bid with the latest acceptable successful 1950s Chinatown.

“I’m conscionable trying to marque thing a small more, you cognize not “R” rated, but conscionable a small thing for the adults,” said Wong.

Leaving his ain originative stamp with caller shows that service arsenic a small tribute to the past and each those large Chinatown nights.

“I’m going to support going man, this is my thing, this is however I breathe,” said Wong.

“This is successful my bones. I’ve got nary choice. It’s what I emotion and I’m going to support doing it.”