In 1980 Trinidad All Stars vacated their Panyard located at lower St Vincent street Port Of Spain for their new Panyard at 46-48 Duke Street Port Of Spain, When Carnival Practise started Leon Smooth Edwards put down a number of Calypsoes to play in fetes and on the road and one of them will be the Panorama Tune. The night before we started the Panorama Tune the Smooth man Leon Smooth Edwards Said to the members OK we going with the Panorama Tune, He did not call any Tune he just strike the cow bell 1, 1, 1 2 3 4 and the whole Band started Playing different Tunes, some were playing a Sparrow Tune ,some were Playing a Kitch Tune and others were Playing what tune they liked, but the Tune that was Over powering the rest was Woman On the Bass and soon the other sections joined the section that was playing Woman On The Bass. The next day Smooth Man started to work on Woman On The Bass. Later on a Bass man said he pass by Monas Jewell 22 and they were making fun of us saying we Playing gal on the Bass. That Year Trinidad All Stars placed first in the Prelims.Fourth In the North Zones Finals, Second to Despers in the Semis and First in the Finals.
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earl richards, nice story, I'm sure like many other things they were the only band to choose a panorama tune that way.