Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Pallbearers - including Roger Greenidge, left, brother of Robert Greenidge - remove the casket following the funeral of renowned panist/arranger Robert Greenidge at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-SpainTrinidad & Tobago, W.I. - The sound of steelpan and memories of a life devoted to music filled the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain yesterday, as family, friends and members of Trinidad and Tobago’s steelpan fraternity gathered to bid farewell to internationally acclaimed panist, arranger and composer Robert “Robbie” Greenidge.
Greenidge died on June 8.
At his funeral, speakers paid tribute to a man whose career stretched from Success Village, Laventille, to some of the world’s most prestigious stages, repeatedly describing Greenidge as humble, generous, disciplined and deeply committed to pan.
....The funeral at the Savannah carried particular significance because it fulfilled Greenidge’s final wish to have his service there.
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