History of Pan (82)
Looking Back - 2009 in Pan
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Steelband Clash between Invaders and Tokyo
You recently asked for information from anyone who knew about the clash between Invaders and Tokyo. Here is my account. I am not exactly sure what year it was (there are differing opinions), but I was about seven years old and our friends who owned
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The Story of Steelbands and the Steelband Art Form in St. Vincent - UpClose!
During the 1950’s steelband competition was a regular feature of Carnival celebrations. This included not only a band competition, but, also a tenor pan competition for individual players noted for their dexterity. These were the early pioneers. Part
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bugs: You started a GOOD PROJECT. We could compile a list of 20 EXPATS who TOOK PAN TO THE WORLD!!!
So far we have YOUR THREE and ONE from WHEN STEEL TALKS. I am adding SALAH WILSON and Robert Greenidge and Lawford Dupres and Ken Lawrence and Courtney Leiba!!!. Merrytonestothebone added Rudy Smith and Othello Molineaux and Sonny Blacks and Salmon C
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Legend -- Lincoln Noel - Master Craftsman - Steelpan Tuner
Lincoln Noel - Master Craftsman - Steelpan Tuner
Also known as “The Pan Doctor,” Lincoln Noel was one of Trinidad & Tobago’s most celebrated Pan Tuners in his day.
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The Story of Steelbands and the Steelband Art Form in Aruba - UpClose!
They started making their steel pans from oil drums collected from the Lago Oil Refinery. The barrels were formed by hammering the bottoms with a sledge hammer until they had the right shape and tone.
The group increasingly started to play variants
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The History of Steelband in Grenada - UpClose!
“There were lots of guys who went to Trinidad. Some remained in T&T. Among the ones who came back and were in the early steelband movement in Grenada was a fella named Willan Dewsbury. He was part of the Grenada steelband called Hell Cats (he’s the
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In trying to SCOUT some information for the EXPAT PIONEER PROJECT, I made a very interesting discovery. Which is that CALIFORNIA has gotten very liitle credit in terms of TAKING PAN MUSIC GLOBAL ...
... and that is a REAL SHAME because CALIFORNIA has EXPOSED more people to PAN MUSIC than any other STATE in AMERICA or any COUNTRY in the REST OF THE WORLD.
ROBERT GREENIDGE alone could BEAT NEW YORK and the rest of the ENTIRE UNITED STATES. And don
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Champion Panorama Drummers 1963 to 2019
“Once the music is in motion, the drummer is the ‘conductor’ of a Panorama arrangement - not the person in front of the band, whose role is more theatrical. Great Panorama drummers have a combination of finesse, awareness and power. They ‘captain’ th
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Who is de hardest, who is de baddest?
Theodore Lewis
The pan aficionado will recognise the title of this column as coming from Kitchener in his song “Sweet Pan”. Of course, Renegades played it in the 1984 Panorama and won. What I am setting out to do here ultimately is to declare what I
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Invaders Steel Orchestra: The History of a Legendary Trinidad Steelband
Commercial awareness
Can someone please tell me why after 3 years and 2 months, the book "Invaders Steel Orchestra: The History of a Legendary Trinidad Steelband" has still not been published?
amidst a wave of publicity in September 2015 and even goi
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First * First in Pan - Rear Admiral Daniel Vincent Gallery - US Navy Steelband
First - First
While serving his final active tour as Commandant of the Tenth Naval District in San Juan, Puerto Rico, between December 1956 and July 1960, Rear Admiral Daniel Vincent Gallery, immortalized his name with a unique achievement subordin
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Marcus Ash inadvertently started a very intriguing LIST in a recent posting when he said: If YOU see Steelpan as an Afro Trini thing, then ... (and he proceeded to make a list of NON-AFRO TRINIS)
.... "people like Junior and Edwin Pouchet (White), Mark Loquan (Chinese), Jit Samaroo, Bobby Mohammed, Steve Achaiba (All Indo Trini)" -- who contributed to PAN PAN PROGRESS in the MECCA and beyond the borders.
But when I read his list I realized t
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An introduction to the COURTNEY LEIBA -- PAN STORY!!!
Courtney Leiba was well-known LOCALLY as the Trinidad Tripoli Steel Band Scratcher-Man.
And then he became GLOBALLY KNOWN as the STEELBAND SCRATCHER-MAN.
Courteney toured throughout the British Caribbean Islands and America and Canada with TRIPOLI ST
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Legend - James “Bassman” Jackman - Master Steelpan Tuner and Innovator
James “Bassman” Jackman
James “Bassman” Jackman - Master Steelpan Tuner and Innovator
James “Bassman” Jackman is considered as one of the finest steelpan tuners out of Trinidad and Tobago. “Bassman” was part of the legendary team of tuners w
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KIM LOY WONG tuner & panist has passed...
I JUST GOT THE NEWS FROM THE NUSING HOME...MY FATHER KIM LOY WONG JUST PASSED AWAY
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Hatters condolences for Ken ‘Professor’ Philmore
Hatters condolences for Ken ‘Professor’ Philmore
The members of Petrotrin Hatters Steel Orchestra extend their sympathies and condolences to the family and close friends of our late brother in pan, Ken ‘Professor’ Philmore (1959 - RIP 2018); age 59
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