Trinidad & Tobago Guardian
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - To say that panist, lecturer, pan pioneer Daisy James-McClean has paid her dues in the steel band world is an understatement. The 79-year-old passed through the infamous bottle and stone pelting steel band wars from the 50s, with bands such as Casablanca from Belmont, Invaders from Woodbrook and Tokyo from John John, dodging hails of missiles, running and hiding from police with her brothers in an era where men were stigmatized as “bad johns” in steel band. It was a rarity in the early days for a woman to be playing pan, getting licks with a broomstick and pot spoon from her mother and running away in secret to play the instrument she loved.
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