Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - ....Godfrey Camps was at the tender age of thirteen when he had his first brush with the national instrument of his native Trinidad & Tobago. At that time Melody Makers was situated at the corner of Coffee and Drayton streets in San Fernando. Camps recalled that in 1959, he witnessed the making of the first set of seven-bass pans in South Trinidad and possibly in the island - and by extension the first of its kind in the world. The tuner was Neville Sandy who was also the first man to make a three-note pan.
Now 68 years old, Camps manages a bar with his wife Susanna David on Carib Street in San Fernando, just opposite Pan Elders and within seventy five metres of Sancity, Antillean All Stars, T&TEC Electro Sounds and Skiffle Bunch – the closest conglomeration of steelbands which could be found on any island in the sun...
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Campo, i was privileged enough to play with Godfrey in Guinness Cavaliers and toured Canada and America with him, He was an inspiration to me as a young man ten years his junior. I also had the pleasure of sinking a few at the bar on carib street. Blessings mah Bredder.
Alvin Rostant