So I went back and selected some of the MOST UNIVERSAL artistes and performances representing CALYPSO and PAN globally. These ACTS could (and have) taken CALYPSO and PAN MUSIC to the far corners of the WORLD -- mesmerizing audiences with magnificent representations of WE KINDA MUSIC.
If Aquil Arrindell is thinking about going GLOBAL under his NEW MANAGER (Russell Providence) then this is the STANDARD OF PRODUCTION I expect from them.
And Ingrid!!! This is THE HIGH RENT DISTRICT of PAN and CALYPSO -- GLOBALLY!!! This is not my BEST but I have to start here for OBVIOUS REASONS!!! I will keep adding!!!
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Claude, thanks for the shout out. Christmas has taken over my life for the last few days. I'm absolutely knackered!
Merry Christmas, INGRID. Take care of the HOME FRONT!!! And come back when you are free and I will give you ALL THE UPDATES!!!
Mr. Gonzales, I do not believe that I possess the capacity to manage someone as talented and resourceful as Aquil. Further, I doh wha dah wuk, neither would I solicit engagement as his agent, as Aquil may not willingly agree to many of my terms and conditions. Instead of Aquil making useless Youtube videos, supposedly in the name of education, unwittingly promoting the product of those who may be already entrenched, and already making fortunes in Europe and Asia, where the demand for the proverbial Aquils greatly exceeds the supply, he should be getting them to promote his product in that inexhaustible market, but i get the feeling dat de boy is more country bookie than me. Sense make before book inno, an it have some breddas who have both.
odw: I have to tell you a story. As long as I have lived in the BAY AREA I have (by chance) had access to tickets of PREMIUM SHOWS. (The tickets were not FREE but I am talking about shows that SOLD OUT many times over.) So one time I knew this young 18 year-old girl (family connections) who wanted to see the ROLLING STONES in the SF GIANTS STADIUM and she asked me to hook her up with two tickets. I did!!! Next thing you know the OTHER FRIEND flaked out and she called and wanted me to carry her to the show. Now, I had ZERO INTEREST in ever seeing the ROLLING STONES. And when I had to drive and pickup and pay for PARKING in DOWNTOWN SF -- I was not really interested. But in the end I capitulated and I escorted the girl to the show.
Man, I never see NO SHOW like that is my life. And I have seen PLENTY LIVE CONCERTS. MIND BLOWING!!!
So when DEM TRINIS talking about GLOBAL STAGE -- I doh really think that they are CLOSE TO READY!!!
I told this story before, but I will tell you in case you missed it. One time I went to this FOOD COURT in EMERYVILLE which is a small town at the foot of the eastern end of the BAY BRIDGE linking SAN FRANCISCO to the REST OF AMERICA.(Andy Narell used to lvie there in the EIGHTIES and EARLY NINETIES.) I was by myself when I walked out to sit and eat on the outside of the market. And there sitting by himself was this tall guy eating. He looked up from his plate and took one glance at me and asked me if I was from the ISLANDS. I said yes: TRINIDAD (and Glenroy said I was not a TRINI). So we sat together and started to have lunch and I was sitting and talking to TAJ MAHAL for the next two hours. Quite a serendipitous thrill -- in retrospect!!!
Your contributions triggered the memories!
But we need to GO FORWARD!!! Every time CALYPSO or PAN make a GLOBAL HIT/Is some Yankee or white man who produce it. (I modified a line from QUACKS and INVALIDS -- Chalkdust.)
Taj Mahal - The Big Blues
Robert Greenidge steel pan
Taj Mahal - Baby, You're My Destiny
Taj Mahal - Salsa de Laventille
Composer/arranger Robert Greenidge
No words for THIS!!!
Best Caribbean ENTRANT!!! I LOVE THIS PERFORMANCE!!!
Herbie Mann - Push
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