Condolences to the family and friends of Philo James, he was the Captain and Arranger of StarLift in the 60s and Esmond King [Erin Folani] a well known panman from St James.
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My condolences to the family of all Panmen and steel band contributors who have passed to the great beyond this year. Mr Neville was a very consistent panorama sound man, that PA system was really powerful.
I had no idea that he recorded the show, in hindsight I might have done the same. But I was looking at the TV and radio stations to do that and have an archive, but they failed me. They might have kept the recording of a few of the bands. I arranged Rebecca for the T&Tec Motown from San Fernando, I have been searching since that time to now for a copy of that recording, I would like to know if any of the steelband enthusiasts have a copy of that performance by Motown. I will be happy contribute a reasonable token to their efforts for saving these type of materials.
condolences to the family
also to let the forum know of the passing of another legend
neville aleong
brother of peter - from phase2
andy and eddie two who represented the red white and black in both cricket and football
neville was one of if not the best recording engineers and sound system folks for pan
he did panorama for over 2 decades under a lot of diverse atmosphere but never slip up
the archives that were at his studio at havelock street home can never be done again
he on many occasions tried to get pt to get all this done in a library but who knows
i guess as usual after our pioneers pass on we then try
keep on recording neville
your character was unbridled
blessings and condolences to his 2 kids alicia and robert and sisters and brothers and all friends who knew this giant of a man
one of his favorite recordings was despers - rebecca among so many other
play on
Neville was the engineer for the first pan recording I ever did with Starlift in 1964. It was a great experience. Condolences to the Aleong family!
Condolences to the Aleong family.
The Steelband movement has lost another of its early pioneers. Albert “Philo” James, who captained Starlift (Woodbrook, Trinidad) from 1958-66, passed away yesterday morning in Lasalle, Quebec, Canada after a brief illness. An alumnus of St. Mary’s College, Philo was one of the “college boys” at the fore-front of the 1950’s movement for greater social acceptance of pan in Trinidad and Tobago. In 1957 he arranged Lord Christo’s “Chicken Chest”, for Starlift’s first participation in carnival; and he became captain after Genie Peters, the original captain, left in 1958. He remained in that position until he migrated to Quebec in 1966, appointing David “Splav” Waddell as his successor.
Philo was one of the few captains who had the ability to tune the pans as well as arrange and play the music. He had great success with Dance of the Hours (Poncielli) and Hallelujah Chorus (Handel) on the road for carnival 1962 “jouvay” morning; and placed second and fifth in Steelband Music Festivals 1964 and 1966 with Hallelujah Chorus and For Unto Us A Child Is Born (Handel). He continued to teach and play pan in Quebec until recently.
What a coincidence that both he and Esmond would leave us a day apart. Starlift functioned out of the Kings' (Daryl and Esmond) yard in Ranjit Kumar Street, St. James in1966.
May eternal rest in peace be yours, my ol' friends!
Condolences to Sandiata, Darcy and the rest of the King family. We have lost a true brother, may he R.I.P.
Blessings!
Holly, Jenny & Kendall