Bradley meet Junior at the Pearly gates and welcome him the other day, he said yuh know how long ah ask for some help, dey surely took ah long time before sending someone. He then went on to say the pan side up here so big ah cyr handle it by mehself, yuh know not all the players could read music and some ah dem ole badjohns head hard for so sometimes he aint sure dey in the right place, last night ah see one ah dem drinking ah Carib ah doh know how he get that up here. But ah have the utmost respect for Pat Bishop as she drill the band, she is such a perfectionist and doh talk about patience sometimes ah have to tell she take ah brake before she kill she-self.
Charlo is having ah simular problem wid all that tuning and blending, Jim StRose came up 2 years ago and he could still do wid some more help, the brothers who gone in the place wid the fire doz gie we ah big pull out wid the sinking , grooving and heating, all we have to do is send down the pans. He is still thinking about getting some ah dem electronic kinah pan, he said that he sure Steve Jobs and dem other electronics experts up dey could make them.
Boy nuff white people in the pan yard up here. ah putting all ah dem to work seeing that this week-end is BIG up here. Geraldine O' Connor putting on ah big production, she bring out George Bailey, Sally,Cito and dem other mas men, Beryl Mc Bernie is assisting, we go mash up D place.
Sorry Junior boy, yuh go have to fall in one time yuh see how much work we have but doh worry next week when things get quiet ah go show yuh round the place.
Again WELCOME MY BROTHER.
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Glen! He was a young guy named Sheldon John who left to join Pretender and the rest of oldtimers who made their name singing Extempo. He was the best young guy to come around in many years, he won the Extempo compepition five t[5] times over the last ten [10] years, he passed on Sunday the 1st of April ''No Joke He was a serious Extempo Champ, haviving won the crown just last year! He was a young guy just [38] years. May Almighty God Bless his Soul! Glen ''''I will call You tomorrow!
check the race-track, and see if you see spree and the grand master
Richard remember this week end is HUGE upstairs so everyone is involve in the production, they have Spree playing a tenor but he giving trouble, he say that he doh like how them modern tenors sound so dey had to find ah ole time one for him. The grand master is in the choir, he too giving trouble because dey put him next to Ras Shorty he say he aint standing next to no dread. at the last minute dey decided to add some extempo so ah young fella ah cyah remember he name went up last week
Cecil, since you are closely monitoring the current 'haps' UPSTAIRS, how Melody, Andre Tanker and Maestro doing?
I know videos & other earthly listening devices ain't allowed up there but, WST audience, be assured that GLEN has his sacred means readied to transmit (and post) that "Heavenly Easter Sunday Mass".
Forgive me, Glen, I know it was suppose to be a surprise!!
Terry yuh know there is no rank UPSTAIRS because that created problems before, everyone has accepted the BIG BOSS for who he is and know whatever gifts they have it came from him and is using it to exalt him. Melody, Maestro, Duke, Popo and the rest ah dem fellas are all part of the Heavenly Host lifting up their voices, boy, if yuh hear them, dey sound out-ah -this -world. Dey try to get Andre Tanker to play ah pan but he say he aint moving from behind he xylophone, ah feel he born in Grenada or St Vincent yuh know, what Trini would give up an opportunity to play ah pan in a Easter production?
Glen we are all waiting for that surprise.
Yes Cecil, the extempo fella, I first heard about him in the obit after he was dead.
I didn't know about him at all. Who was he? Did he do anything that i should know/
Life goes on, even after death... Long live pan!!!
.......all you still wonderin' wey pan going? Very nice indeed!!
LOL!
VERY NICE COMPOSITION,
WITH THE RIGHT MUSIC COULD MAKE A REAL NICE KAISO.