Neville Jules

Neville Jules
The Panman who released
the “BOMB” turns 82

 

njls-sm.jpgGlobal  - Neville Jules turned 82 last week.  At the Duke Street panyard, even the young players call him Cap. They see him around Hell Yard, a shrine to pan, but can’t fully fathom his weight. Founder of Trinidad All Stars, Jules led the band and arranged its music for 25 years or so. In either capacity, Cap wasn’t easy. If he were alive, badjohn Big Sarge would tell you he owed his failed confrontations with his nemesis to band discipline. And Invaders, the Harps of Woodbrook, can testify, though begrudgingly, to his groovy road music.  As sweet as a lickin’.

Cap migrated to the States in ’71, and many a band was glad, not for him, but for that.
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