Re: Banana Boat Song: I was singing along; couldn't hear your audience doing the same. My suggestion: Mic your audience & invite them to sing along! Who wants to sit still and listen to a solo on a hand-clapping, toe-tapping' calypso ~~ or any other ~~ tune! I claim this quote as mine, as I haven't been able to locate it on the InterWeb, even under Louis Armstrong or Ella Fitzgerald: "All music is folk music: I ain't heard no nanny goats singin' it!"
Re: Banana Boat Song: I was singing along; couldn't hear your audience doing the same. My suggestion: Mic your audience & invite them to sing along! Who wants to sit still and listen to a solo on a hand-clapping, toe-tapping' calypso ~~ or any other ~~ tune! I claim this quote as mine, as I haven't been able to locate it on the InterWeb, even under Louis Armstrong or Ella Fitzgerald: "All music is folk music: I ain't heard no nanny goats singin' it!"