Solo Harmonites -Lord Kitchener's"Jericho" (Panorama Winners 1974)
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Panorama Winners 1974.
Solo Harmonites were again panorama winner in 1974 with Lord Kitchener's "Jericho". Though this arrangement is credited to Rupert Mark, its got Earl Rodney's imprint all over it.
The base chords and the bridging sounds like Rupert, my Dad. He recently passed due to Alzheimer's Disease. He hummed and beat those rhythms aloud until several weeks before his death. Musical tone and pitch harmony of the steelpan was among the last memories.
The genius of the late great , Earl Rodney!
This calypso was played by the TTPS at our passing out parade March 1994
1974 was the first time I had any involvement with a steel band for Panorama. I was 14 and got to play the scratcher for Birdsong. I remember the prelims in Arima was the first time I saw Solo on stage. If my memory serves me correct, Birdsong had just played and I stood and watched Solo after us. Those were the days when for the prelims the bands would continue playing as they rolled off stage and I remember wondering when all their pans would make it off stage because they had so many...
I started playing drums for Harmonites of Antigua at 15 years old..we won that year slso...
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Harmonites won 1964 because Curepe Scherzando who had won the semi-finals by miles, suffered a broken drum set during their final performance, lost their rythm and placed last.
Scherzando's 1974 semi-final rendition of Shadow's "I come out to play" made all the other bands sound ordinary, but they flopped on final night.
I was in the North Stand that semi-final night and heard it live.
Wish I could find a recording of that performance. One has to exist somewhere....I just need to find it.
Such variation! Great version of a wonderful chune by the Grand Master, Aldwin Roberts, Lord Kitchener!
Those were the glory years.Solo split up in 3 sometimes 4 and played in all the Carnival Fetes.I had my first Guinness stout Solo. I played double seconds along with 4 cents, Ephraim, Michael. Great times.!!
Dennis Thomas what year did you play with them. I’m trying to find my twin brothers 😢😢
I played from😢73 -76
My first win as a pan-player...and it was quite enjoyable for me, and well-deserved, because I used to practise very hard.
edgar c. wilson hiiii was there twin brothers playing with you at the time.. have you ever heard of a guy name pringay.. or Arnim
People always saying is better ,in my opinion the better song won!!!!!! Bigup earl Rodney
Hello glenroy,my brother, iplayed with t,dad, all stars in the first panorama, we played "patsy" by "sparrow, do you have a recording of that ? Man if you do, please put it on, thanks"DUMLPIN"
ah hear meh brothers jamming sweet pan,
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NAtional Lottery 3rd world version was way better.