B A H A M I A N M U S I CFirst, THE CARIBBEANOriginally posted in 2. Updated and playlist added 2. CALYPSO: For this writer it all started back in the late 6. As an unexpected consequence of my first Caribbean trip, I fell in love with the music. I remember thinking, .
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I now had a dilemma, where to buy the music. Luckily I stumbled on a NYC radio station, WLIB 1.
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Many of the shows sponsors were record shops. This meant a fifty mile trek every now and then. The king then was Trinidadian Calypsonian, Slinger Francisco, affectionately known as the Mighty Sparrow. The only thing electronic was amplification. The horns you heard were the real thing not a key board, and a drum was a drum. I remember dancing to Sparrow's .
Other Calypsonians of those days of note and deserving of no less honorable mention here are: Lord Kitchener. Music)(Bio) and the late Lord Shorty (Music)(Bio)The mid 7. Calypso to it's modern day counterpart called SOCA, sometime referred to as Soul Calypso. The calypso beat remained only more . The horns, an integral part of the Caribbean sound, still remained only now produced by a keyboard. Here is a great Caribbean Soca Sampling of mine from the 8.
LP's. Some of us will remember listening to a late night music being broadcast over long distance (1. The resulting sound would pulsate due to atmospheric conditions. That same pulsating sound was captured unbeknownst by Jamaicans in what we have come to know as Ska or Rock Steady. The early groups, names we've come to know, were the Wailers, Maytals and the Hepptones with the pioneers of the genre being Toots Hibbert, Peter Tosh, Desmond Decker, Jimmy Cliff, Gregory Issacs and Bob Marly (Music & Bio's).
A little later chronologically, the French Islands of Haiti, Martinique and Guadeloupe started producing music of their own which we've come to know as the “hi stepping” Zouksample. In the French Antilles, Zouk means . It is light and lively, blending modern technology with traditional instruments, rhythms, and melodies. Suffice it to say, that subject would be too much to cover here with its myriad's of music from Rhumba and Samba to Meringue, Salsa, Cumbia to Reggaeton.
Another time maybe. THE BAHAMASDuring the evolution of Caribbean music, the Bahamas under went a metamorphose of its own but first some background. The traditional Music of the Bahamas is Goombay, which combines the musical traditions from Africa with that of European colonial influence. Goombay, also refers to the type of goatskin drum used to produce the rhythm of this type of music. Of Goombay there were primarily two types: First, Rake - n- Scrape (sample from our VIDEO Page)) which features musicians playing a goombay drum and scraping a carpenters saw while playing melodious tunes on the concertina (a small hexagonal accordion with bellows and with buttons for keys).
Think of Junkanoo as the music of the event. A whistle or horn is sounded in cadence with the percussion which, in its purest sense, has no melody. Of those two primitive types, rake and scrape dominated and its influence is not uncommon in today's music combined with Caribbean and U. S. In this writer's opinion, the biggest obstacle to Bahamian music is, it has no name, just .
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Yes it can loosely be called Rake & Scrape which conjures up . There is no genre to be recognized or marketed by like Calypso, Soca, Reggae, Zouk and the many latin rhythms. The early Bahamian king in the music department is Ronnie Butler. He is one of the Bahamian's cultural icons. His songs border on folk with with his distinctive Rake & Scrape background beat and most tell a story of life in the Bahamas like My Bahamian Thing and his 7. Burma Road, both sampled in our player.
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Ronnie has been no less of an influence on Bahamian Music than the Mighty Sparrow was on Caribbean music and he is still going strong today (2. He draws big crowds where ever he appears.
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For more info check out Chris Justilien Anthology of Bahamian Music. A popular group that brought Bahamian Music to the U. S. It's more of a novelty song as compared to their first Bahamian hit, Mash de Roach which is more true to the Bahamian flavor. It too is one of their songs sampled here. Other movie exposure by singer song writer Stileet having appeared in the . THE ABACOS. Since this page is part of my Abaco Guide, I should mention the Abacos. Well, I'm often asked where one might find a band especially from folks planning a wedding in the Abacos.
My standard reply is the Gully Roosters. They perform primarily on Green Turtle Cay and have been around since I can remember.
They have never produced a commercial CD like other out island groups (Avvy - Inagua, The Brilanders - Eleuthera etc), yet their trade mark song will most assuredly be heard by any visitor; . It is sampled here and can sometimes be found as a homemade CD single in the Abaco gift shops. Stone Mc. Ewan is another Abaconian artist of the . He's been on the Abaco scene since the 9. Grand Bahama. His signature song is . A few years ago, a band sprang up which is often found at the Sea Spray Resort on Elbow Cay. The Hope Town Islanders, as they are called, I hear tell was organized when an American homeowner was planning a party and wanted a band.
My mom meet the rake when she was 14, she was in her house with a friend and two white eyes were looking at her, so she and her friend climbed out the window and ran.
So with the help of Junior, the manager at Sea Sprays and who happened to be a drummer, put together a group of old high school friends. Only problem no drums!
So the party- giver had a set sent over from the States. That's the way I heard it. Like I said Bands are popping up all the time especially on the mainland who will often ferry over to the Cays for a gig. This style of island bar hopping is personified by a fellow who goes by the name of the Barefoot Man. His CD's are in every gift shop in the Abacos. He once lived and worked in the Abacos on Green Turtle Cay although nowadays he hangs his hat in Grand Cayman. Still he shows up in on Guana Cay a couple times a year and performs a lively concert at Nippers.
His island hopping life story is featured on our book page. It makes for fascinating reading. However, to fully appreciate the Bahamian side of his clever lyrics and music, you have to have been to the Abacos and the places mentioned in his music and in this website's home page.
Each song will trigger a nerve or memory of a good time in Abaco. A selection of his songs are featured on the right. In addition to Kenny Chesney, and most recently, Zac Brown both popular US Country singers, another songster of a similar genre to come on strong in recent times is Jim Morris. He can be found performing in Southwest Florida from Tampa to Key West with occasional visits to the Abacos.
His songs are about the Keys , Cays, its bars, beaches and breezes of Florida west coast keys from Anna Maria to Marco Island. His voice and lyrics are equally as clever as is his music. Aditionally many of his songs are underscored with the steel drum. Jim has on occasion made appearances in Abaco, the most recent being at Pineapples on Green Turtle Cay.
Jim's Music is also sampled below. Like said, both Jim and Barefoot are more Buffett than Bahamian, yet their songs about island hopping, boating, fishing and getting drunk in some off beat tiki hut or bar, is the stuff a good many of us can relate to. Sadly, our favorite stateside Bahamian music outlet, closed as of early 2. So if you're not planning a trip to the Bahamas but looking for Bahamian Music, you are going to have difficulty. You can of course Google Bahamian Music and you'll find a couple outlets.
One of the difficulties in obtaining Bahamian Music outside of the Bahamas are the copyright issues. This being not only in lyrics but title and also artist names. Happily this situation has begun a turn around and as of 2. Bahamian artists are now showing up in the i. Tunes Library. A few have been recently added here. Artists such as K.
B., Stilett, Eddie Minnis, Ray Smith and of course Bahama Men. Unfortunately you have to deal with the 'Genre' problem mentioned above. Unless you have an artist name or song title, try 'Bahamian' or 'Rake N Scrape' in your search.