'Brads' May Have Had The Last Laugh... again

'Brads' May Have Had The Last Laugh... again

Laventille, Trinidad - It was after three AM on Saturday December 2, as the last of us straggled out of Desperadoes panyard in Laventille, high up on the hill, with the lights of Port-of-Spain and environs ablaze down below. That particular lighted scene is normal every night on the hill. But on this occasion, it was another set of lights which commanded attention, and demanded and received respectful acknowledgement. These were candles, continuing to flicker fiercely in the evening breeze for hours before, daring anyone to consider even for a moment, that they were any less brilliant than their commercial counterparts down below. After all, were they not a representation of the brilliance of the man whom all those present acknowledged that 'there was only one!" - the legendary arranger, and musician, Master Clive Bradley?

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