D’Radoes
captain and
leader on
the mend
after heart
scare
by
AH
New
York, USA
- The pan
community
was hit
again with
bad news
about one of
our own.
Junior “Man”
Samuel,
Captain and
Leader of
D’Radoes
Steel
Orchestra
was struck
down by a
massive
heart attack
last Friday.
After being
rushed to
Downstate
Hospital in
Brooklyn,
New York for
emergency
surgery,
“Man,”
remarkably
and
thankfully
has pulled
through.
The pan
community
has come out
in full
force to
wish Man a
speedy
recovery.
This is one
of the great
examples
when we all
pull
together in
support of
one of our
own.
Junior “Man”
Samuel has
been at the
helm of
D’Radoes
Steel
Orchestra
since 2002
when some
members of
Despers USA
seceded,
forming
D’Radoes
Steel
Orchestra.
With the
late master
musician and
arranger
Clive
Bradley
taking them
to the
annual New
York
panorama
from 2002
through 2005
until
Bradley’s
passing,
Samuel has
guided the
band through
several
credible
panorama
showings,
its best
being in
2005
with
D’Radoes
performance
of Bradley’s
arrangement
of Johnny
King’s
Darlin’.
The band
placed
second in
the New York
Panorama
that year.
“Man” is now
resting
comfortably
at his home
in Brooklyn,
New York,
supported by
wife Ingrid
and
surrounded
by the New
York pan
community,
and is
already even
planning for
next year’s
Panorama
season (you
cannot keep
a true
panman
down!).
We at When
Steel Talks
wish “Man” a
complete
recovery.
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