For more on Steelpan In TnT click here
Trinidad
& Tobago Panorama 2010 - HOME
‘When Steel Talks’
sung by “Crazy”
composed by Winston Scarborough
arranged by Junior “IBO” Joseph
What are your thoughts
on this song?
Click to leave an opinion...
“When Steel Talks”
“Crazy”
Provided with the expressed permission of the composer(s)
Visit When Steel Talks
Click to leave an opinion...
“When Steel Talks”
“Crazy”
Provided with the expressed permission of the composer(s)
click here for lead sheet
Visit When Steel Talks
|
|
Tweet
Edwin “Crazy” Ayoung
“Crazy” - born Edwin Ayoung in 1944, on Maraval Road in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad of a Venezuelan mother and Trinidadian father of Chinese descent, was - in his youth - as skilled and competitive in his country’s national pastime of cricket, as he has been now for years as a world-travelled musician, performing artiste and composer.
Though dubbed The
“Loveable Lunatic of
Soca,” Ayoung has time
and again not been given
his due in his native
land, yet remains one of
the most commercially
successful artists on
the international soca
scene. An
experimentalist, he
pioneered the unique
musical genre known as
Parang Soca and played a
leading role in
promoting Chutney Soca.
Crazy would go on to
sing several monster
smashes in parang soca,
including
Muchacha and
Homemade Wine.
A brilliant double-entendre artiste at its best - Edwin Ayoung has delighted in pushing the envelope in his humorous and witty manner. With songs like Paul, Nani Wine and Suck Meh Soucouyant to name but three, this illustrious performer remains a staple in the music world.
He’s been ranked in the top three for Trinidad & Tobago’s annual national calypso monarch competition - his best showing being at position two with Dustbin Cover. He captured the prestigious Road March title (the ‘tune for the road’ during Carnival Monday and Tuesday) in 1985 with Suck Meh, Soucouyant.
This hardworking hit-making machine and best-selling soca artiste over the years has stayed in the public consciousness, serving up such ditties and classics as Drive It, Dis Is How and Coldsweat.
On the pan scene, Crazy sang one of the most popular ‘pan tunes’ in years; written by Armit Samaroo, 2007’s Band From Space captured the imagination of the steelband music community worldwide, becoming the panorama selection for some, and part of the overall repertoire for others.
Edwin Ayoung makes his home in California on the USA’s west coast, with frequent trips back to the land of his birth.
Edited by C. Phillips
Leave a comment in the WST Forum