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Verse
1
I know some
of you would think that I'm crazy
For what I am putting down here in
theory I want you to simply
understand It is an inherent
tradition Lineage of my father's
generation, don't doubt me
Chorus
Pan - is we
religion Pan - understand my son
Pan - play it night and day Pan -
this is what Coye played And when
he played he made you dingolay In
he heyday he made them jump and sway
And when he jam you held on to your
woman Jam them jam them Mr. sweet
pan man
Verse
2
I want you
to continue my legacy And make
sure you lock it down in your memory
Steel pan is our religion An
ethereal manifestation Ancient
brotherhood of the Egyptians, we
still African
Chorus
Verse 3
When Pan is
played
you transcend mentally To
higher dimensions celestially You
experience total ecstasy The
effects of the sweet melody
Alternates your conscious stability,
rock your body
Chorus
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“Coye: Pan
Religion”
Tellison Forde and Keet Styla
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2013
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“Keet Styla” and
Tellison Forde
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Since
1984, “Keet Styla”
formerly known as “Designer” has
been working with
renowned panists and
pan
composers/arrangers
such as Ken
“Professor”
Philmore, Ray
Holman, Robert
Greenidge and Earl
Brooks - as well as
musicians including
Ralph MacDonald,
Monty Alexander,
Frankie McIntosh,
Leston Paul and
Etienne Charles.
Some
of the more popular
songs resulting from
these collaborations
are: ‘Rati-ray,’
‘Pan by Storm,’
‘Jump with Me,’ and
‘We Just Can’t Go on
like this,’ to name
only a few.
Currently Keet Styla is the
leader/vocalist of
The Therapy Band in
New York City.
For
2013, one of the
tracks he has
contributed his
vocals to is
Coye:
Pan Religion,
featured here.
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Tellison Forde
Tellison ‘Tello’
Forde is the son of
an “Invader” - Cecil
“Coye” Forde - and
Beryl Isaac.
He was born at 67 Rosalino Street in Woodbrook,
Trinidad, adjacent to
the pan yard of Invaders
Steel Orchestra.
That “Tello” was the
son of an Invader was proven when Invaders performed at his christening.
Father Cecil took the Steeldrum throughout Russia, and was one of the first to introduce Pan in Spain and Morocco
in North Africa. Young Tellison followed in his father’s footsteps by becoming a member of Invaders Steel
Orchestra, and also played tenor
pan in New York’s Moods Pan Groove, Pan Rebels and Bramblers USA.
“Tello” enlisted in the US Navy from November 1972 to December 1984, during which time he had the good fortune to serve under the late Commander W.W. Pippenger aboard the USS Brumby DE 1044 which arrived in
Chaguaramas, Trinidad
in November 1975.
Tellison returned to dedicated service with Sealift Command Department of the Navy for 13 years, always keeping his tenor
pan at hand.
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