New York, USA -
I know it been said
already
For those of us who live and
breathe this music
What else is there to say!
It’s not like I didn’t thank you
personally.
Remember that night, Trini to
the bone was sizzling.
Yeah! That night I thanked you
for all the music.
You have given us so much
Like a dream that haunts, I
still hear Party tonight
Just like Desperadoes played it
at festival,
Cause I was there that night,
suited up in rival colors.
Knowing after hearing them that
we were under-prepared.
Yes man, begrudgingly I thanked
you for the Music.
You weren’t afraid to descend
off
The Hill and put wind in someone
else’s sails.
Just so the hill would remember
the genius
And they would always come back
and get you
Because that’s where the hand
fits the glove the best,
no matter whose high mas you
have blessed
Then like if it is something new
We would thank you for the Music
But no where more than up north
Where you were best served by
youth
And a remnant of the past.
Where you invited us into your
house
Showed us the picture on the
wall
Yes we like strangers were being
Fed, music for our soul
Then you repatriated us to the
marrow
of our bone, those of us who
Had be gone to long
Till the lion came with all its
passion,
Then we Celebrated,
The whupping of the obeah man,
That never ended right, but all
the same
Gave them a fright.
And while they judged you into
the lower rung of the musical
ladder
you showed class and spoke
with your Action, that made you
in 2005
the Darling of New York
and just to make sure we
understood
that you weren’t no Ordinary
People
you bowed out in the winners
circle.
How could we not say
Thanks for the music.
11-28-05
Russell Pope has performed with Radoes Steel Orchestra and is one of When Steel Talks pan photographers
See below for more
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Clive Bradley - The Man, The Music
and The Legend
When Steel Talks - Clive Bradley Dies at 69; Arranged Trinidadian Steel-Drum Music - New York Times
- When Giants Salute and Titans Bow - WST
- Clive Bradley's Final Passage and Journey but His Music Played On... When Steel Talks
- Laventille, Trinidad Celebrates Clive Bradley In Pictures When Steel Talks
- Farewell Ceremony To Clive Bradley in Pictures When Steel Talks
- Fans and Players Remember The Master Clive Bradley
- Clive Bradley – Just Remember The Music! Angela Howard
- Clive Bradley - The Spirit of Panorama and More Garvin Blake
- Clive Bradley - Memories Dr. Dawn Batson
- Clive Bradley - A Musical Wizardry Collins Jackman
- Clive Bradley - The Man and His Music Robbie Joseph
- Did You Ever Know Clive Bradley? T. John
- 'Brads' May Have Had The Last Laugh... again C. Phillips
- Move Over Beethoven Bradley's Here!
- Clive Bradley - It's Another Day C. Phillips
- Clive Bradley - Memorial Service Program When Steel Talks
- The Jammer For Bradley Dawad Phillip
- Bradley's Greatness - Signed, Sealed and Delivered Angela Howard
- Thanks For The Music Russell Pope
- The man who helped shape the musical direction of Panorama. - Knolly Moses
- Ogun lives on - for Clive Bradley Dr. Roi Ankhkara Kwabena
- Clive Bradley - The Higher Level Merle Albino-de Coteau
- Time To Honour Clive Bradley At Museum's Entrance - Editorial
- Tribute To Mr. Bradley - Andy Narell
- Let Us Celebrate Clive Bradley - Khalick J. Hewitt
- Recollections of Clive Bradley - Robin Margetson
- Memories - Frankie McIntosh
- Clive Bradley In Concert When Steel Talks
- The Man and His Work - Von Martin
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