Cool Steel Steelpan Music Show Rap Up! 7-08-05

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Hugh Huggins, Jr.

First up on this week's program is pannist Hugh Huggins, Jr. whose pans are tuned by the world-renowned Herman "Guppy" Brown of Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago. The marriage of Huggins' noteworthy compositions and execution, combined with Guppy's signature sound, is highlighted in the CD called "Forever Love." Featured for the first time on Cool Steel is a Huggins, Jr. original composition called "Signal Hill Groove."

The selection from the last edition of Cool Steel which got the most votes, submitted by email to panradio@panonthenet.com, was "Pan In 'A' Minor" by New Dimension Steel Orchestra from Grenada. Voted in at #2 and #3 respectively, were Len "Boogsie" Sharpe's "First Born" and Desperadoes Steel Orchestra "Ordinary People."

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Here is this week's complete Cool Steel Line Up... week 7.08.05 playlist

Signal Hill Groove - Hugh Huggins, Jr. (USA)

Ewa Belia -- Sakesho (USA)

Poets and Peasants Overture - New Dimension Steel Orchestra (Grenada)

You're Still The One - Pantonic Steel Orchestra (USA)

Summertime - Skiffle Bunch (Trinidad & Tobago)

Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Exodus (Trinidad & Tobago)

Blame It On The Music - CASYM (USA)
No Woman, No Cry - Gemonites Steel Orchestra (Antigua & Barbuda)

Just The Way You Are - Sydney Joseph (Trinidad & Tobago)

1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) -- Project Steel (USA)
Sargasso Sea - Universal Language featuring Chili Charles on steelpan) (USA)

Previous Cool Steel's line up

Email us at PanRadio by clicking on the following text - "My favorite selection from this program's line-up is...", to vote for your favorite steelpan piece from the above play list!

Also email Panradio@panonthenet.com to find out how to get your pan music CDs considered for possible inclusion in the PanRadio line-up...