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‘Magic
Drum’
sung by Machel Montano
music by Len “Boogsie” Sharpe
lyrics by Kernal Roberts, Machel Montano & Franklyn
Ollivierra
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“Magic Drum”
Machel Montano
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Machel Montano
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The 2008 Trinidad & Tobago Panorama Champions, Phase II Pan Groove, are on track once more for 2009, with another great composition by their legendary arranger/composer - Len “Boogsie” Sharpe, called Magic Drum. It is a collaboration between Sharpe and soca star Machel Montano. The steelpan community is buzzing with anticipation as Montano represents one of the more popular Caribbean performers today. The potential to put a ‘pan song’ back into the popular musical forum is intriguing.
Len “Boogsie” Sharpe in Antigua, November 2008
For Len “Boogsie”
Sharpe’s contribution to
the national musical
development of this
country, he has been
inducted as an honorary
distinguished fellow of
the University of
Trinidad and Tobago
where he now teaches
music improvisation. Mr.
Sharpe was also awarded
the Chaconia Silver
Medal in 1988 and the
Humming Bird Medal Gold
in 2009, for his
contribution to the art
form.
Len “Boogsie” Sharpe –
genius, the most
versatile and gifted
performer of our
national instrument.
Truly as David Del
Tredici suggests, “The
Mozart of Pan.”
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