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‘Bamboo Man’

sung by Keith “Designer” Prescott
music by Alston Jack
lyrics by Samantha Jack and Cris Jack
arranged by Frankie McIntosh

   

 

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LYRICS

Verse 1
Ah want yuh to know ’bout dis Bamboo Man
Ah catalyst, yes, in de growth of de pan
Ah percussionist journeyed from afar
With talking drums, man straight out of Africa
When talking ah look way back, plenty suffering he had it hard
De fruits of his work, we carnival
So keep on jamming

Chorus
Playing we pan, Playing we pan
Play it!!
Jump in ah band, Jump in ah band
Love it!!
Playing we pan
Playing we pan
Play it!!
Playing we mas in a band on J’Ouvert

Free up, its time to free up your mind
Nice up, its time to have ah good time
Free up,
Can’t stop de sound of de Bamboo Man
Yuh betta know dis
Dey treat him wrong, riot in de land
Cyan stop de music

Verse 2
De eighteen hundreds was a trying time
African style express those days was a crime
Meet stiff resistance when dey pass de band
Dey try real hard to suppress de Bamboo Man
Only God knows why, why de Bamboo Man was done dis wrong
Thanks to God de man did not back down
We celebrating

Chorus
Playing we pan
Playing we pan
Play it!!
Jump in ah band,
Jump in ah band, Love it!!
Playing we pan, Playing we pan
Play it!!
Playing we mas in a band on J’Ouvert

Verse 3
Preserving de past ’bout we T&T
Utmost respect to those who come before me
Ah don’t compromise when coming to dat
Dey sacrifice so we can get where we at
So all be aware, every time you hear ah steel band play
Is de Bamboo Man who paved de way
Dat is we history

Chorus
Playing we pan, Playing we pan
Play it!! Jump in ah band,
Jump in ah band
Love it!!
Playing we pan
Playing we pan
Play it!!
Playing we mas in a band on J’ouvert

(ASCAP)



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Designer (Keith Prescott) - left, with veteran singer Debbie Haynes, Samantha and Alston Jack
Designer (Keith Prescott) - left, with veteran singer Debbie Haynes, Samantha and Alston Jack

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Alston Jack, a native from the isle of Tobago, has been passionate about the steeldrum since he was 9 years old, when he became a member of the Tobago All Stars Steel Orchestra. The steeldrum was an almost immediate attraction for him. It was not long before he, like so many before him, began experimenting with the instrument.

Seeking a greater challenge, the double second panist became a member of Renegades Steel Orchestra in 1967, but remained with the band for only one season and then found himself being drawn to the famous Laventille hills’ cross-town rivals, Desperadoes.

There he met pan patriot Rudolph Charles, who became a mentor to Alston because he understood the instrument, the culture. “He brought passion to the movement,” Jack says.

As a member of Desperadoes Steel Orchestra, Alston Jack was able to tour many places with them including New York city where he stayed and made his second home.  In New York he studied piano and voice theory at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and Theory and the Third Street Music School Settlement.

Jack’s pan compositions have been featured on the soundtracks of Fatal Attraction, Working Girl and NBC’s daytime soap opera Another World.  He has also appeared on the Cosby Show and Another World. He has arranged for bands in New York such as Harlem All Stars, Moods Pan Groove, Metro, Women in Steel, Tropicans and Pantonic.

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