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‘A Tribute to Ray Holman’

sung by Lord Superior
composed by Michael ‘Mike’ Germain  

   

 

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LYRICS

Verse 1
A tune from Ray, is a song to play,
It is a wonderful and exciting happening.
When you understand, the music in the man
Then you’ll appreciate why you get that feeling.
As a young man, with his love for pan,
He really show us how to put it together,
From such an early age, he occupied center stage,
Because his music had come of age
He even beat a steelband into a rage.

Chorus
When is Panorama, in the Grand Savannah
You bound to have good music to play
Deceased Bradley say, for the big steelband day,
The only man he respect is Ray

Verse 2
Is plenty band, here on this island
That could attest to his great musical prowess.
From Antilleans, to dem four west band,
They have all benefited from this man’s largesse
One a dem today, still turn round and say,
That they doh want him come and control they business,
To prove pudding is to eat, a real smile is not ‘skin teet,’
I letting them know that he is the best,
Head and shoulders above the rest.

Chorus
When you goin’ Panorama, in the Grand Savannah
You bound to have good music to play.
Well I hear Bradley say, for the big steelband day
The only man he respect is Ray

Bridge
Ray is the man, to command yuh band,
This is the man, genius composer
For the pan.
Ray is the man, to command yuh band
This is the man, genius composer
For pan.

Verse 3
For those who just come, to play steeldrum,
Dey better try and learn about the great pioneers.
Men who built the pan, those who had the plan,
To take the instrument into this stratosphere.
I will call no name, but who is to blame.
I ask a young man who playing for a big band,
If he know the man who start, this own tune in the Big Yard
He say that he never hear ’bout Holman,
A prophet get no respect in his land.

Chorus
When is Panorama, in the Grand Savannah
You bound to have good music to play
Deceased Bradley say, for the big steelband day,
The only man he respect is Ray

Bridge
Ray is the man, to command yuh band,
This is the man, genius composer
For the pan.
Ray is the man, to command yuh band
This is the man, genius composer
For pan.

Ray is the man, to command yuh band,
This is the man, genius composer
For the pan.
Ray is the man, to command yuh band
This is the man, genius composer
For pan.



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“A Tribute to Ray Holman”
Lord Superior

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From the ‘Boy Wonder’ to Lord Superior, Andrew Marcano has come a long way.   Born in Rio Claro, Trinidad, West Indies, he has earned the name ‘Lord Superior.’

At an early age Andrew Marcano started singing at functions in and around his hometown, and was given the title of the ‘Boy Wonder’ because of his natural talent. People approached his mother asking her to allow him to go to Port-of-Spain, the capital of Trinidad, where they hoped to present him as the ‘Boy Wonder.’ Alas his mother said no, he must further his education.

A few years later, now an accomplished guitarist as well as singer, his mother gave her blessings and off Marcano went to the ‘big city.’ Upon his arrival he was asked to audition for the Young Brigade Calypso Tent, the turning point of his career.

Lord Melody (composer of Mama look a Boo Boo) remarked that this ‘boy’ was ‘superior.’ The ‘Boy Wonder’ immediately and automatically became - Lord Superior.

Lord Superior appeared at night clubs around Trinidad, in other Caribbean islands, and Caracas Venezuela, Canada and England.  In the latter performances he performed with many famous American artists; he eventually decided to stay in the United States.

 While performing in Greenwich Village coffee house agent Jack Adato heard him and gave him bookings in the Caribbean pavilion in the World’s Fair, from this point Lord Superior’s popularity has steadily increased.


Composer Michael 'Mike' Germain
Composer Michael “Mike” Germain
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