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Winston Scarborough
is considered by many
to be one of the all-time
great composers of steelband
‘panorama tunes.’
A performer artist
himself, 2013 will mark
the 35th
year that Trinidad &
Tobago’s Winston Scarborough
(The Original DeFosto
Himself - as he
loves to be called)
has been singing calypsos.
For him it was an uphill
struggle to be recognized
by the fraternity and
public at large.
Abandoned by both his
parents at the young
age of 6 months, Scarborough
was sent to the Tacarigua
Orphanage in east Trinidad
where he remained until
age 17. The experience
in the orphanage would
place an indelible stamp
on him.
One of the most important
aspects of DeFosto’s
work as a calypsonian
is the tributes he has
paid in song to many
of Trinidad & Tobago’s
cultural icons; the
late Lord Kitchener
(calypsonian Aldwyn
Roberts) would be one
such with whom people
are most familiar.
The last three years
continued to be
fruitful for The Original
DeFosto Himself,
with the release of
such hits as “Smooth
Sailing;” “A
Raging Storm;” “In
She Rainorama” and
“Boogsie Sharpe.”
For 2013 the man of
music is on the ball
again with
Gypsy’s Ship—the
track featured
here—focusing on
Trinidad & Tobago’s
former Minister of
Arts and
Multiculturalism,
Winston “Gypsy”
Peters - himself a
former national
Calypso monarch.
De Fosto has also
recently released
We Toco Golden Boy
and
We Come Out to Play.
Edited by C. Phillips
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