Ghost Pan - 2016 Pan Tunes - Steelband Panorama - Carl “De Panman” Richards

sung by Carl “De Panman” Richards
composed by Barnet “Preacher” Henry and Carl Richards

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“Ghost Pan”
Carl “De Panman” Richards
Provided with the expressed permission of the composer(s)

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LYRICS

Verse 1

A big man bawl out oh my gosh what it this
Oh yes de steel band they play so terrific
Friends I was right dey in de panorama
When de current gone I could still remember
De band was rehearsing their tune in de dark
When I hear de man say, Oh my Lord what is that
Current gone, current gone, it ain’t have no light
Current gone , current gone, they dress all in white
He say he see Jug-head and Clive Bradley
Nunney, Poochet, Wendel and Winston Spree
Mouley and Ashley, Pat Bishop and Eddie Quarless
He say don’t get frighten, nothing ain’t going happen
The ghost in de band, playing on the steelpan

Chorus 1

Ghost pan, jamming in the band
Ghost man, playing on the pan
Ghost man, on the invention
Ghost pan.
Steel band stat to rumble, ah say look ah meh trouble
People start to break-away, when de steel band start to play
Small band sound like big band, Oh what an occasion,
They change the direction, all because of ghost pan,

VOOM VOOM   VU- VUM VOOM, GHOST
VOOM VOOM   VU- VIM VOOM, GHOST

VOOM VOOM   VU- VUM VOOM, GHOST
VOOM VOOM   VU- VIM VOOM, GHOST
VOOM VOOM   VU- VIM VOOM

They play and they play,oh yes they break-away (ramajay)
GHOST PAN IN DE BAND

Verse 2

A young man listening, he say that he see them
Inside the steel band playing the instrument
A woman tell him what you talking about
Ghost playing the pan, young man I’m in a doubt
He say I could see them, right now they on the bass
Listen to the bass line how it rocking the place
Boom Bo-dum, Boom Bo-dum the place is pitch black
Boom Bo-dum, Boom Bo-dum is pan in de dark
They just visiting cause the current gone
They cannot resist playing this pan song
The venue black out, but nobody not going home
Just like a mortal, they playing physical
Them musical ghost didn’t need to rehearse

Chorus 2

Verse 3

Now all around me people talking bout ghost
Man woman and child say de band go come first
De melody sweet and easy to arrange
Listen to de beat, plus de chord structure strange
They say lord Kitchener ghost who compose the song
So the ghost orchestra could come and play along
Current gone current gone, ah can’t see meh hand
Current gone current gone, this must be the sweetest band
While they talking about what’s happenng
Kelloges whisper Panman go do something
Go to every band, and let the arrangers know
If they want the first prize, this is their tune of choice
Play de ghost pan, and they go be CHAMPION

Chorus

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Calypsonian Carl 'De Panman' Richards
Carl “De Panman” Richards

Carl Richards a.k.a. “De Panman” is an ace double second pan player based in Antigua. He is a member of Gemonites Steel Orchestra and has travelled to Trinidad for many Panorama competitions to play with Phase II Pan Groove.

In 2000 he launched his calypso career and was an instant hit, making the finals in Antigua & Barbuda. He has made a name for himself by performing several pan songs year after year, which proved to be the first choice of the top Antigua steel orchestras.

“De Panman’s” high point came in 2008 when he won the National Calypso Monarch Competition in Antigua & Barbuda. He also has the distinction of having his song Sylvie Breakaway which was composed by Len “Boogsie” Sharpe and Alvin Daniell played by Harmonites in the national Trinidad & Tobago Panorama.

In 2011, “De Panman” sang Pan Is Meh Drug composed by Len “Boogsie” Sharpe and Alvin Daniell. In the 2014 Panorama season he came with Tornado. The track featured here, Ghost Pan, is composed by Barnett “Preacher” Henry and Richards.

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