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Esso Steel Band
Featuring Hubert Smith Junior
A Mastertone Recording, Vol. 3
Recorded at The Rosebank Theater In Bermuda
From the back cover: The rhythm and beat of the Islands is in the Esso Steel Band! This talented group have carried their fascinating music all over the West Indies and North and South America, to be acclaimed wherever they went, always with return engagements. Originating with the 'poor people' of Trinidad who wanted sound and rhythm for their Cane Festivals and had only dust-bins, brake drums and bamboo stalks, the Esso Steel Band now use the specially-tempered steel oil drums the have been carefully cut, measured and hammered for correct tone and pitch. Each drum is now an instrument that has its own part to play and has its own name; there's the Ping-Pong which is the melody; the Kettle Drum which is the harmony; and the Tune-Booms which are the "strings".
The leader of Bermuda's Esso Steel Band is Rudolph Commissiong, with Herbert Smith Jr. who is wise in the ways of entertaining holiday-markers and honeymooners who come to the Island for something different that will leave wonderful memories to be treasured always.
Land Of Sea And Sun
Juanita
Island Woman
Sloop John B
Limbo Like Me
Sailor Man
Kingston Market
Cuban Love Song
Sorrento
Shake Señora
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Capulito De Aleli
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