From Montserrat, Arrow got his start as a first-class calypsonian in the traditional Trinidadian style but soon began exploring ways to bring the music to an international level. Always an innovator, he played around with mixing elements of cadence, salsa, and American R&B guitar into his music. In 1983 he experienced his first pan-Caribbean success, "Hot Hot Hot" (a song that later became an international hit). Since then he has branched out to include a wider array of world-music elements, from hip-hop to the sounds of various African nations, while concentrating on lyrics that act predominantly as a vehicle to drive the music to a higher frenzy. A late-'80s contract with Island/Mango Records has made him the soca artist most widely distributed and most easily available in the States. His 1992 release, Zombie Soca, was notable for including three songs with social commentary lyrics.
Soy fanático ala soca calipsos trinitaria los carnavales de mí pueblo guiria de la costa los celebran con soca trinitaria por eso pasan tan agradables que bueno ❤❤
❤ watching this highlight from St Kitts #MusicFestival with Alphonsus Cassell aka Arrow the Soca king of the Caribbean, makes me proud to be born in #Alliouagana Montserrat and to have even meet talk and work for the great man. He was very humble generous and a true patriot. The legacy he created comes from his passion his love for music and the art of entertainment. Not sure of all the awards o accolades he mightav acquired during his success and career, however , the greatest will b his music, album after album of songs . THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD. Listen to #KINGARROW JUST CANT RUNAWAY, DANCEHALL QUEEN, MAKKO NEIGHBOUR
ESSA BANDA É A MINHA INFANCIA HJ FICO MUITO FELIZ EM SABER QUE DEPOIS DE QUASE MEUS 50 ANOS EU IRIA ENCONTRA LOOS NO RU-vid SOU BRASILEIRO DE SAO JOAQUIM DO PACUI MACAPA - AMAPA E SOU FÃ DESSAS LAMBADAS PARABENS PRA POSTOU E ESPERO QUE TODOS OS COMPONENTES ESTEJAM EM VIDA
25/07/1985 show opener, so I'd only turned six a month prior, so I didn't remember it either - though I'd also forgotten it from the BBC4 reruns but then the '85 eps were a good few years back now themselves. EDIT: oh and missed the very start of the ep last night, so dunno if they edited out Gary Davies's 'joke' or not...? 'Ooh' indeed...