It's all about remembering the good old times from 1959 to 1977-from Trinidad with Ansel Wyatt-Then in Canada in 1968 with the Flamingos from T&T and now I:m SynTEVoxE-Peace and Love and Enjoy!!!
I have fond memories of ansel and jenny who were our friends and I watched him play and sing at various places in Tobago and visited them. So sorry to see he is no longer with us. My daughter was very young but loved ansel and jenny she's now a adult as was long time ago but thankyou for doing this video is jenny still in Tobago I miss her she was lovely.
The Ansel Wyatt combo came to Sangre Grande (my home town) for the first time in 1963. It was viewed as the clash of the giants when they came up against Silver Strings Combo. It was a 2 pm to 2am fete. In my view, Silver Strings was ahead up to 7pm. At that point, all hell broke loose when Ansel and his boys brought the house down with FOOLS RUSH IN. ❤
Steve was rhythm guitarist of course. Ansel's fluid style on lead is what captured everyone's attention, but Steve's versatility and creativity on different tunes made the pair a unique music experience. They have to be remembered together.
I'm a bit surprised that "FOOLS RUSH IN" with its flip side "COME LEH WE GO" has not yet hit RU-vid. I have the "45" collecting dust in my music library. Unfortunately, I don't have the means to upload it to RU-vid.
Thanks so much 🙏 💓 ☺ Steve Khan for playing the WHOLE TUNE. One observation (correct me if I'm wrong) I believe the correct name of the the TUNE is " THIS NEARLY WAS MINE. "
As far as I recall, Ànsel Wyatt Combo originally lasted from 1960 to 1966. He then went to Sangre Grande and formed a new band with Roland Daniel (formerly Roland Daniel Combo).This band barely lasted a year. Not the type to give up easily, he formed another band in S/Grande with the likes of Glenroy Mendoza (Patch), Edwin Phillips and others. During this time they managed to record ON BROADWAY and GREENFIELDS. ( I still have my copy). By the end of 1968, the band was no more. Ansel left for overseas and I never saw him in the flesh again.
Steve, in 1960 you and Ansel were playing for a house party on our block. It must have been one of your first gigs. The boys on the street (me) were not invited to the family event inside, but were allowed to visit in the gallery with the band. Ansel sat calmly in a folding chair with legs crossed, wearing dark glasses; you sat next to him, with your guitars and single amp between you; the drummer (George?) stood against the railing with a single snare drum on a stand, using drumsticks; the bass-man stood next to Ansel - with a box-bass! I had never seen an electric guitar played, or a box-bass. You fellows blew me away with every tune you played. I remember Prelude - which you recorded soon as a single - I still have my copy 60 yrs later, and I wrote words to it. Thank you for the music and the years.
Ansel, the founder of Combo music in T&T was also versatile on the pan, sax and keyboard.. He was a natural musician. Sunrise1943/12/10 Sunset 2017/06/18. Rest in peace my good friend
Sounds like "Teensville" to me.....if I remember right, Clarence Curvan, with Darlington Brown on guitar. Later on he formed Darlington and the Astronauts, the first T'dad combo to include an organ, and recorded Delilah and Coming Home. But Flamingos sounds as good as Clarence did back in the 60s.
@@SynTEvoxE You're welcome. I loved the Ansel Wyatt Combo music as a teenager and I love it still at 74. Wish that he was still with us. Thanks for remembering and continuing to keep the music alive. I wondered how to preserve my fairly extensive combo music collection for posterity and RU-vid is the answer. I only need to learn how to upload them, the ones that I have not seen on RU-vid thus far. I am encouraged by people like you to make the effort. Cheers
Only just saw this...very moving. Very nice tribute and way to remember Ansel and your links to him. You guys made wonderful music and I loved it even though I only heard it on the radio back then and never saw or met any of the players. Permit me to say that I envy you and wish that I could have been like you guys, making the music. I have a pretty comprehensive combo music collection - just about every selection that I could find - and I play them all he time, including, of course Ansel Wyatt Combo. Cheers and best wishes. Dennis.
I wanted to know if there were any videos or movie clips of Johnny Carter and Sollie McElroy available. The original Flamingos group. They were truly the epitome of the Rhythm & Blues era along with Billy Ward"s Dominos when their Lead singer was Clyde McPhatter ?
Steve Khan, starting with "Your cheating heart" and "Can't get used to loving you" I have been a fanatic of Ansel Wyatt combo right up to this day. I rem. when you all "clashed" with Silver Strings in S/Grande in 1963, to many ears including mine, Silver Strings was leading. But when the "atomic bomb", FOOLS RUSH IN was dropped that was that ! Correction: LOVING should be LOSING.
