The man who made soca music international

[malaise]

Arrow (Alfonsus Cassel) from Montserrat died this morning in Antigua from a brain tumor - he was only 55. :cry: :cry: :cry:

Feeling Hot Hot Hot became in international classic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqWsAYPWzNI

[mitchum]

1. Rest In Peace

I first became aware of him thanks to David Johansen AKA Buster Poindexter

[MineralMan]

4. Me, too. Buster Poindexter's cover was lots of fun.

I can't remember when I first saw it.

[malaise]

5. Feeling Hot Hot Hot was part of the opening ceremony

at the 92 Olympics. What really struck me about hot hot hot was eruption of the dormant Soufriere volcano in 1995 - after all he released Hot Hot Hot way back in 1972 but we all thought it was beyond prescient.

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[underpants]

2. It is amazing the respect that musicians have for one another

diving into it a bit from actually playing the guitar I own and a friend from my daughters daycare it is amazing the life of music.

[marmar]

3. OH NO !!!!

Mr. Groove Master, Music Master Blaster....

:cry:

[xchrom]

6. Very sad. Nt

[tularetom]

7. That sucks -his music always made you feel better

I hadn't heard much of him since a volcano almost wiped out the entire island he lived on.

IIRC he lost several businesses in the eruption including a recording studio.

When I worked in Trinidad it was considered almost unpatriotic to play his calypsos (or any other non Trinidadian musician except Sparrow). But a lot of people did anyway.

[malaise]

8. That's the absolute truth although the musicians

in T&T love him. He spent a lot of time in New York but had been in Montserrat for some time. I actually met him there in 2006.

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