PERRY MARTIN: From his early teens Perry Martin would gather around with his friends to sing ‘Picong’ on hot, lazy summer vacation days and nights. They marveled at the genius of ‘Saga’ their favorite local singer and his unique ability to improvise and extemporize as each took turns in rendering their own compositions or favorite calypsos. They were all students of the historical Arima Boys’ Government School in Trinidad, from which the likes of the grand-master himself Lord Kitchener, Brigo, possibly Cypher and the Lord Melody came.
The impact was
evident so much so,
Perry Martin, one
who never seemed to
have craved the so
called lime-light,
became a
‘shadow-writer’ in
his late teens and
early twenties …
writing for a few
striving singers at
a time when the
latter would not
have even been
considered true
calypsonians, if it
were to be
discovered that they
were not writing
their own songs.
After an over
extended sabbatical,
Perry allowed
himself to be
persuaded by a long
time personal friend
Holly, and in
‘2011’
delivered his first
come-back song,
“Road Recipe.”
Whilst Home Town
Studios from which
it was launched is
seriously
contemplating a
re-release, Perry
has quietly equipped
a very hungry and
super talented
singer/performer, Ajala, with a
winner. He has no
doubt, he says, that
the new cosmic-era
which begins in
‘2012’
will most definitely
be heralding
The
Return of the Marsicans!
Note: The calypso,
“Marzicans” was
originally sung in
the year 1968 by the
Lord Kitchener. |