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Allyuh get a grip and acknowledge di history.
Dat is all - enough of dis crap.

It is Trinidadian ...no question about that. But it is as a result very West Indian...the rest of the WI adopted it very early ...just 10 years after its wild invention.

The Antiguans had a Steel Band Association before the Trinidadians did.
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The Antigua Steelband Association predated the government Steelband Committee formed here in Trinidad in 1949. The Antigua national steelband competition of 1949 with test piece ‘Peanut Vendor’ predated the Trinidad national competition. The Antigua steelband ‘Brute Force’ is the first steelband to be recorded commercially and produced on wax/records. Of interest is the fact that the singer on their record was Miss Dot Evans, a Trinidadian. Antigua also claims the first all-female steelband when in 1952 ‘uptown girls’ – as they were referred to in those days, formed a band called ‘Pastel Intruders’. They won acclaim with a rendition of ‘Bells of St. Mary’s’, the same tune ‘Casablanca’ played to win the first national competition here in Trinidad.

If Antigua picked up on steelpan less
than 10 years after its inception seemingly less than 5 years....then others can celebrate it fully...not claim it as theirs

In reply to Chrissy

I thought Alex was fair

She said although it was invented out of TT, it’s been embraced by the entire Caribbean

Chrissy is dividing us

In reply to analyst-kid
Indeed but Naomi must acknowledge di roots. She is from a family in di music business. There is love,ympan i. Several islands but it’s roots are in T&T

In reply to Halliwell
Not Alex, Naomi.

Is normal for the rest of the Caribbean, outside of Jamaica, to adopt trini culture and food and claim it as their own.

Nutting new here

In reply to Halliwell

When did steel drum bands start?
1930s
The steel drum originated in the late 1930s on the island of Trinidad and was played as part of a steel band, a percussion ensemble contrived by lower-class rebellious teens.

The steelpan (also known as a pan, steel drum, and sometimes, collectively with other musicians, as a steelband or steel orchestra) is a musical instrument originating in Trinidad and Tobago. Steelpan musicians are called pannists.

What is the oldest steel band in the world?
Antigua & Barbuda, W.I. - While the Steel Pan may have its roots in Trinidad, it is Antigua and Barbuda that has produced the oldest continuously operating steelband in the world, Hells Gate Steel Orchestra.

Alexander’s ragtime band was the first steelband formed in 1939. Started in Newtown , Port of Spain.

In reply to Overthrow

In reply to sgtdjones

Dat come like de first humans to land on de south side of de moon

In reply to imusic

Trinidad music, food and even language is widely adopted throughout the Caribbean. Everyone speaks about limin' for example but 45 years ago when I was at Cave Hill, very very few outside of Trinidad knew that word! It does not matter to Trinis once you acknowledge the source.

In reply to imusic