jojobaker
01-10-2008, 04:18 PM
Of all the discussion of culture warriors on this forum, there is one individual that seems to have been forgotten.
Nerlin Taitt was a champion pan soloist and steelband pioneer and innovator in South Trinidad in the 1950' and 60's who was also a great guitarist.
He played with the Dutchy Brothers and also with his own band the Nerlin Taitt Orchestra, and was a well known musician in the South in those days.
He migrated to Jamaica during the Rock Steady era , and is credited for being the innovator of the distinctive reggae guitar strum, which is derived from the guitar pan rhythm we used to call the "after strum".
This one individual embodies the connection between the predominant musical art forms coming out of the English speaking Caribbean- Reggae, Calypso and the Pan.
He is a true Caribbean Culture man and should be recognized as such.
The following link is to an article by Jim Dooley about the life of the Rock Steady , Pan and Calypso legend Nerlin "Lynn "Taitt
http://www.cyberus.ca/~jdooley/Taitt.htm
Nerlin Taitt was a champion pan soloist and steelband pioneer and innovator in South Trinidad in the 1950' and 60's who was also a great guitarist.
He played with the Dutchy Brothers and also with his own band the Nerlin Taitt Orchestra, and was a well known musician in the South in those days.
He migrated to Jamaica during the Rock Steady era , and is credited for being the innovator of the distinctive reggae guitar strum, which is derived from the guitar pan rhythm we used to call the "after strum".
This one individual embodies the connection between the predominant musical art forms coming out of the English speaking Caribbean- Reggae, Calypso and the Pan.
He is a true Caribbean Culture man and should be recognized as such.
The following link is to an article by Jim Dooley about the life of the Rock Steady , Pan and Calypso legend Nerlin "Lynn "Taitt
http://www.cyberus.ca/~jdooley/Taitt.htm