Renegades, rein in your arranger

No disrespect to Exodus, but it still getting there.

I would like to however ask the management of Renegades to control arranger Devon Stewart’s comments, especially after what he said after this year’s results were announced, placing his arrangement third. He blamed the judges, he said All Stars sounded flat, Despers did not sound good probably because the band played first.

What has made All Stars, Desperadoes, Phase II, Renegades class acts is that whatever the results are they move on and work harder the next year. You never hear Leon “Smooth” Edwards talk, neither Jit Samaroo, Clive Bradley, nor Len “Boogsie” Sharpe.

I don’t want Stewart to be like them because he can’t. But he can learn from them. Renegades is a well respected band giving us great music over the years, as such I urge it to please talk to the arranger and remain respected.

Nigel Grosvenor Diego Martin