‘Disco Daddy’ ready to soca

In fact, Nelson yesterday threw his hat into the International Soca Monarch (ISM) ring, competing as a contestant for the first time ever in this format, and drawing singing position No. 59 at the draw yesterday at the NLCB booth, Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain.

The semis will be held on February 5 at the Arima Velodrome.

The draw yesterday saw a number of artistes and their representatives pulling for the line-up position at the semi-final.

The drawing saw Omardath Maraj pull number one and he will be performing his popular Chutney song ‘Balkisoon’ which is a ditty about a hot-blooded fellow who pulls a tune in a wedding and ends up running away with the Dulahin (wife). The semis will also see Jason ‘Linkyfirst’ Henriques perform his popular ‘Rock and Come In’, at number three.

The calypso legend whose discography includes Disco Daddy, King Liar, Mih Lover among other notables, will deliver Sugar Mammy at the semi-finals. Asked why he decided to enter this year’s competition, the evergreen Nelson said: “It is a pleasure just to be entering Soca Monarch.

At my time to this time, it is a blessing. I am looking forward for many more and doing the best I can.

They encouraged me.

They said you have to do it one more time, so that made me feel I could do it.” The event is also being jointly marketed by the latest addition to the ISM team, ScorAch Music led by Kwesi Hopkinson ( Hypa Hoppa) who said he hopes the collaboration will fix some of the issues with the annual competition.

He added that the competition has come a long way and this collaboration is meant to drive further growth of the competition. Scorch Music’s addition is going to take the competition to another level. He said soca monarch could not be allowed to die. He added that the outside world was looking more and more at the Caribbean for its content