We’ll miss you Winston ‘B’

However, it was in pan that he really left his mark or rather his “sticks.” “B” and the men mentioned above were masters of ‘coasting.’

He would walk into a panyard and say, “Catch me in D or F.” He would start playing a melody and then call chords for the second and guitar pans, notes for the bass and soon a good jam would be going, with some fantastic variations.

A lot of players developed their skills in this way; however “coasting” is now a lost art in steelbands. The steelband fraternity has truly lost a great son. His brothers Pat, Andy and Mikey are top class players and Mikey is one of the best cello players ever and was captain of Starlift and Phase II. So to his family and friends, my deepest condolences.

D A M KING

St James