Read a little history of calypso on trial
Here is a piece of calypso history.
Calypso On Trial
The saga of Lord Invader's fight for recognition as owner of the
copyright
to the calypso ‘Rum and Coca Cola’.
The piece also includes a few nostalgic photos of Port of Spain
As it looked back in the early 1940’s.
And a photo of Lord Invader and other calypsonians (from 1943).
A most interesting episode in the history of Kaiso.
Click on link below…and enjoy:
http://www.rumandcocacolareader.com/RumAndCocaCola/Calypso_on_Trial.html I first heard about this many moons ago whilst liming on our
door-step
at 75 Oxford Street - But never in so much detail. I would have been
about ten yrs at the time.
Much thanks should go to Bostonian photographer, Kevin Burke for
his research of this issue over many years
