He is a steel drum player, percussionist, composer and
teacher born in Success Village, Laventille, Trinidad, whose uncle, Carl
Greenidge, was an arranger and tuner known for his work.He began by playing for the Savoys
Steel Orchestra when he was eight years old and by the time he was fifteen
he was a member of Desperadoes who were an award winning steel orchestra in
Trinidad.The following few years
saw him embarking on international tours that took him to Africa, Europe,
Great Britain and Canada and in 1970 he was chosen as a soloist of the
Trinidad National Steel Orchestra.Relocating to the United States in 1971, he worked at the Third
Street Musical Conservatory in New York where he began composing and
arranging music and he then began arranging, performing, and touring with
the Music Makers Steel Orchestra in Los Angeles, California, where he would
settle in 1974.Beginning to get his name known among artists in the field of
popular music, he has since been called upon to work with artists
such as Earth Wind & Fire, John
Lennon, Taj Mahal, Barry Manilow, Harry Nilsson, Ringo
Starr, Grover
Washington Jr and Brian
Wilson
. He returned to Trinidad in 1978 to work with the
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra and Rudolph Charles who had created new types
of drums.While there, he appeared
in the Trinidad Carnival in 1979, which he has performed at every year
since.He began recording with Jimmy
Buffett in the early 1980s as a member of his Coral
Reefer Band
and
since that time he has recorded many albums and appeared on tour with them.He is also a member of he group
Club Trini with Michael
Utley from the Coral
Reefer Band
.During the course of his successful
career so far he has appeared on albums such as his own From the Heart,
Power Light and Love Songs by Earth Wind & Fire, Double
Fantasy by John
Lennon , Mad Music and Margarita Cafi: Late
Night Live with Club Trini, Be As You Are by Kenny
Chesney , Another
Passenger by Carly
Simon , Street Talk by Steve Perry, Love
Songs and Winelight by Grover
Washington Jr ., Barry by
Barry Manilow, That's The Way It Is by Harry Nilsson, One
Particular Harbor, Christmas Island, Last Mango in Paris, License to Chill,
Off to See the Lizard and Floridays by Jimmy
Buffett , Addictions
Vol.1 by Robert Palmer and Rotogravure by Ringo
Starr . Bringing his art to the world of
television and movies, his work has featured in the soundtracks of Commando,
Working Girl, Hard to Kill, 48 Hours, Cool Running and Clara's Heart
and on the TV shows Jackson Five Special, Saturday Night Live, Love
Boat, The Fall Guy, Dynasty, Fantasy Island, every year since 1987 on The
Tonight Show either with Johnny Carson or Jay Leno and in commercials
for 7up, McDonalds, and with Taj Mahal for Corona Beer.In musical education he has given
clinics and workshops at the Northern Illinois University, University of
North Texas and Brooklyn College, New York.
