Junkanoo Roots

The first chance I got after returning from the Bahama company trip was to go looking for a Junkanoo record or cassette tape...yes, it was that long ago. There was nothing to be found on any shelf anywhere.

This is the music that set off my passion with drums 30+ years ago. It's call Junkanoo. We were in the Bahamas for an evening of awards and accolades with about 300 others. Everyone was dressed in gowns

In one hand I had a cuban cigar that my Sri Lankan roommate, who studies medicine on the island, had given me. The brand of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, Cohiba. In the other I had an empty chicken noodle