tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1875980412212682099.post8898349155411381231..comments2024-03-19T19:34:23.525-07:00Comments on Comparative Video 101: Nick Reynolds Meets Irving Burgie: "The Wanderer/900 Miles"Jim Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198555155411979643noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1875980412212682099.post-53924578749471924782009-06-08T21:28:39.205-07:002009-06-08T21:28:39.205-07:00Dick Rosmini was my 1st intro to the magic of acou...Dick Rosmini was my 1st intro to the magic of acoustic guitar. Any more info (especially transcriptions from his Adventures... album) would be greatly appreciated.<br />Dan (danbromberg@gmail.com)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1875980412212682099.post-3838659497197293842009-06-05T22:36:44.309-07:002009-06-05T22:36:44.309-07:00And speaking of timely coincidence, this just in f...And speaking of timely coincidence, this just in from Caribworld News:<br /><br />TRIBUTE TO IRVING BURGIE On Saturday, June 6, 2009, Hamptonians New York presents `Reflections On A Legacy` under the patronage of Brooklyn Deputy Borough President, Yvonne J. Graham; Congressman Ed Towns and Consul General of Barbados to New York, Lennox Price.`Reflections On A Legacy will celebrate songwriter and composer,<br /><br />Irving Burgie, who, over the past half-century, has authored a `treasury` of timeless Caribbean songs for stage, screen and popular recording. Under the name Lord Burgess he penned, Jamaica Farewell, the first song by Burgie and several other songs for the album `Calypso.` It was the first album ever to sell 1 million copies. `Day O` the signature piece of his magnificent repertoire, was popularized in the mid 1950`s by renowned crooner Harry Belafonte.<br />T h e iconic ballad was reintroduced to generations in 1978 on the `Muppet Show` television series, and in the soundtrack blockbuster movie `Beetle Juice` in 1988. More recently, the recording has garnered notoriety `out of this world` when in 1997 it was used to wake astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis while it orbited the globe.<br /><br />Throughout his illustrious career Burgie has also penned the National Anthem of his ancestral home, Barbados; the popular ballads Jamaica Farewell, Island in the Sun in addition to the music and lyrics for the 1963 Broadway musical Ballads for Bimshire that starred the late Ossie Davis.<br /><br />Reflections on a Legacy will take place at ART/New York, 138 South Oxford Street, Downtown Brooklyn, New York. The Saturday, June 6 event commences at 6 P.M. with a reception of Caribbean foods and features live music, colorful flamboyant performances from the Something Positive Dance Troupe and the folk music ensemble, URBONY. For tickets and/or more information about the event email Zenergizer1@aol.com or call (718) 927-6817.Jim Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198555155411979643noreply@blogger.com