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Down The Road by The Tiger

Künstlerbiographie The Tiger

Neville Marcano 1915-1993 Known As The Growling Tiger Is A Trinidadian Calypsonian. Born In Siparia Tiger Was Originally A Boxer Who Won The Trinidad Bantamweight Championship In 1929. He Was Active In Calypso From His Teens. He Was A Member Of The Old Brigade Of Calypso Singers Which Included Lord Beginner Attila The Hun The Roaring Lion And Lord Pretender. In 1935 He Went To New York With Attila And Lord Beginner To Record For The Decca Label. In 1939 He Won The First Calypso Monarch Competition With "The Labour Situation In Trinidad And Tobago." More So Than His Contemporaries He Sang About Social And Political Issues. His Best Known Songs Are "Money Is King " About Economic Inequality And "The Gold In Africa " About The Italian Invasion Of Ethiopia. Recording Together With Atilla And Beginner As The Keskidee Trio He Recorded Some Lighter Tunes Including "Don't Let Me Mother Know." Folklorist Alan Lomax Recorded Him In 1962. In 1966 Growling Tiger Performed At The Newport Folk Festival. In 1979 He Recorded An Album "Knockdown Calypsos" For Rounder Records.

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