Calypso Showcase - The Merchant
Channel: Visual Art and Production
Date: 30/01/2022

Merchant lost his parents when he was very young and grew up in an orphanage where he learned to play the guitar. His calypso career began in 1975 when he appeared at Lord Kitchener's Revue. His calypsoes include:

    1975 - Dreams of Unity
    1976 - Carnival
    1977 - Umbaya; Let No Man Judge
    1978 - Norman Is That You?; Teach the Children
    1985 - Pan in Danger; Caribbean Connection; Rock It


He was one of the most brilliant , prolific calypso composers of all time, responsible for many classic calypso compositions for himself and many others.

His compositions have withstood the test of time, and his impact on the calypso art-form should not be underestimated, nor forgotten.

May He Rest in Peace.