Title: Iron love
Description: "Patrick Roberts' 'Iron Love: A Book of The Desperadoe  Steel Orchestra' is a personal insight into the great  Trinidad and Tobago Steel Orchestra Desperadoes  from one whose family has Lived close to Desperadoes  the best Steel orchestra in the world, for his entire life  Roberts' account is a passionate symphony of Love  anger, frustration, hilarity and history, associated with  LaventiLLe and Desperadoes. It is not the book of  Desperadoes, for no one book can fully document the  living organism that is the steel band or orchestra,  especially one of Desperadoes' caliber and magnitude  It is his story of the enigmatic Desperadoes and its move from iron band to bamboo  band-to steel band and then to steel orchestra, which in a sense is a parallel to  Roberts' growth from boyhood to manhood, with all the inherent challenges  oüeishådowed by strong family ties and the desire to succeed in spite of any and all  obstacles. It is his story of Laventille, which as he says 'looks down on Trinidad and  Tobago's capital city, Port of Spain, with as much disdain as Port of Spain looks up  on LaventilLe,' the birthplace of the Steelband and Desperadoes. It is his story ofthe  challenges of managing in the cultural sphere where there is no road map and one  has to innovate almost on the fly. It is also his story of celebration, especially  through the longest partnership between industry and culture in the world, the  fifty-five year old partnership between West Indian Tobacco Company Limited  (WITCO) and Desperadoes. It is a book of an unflinching and unapologetic love, it is  a book of 'Iron Love: A Book of The Desperadoes Steel Orchestra'."--Page 4 of cover.
Subjects: History, Steel bands (Music), History and criticism, Calypso (Music), Steel bands, Histoire et critique, Calypso (Musique), Despers (Musical group)
Places: Trinidad and Tobago, Trinité-et-Tobago
Time periods: 20th century, 21st century, 20e siècle, 21e siècle