Steel drum (pan) music is really popular in North America.  I believe that the colorful uniqueness and totally different sounds are the major factors for this.  One of the complaints about pan songs from many is that playing slow songs, even popular ones, can become very repetitive and boring.  I definitely won’t make that mistake!  Rhythmic beats during steel music mixed with syncopation will turn most people into toe-tappers and body movers.  You can rest assured that this CD has pan songs that fit the bill, and that’s why it is one of the most popular.

"Please Take Me Home" is a song that comes from the many experiences of sailors who have the wrong people at perhaps the wrong time on definitely the wrong voyage.  There are  horror stores of really bad captains or useless, belligerent crews, or perhaps passengers who have no business on a small boat, which results in “a trip from hell.”  Sometimes people beg to go on a sailing/boating trip for the thrilling mental images and romanticism without really knowing how they will react to nature’s “Pandora’s Box.”  Occasionally it will work out and you develop a new boating advocate.  But a higher percentage of the time, they are incapacitated with mal de mer, or turn into Frankensteins.  Please try it out on small trips progressing to longer voyages first.  This even applies to buying a boat.  Make numerous different length trips with other, preferably experienced, people before buying or renting a boat.  There are stories of people having to be restrained by one means or another so they couldn’t cause damage to themselves or others on the boat.  I have never had to go that far, but a few times I have had to take over and relieve them from their “watch.”  On longer voyages, each person takes a turn at the helm or being a look-out.  This time is called on “watch” and lasts 2-6 hours.

“Where the Old World Meets the New” is a song that came to me while in the Andes.  Sounds, smells, and the creatures are very different from the North American mountains.  I was amazed at all this and mesmerized into seeing two armies passing each other on a mountain pass going in opposite directions in different dress, obviously from different times in history.  Yes, island hopping is wonderful, but only with the right people!

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