ALL SALTFISH SWEET 😋 — When Sparrow Took Joker Devine’s Words and Made Them His Own
Grace Notes in Context ALL SALTFISH SWEET 😋 When Sparrow Took Joker Devine’s Words and Made Them His Own A GRACE NOTES REFLECTION WATCH: Grace Notes revisits the Mighty Sparrow’s performance of Saltfish , written by Winsford “Joker” Devine. It’s Carnival time again. In the words of the great Lord Laro, those few words are enough to start something stirring in a Trinbagonian. In Irie Tempo , Laro travels musically through the great celebrations and spectacles of the world before bringing us home to Trinidad. He has seen Carnival in Rio, mas in Toronto, fiesta in Mexico and the bacchanal of New Orleans Mardi Gras, but still comes home to Trinidad Carnival as the spectacle none of them can beat. And then comes the comparison that has stayed with me. Laro invokes New York’s actors, Hollywood’s designers and Broadway’s producers, and pla...
