Gerald Myers banjo Clement Smalling guitar Theodore Miller violin Sonny Borriel guitar Cleveland Salmon rumba box Jerome Williams vocals Ted Dwyer company manager"Revenge is not only sweet, but sometimes unashamedly funny as well: In their seventeen minute opening "quadrille", the six Jamaicans have quite impartially built in a disrespectful version of 'Rule Britannia'. ... Later on, there's also the 'Banana Boat Song' (under the title 'Day Oh'), 'Island In The Sun', the 'Rivers of Babylon' and - they stop at nothing - the 'Tennessee Waltz'. ... Featuring (lead-)violin and banjo, rumba-box and guitar, the partially quite aged Mento gentlemen (five of the six are over sixty) play the earthy, rural folk music of Jamaica, a close relation to the calypso of Trinidad. Music that gets rid of all bad moods, and really fits with sun and summer, rest and relaxation". (Disc)
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