User talk:Countkutu&thebalmers

Count Kutu & The Balmers is a Calypso and Mento band from Manila, Philippines. It was formed in 2002 by original members - Count kutu(Ryan), Senyor Lucca(Greg), Don Ustollano(Joy), Lord Santadio(Corlasito) and Doctor Turbo(Ompong) but did not gather any commercial success. CK&TB’s is a strictly rural style mento band with lead singer Count Kutu's nasal voice and with an instrument ranging from low end acoustic guitars,Tenor Banjo, maracas, catacoo, sand block, bamboo drum and rumba box. They have release a new album last summer 2010 (Carabao Gal) but unfortunately no one dares to buy it except for the joyful tourists of El Nido, Palawan, hustling them to buy their album by singing calypso songs on the street corners with their torn pants and straw hats. Several of the CK&TB’s original members are already married and no longer active with the band, the group floundered for a short period, However, around summer 2010, Count Kutu, together with Senyor Lucca, reformed the Count Kutu & the Balmers with Cardinal Jones (Jong), Lord Francis (Francis), Bob Marlou (Marlou) and female sessionist Atty. Justin. They have their own renditions of old mento and calypso songs such as Linstead Market, Big Bamboo, Night Food, and Jamaica Farewell just to name a few. But whether they were renditions of mento standards or original compositions they are always of consistently high rural quality. Mento had proto-reggae beat, and sounded like an acoustic antediluvian form of reggae. Recordings are difficult to come by, but worth seeking out. Its music that lifts my spirits relaxes my mind and can’t help my tickled feet on swinging them whenever I hear it..

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