Carnival 2001
February 2003
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MYSTIC PROWLER (aka MIGHTY PROWLER)
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REAL NAME: |
Roy Lewis |
DATE OF BIRTH: |
1944 |
PLACE OF BIRTH: |
..., St. Vincent |
EDUCATION: |
... |
CAREER: Prowler migrated to Trinidad as young man and began singing calypso in the early-1960s. He became a professional in 1966 when he joined the Original Young Brigade Tent. He later took an 11-year respite from the calypso tent during which time he focused on spiritual singing. However, he returned to the calyso arena in the early-1990s and won the Calypso Monarch Crown in 1998 with "Look Beneath the Surface" and "Vision of T&T in The Year 2010." He owned, operated, and performed at De Mystic Inn bar which was located at the City Gate bus station in Port-of-Spain, and frequently toured the Caribbean and North America. His other calypsoes include:
- 1972 - A Man Is a Man When He Thinking Clean
- 2001 - Panacea
- 2003 - Mr. Indian
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AWARD:
- 1999 - Sunshine Award for Best Political Commentary ("Vision of T&T in the Year 2010")
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DIED: |
September 20, 2003, from a heart attack in San Juan, Trinidad |
Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit |
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