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noted it was the first time his children ever supported him on a
stage.
“They are into sports, not entertainment but they wanted to
be here on stage with me as they endured pain too.”
An unapologetic GB raised eyebrows and pores as he painfully unravelled
to thousands in Skinner Park the story of his life, which saw him
losing his home and car, among other problems he encountered.
The former Petrotrin employee, who took VSEP, insisted all rumours
were lies.
He said cocaine was never responsible for his financial problems
and although he has constantly denied the allegation, persons somehow
continue to refuse to believe him.
“People say I ‘pipe’ out house and car,”
a fighting GB told TnT Mirror.
“I really thought after 10 years, it would go away but it
is still with me so I had to sing about it.
“I’m glad I got that opportunity to do it at the semi-finals.”
But GB, who gave a performance of his life which reportedly caused
even members of his chorus group to cry, had a shocker waiting for
him when he walked off the stage.
“People are really something else,” he went on, “even
after delivering that emotional song, a man met me back stage and
still tell me I using cocaine.”
He confessed that negative things ran through his mind at that point
in time.
“I was hurt, but all I did was simply shake my head and walk
away.”
He chronicled his trials and tribulations including how he lost
his house and car in 10 verses, but was only able to sing four as
required in competition.
“It’s a pity patrons couldn’t hear all,”
added GB, now a staunch member of Friends of Jesus Church, Tacarigua.
GB, who holds a degree in Communications, told Mirror although he
has been very low-profile over the last four years, he wrote as
many as 54 songs in 2005.
According to him, some of his compositions won him major titles
up the Caribbean.
For C2K6, he has written for calypsonians Devon Seales, Bodyguard,
Protector, Tigress, Joseph Adams, among several others.
He said in 2006, it became necessary for him to exhale.
“It wasn’t easy for me to do what I did.
“It was a very emotional time but I have no regrets.”
He’s also busy researching the Bible and hopes very soon to
publish two books pertaining to the great book. |
