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Growing up on the beautiful Spice Isle, Grenada, guarantees one common love: music. Eddie Sealey was no exception, and quickly developed a deep appreciation for the likes of Lord Kitchener, Blue Boy, the Mighty Sparrow, and Bob Marley, to name a few. His admiration for music included the accomplishments of his older brother, known as Scorpion, a two-time runner-up in the annual Calypso competition.(Scorpion was one of the leading pan musicians on the island, gifted with a unique ability to play steel pan and sing at the same time). Not surprisingly, in 1981, while still in high school, Eddie joined the Belmont South Stars Steel Orchestra, a well established band that performed in major competitions and at various hotels on the island.

He started off on the guitar pan and worked his way through the ranks to the lead tenor pans, increasing his repertoire, and honing his talent. In 1985, an ex-band leader for the Amoco Renegades invited both Eddie and Ronnie, (best friend and fellow band member) to visit him in Trinidad and Tobago. There, Eddie delighted in witnessing live, charismatic, performances by the best steel bands in the world, before which he’d only heard on his transistor radio. Leading up to the Panorama Competition, he spent sleepless nights in the pan yard of the highly respected Amoco Renegades, absorbing all he could from the players, but one particular member proved the most influential and Eddie was quickly charmed to the conventional drums, then mastered by a drummer nicknamed “Soca”.

Upon returning to Grenada in the summer of ’85, Eddie established himself as a drummer and quickly developed into one of the best on the island. Among his notable triumphs, is one during which he represented 3 major steel bands competing on the same night.

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