This week team OMG had the extreme pleasure of sitting down with calypso/soca/soca parang icon ‘Crazy’. A man with a rich history who has entrenched himself into the Trinbagonian DNA. At the age of 72, Crazy has no intensions of slowing down but is filled with love, life and joy, He was a delight to speak with and we are sure you will enjoy this interview.
Crazy, born Edwin Ayoung in 1944, to a Venezuelan mother and Trinidadian father of chinese descent. In his youth he was a skillful cricket player. The “Loveable Lunatic of Soca”, is an experimentalist. He pioneered Parangsoca music (Trinbago Christmas music) and played a leading role in promoting chutney soca. (Nani Wine)
He initially used sobriquet Wong Ping (1970/71) then Mighty Arawak. He was encouraged by a calypsoian friend “Calypso Height” (Solomon Findley) who wrote his first calypso (Chinaman). He was dubbed Crazy by Doran Hector (Versatile) and was encouraged to go solo after showing talent as a chorus singer. He was first recorded by Granville Straker of Straker Records in 1972 (NY). He was selected by tent manager Mr. Syl Taylor of Sparrow’s Original Young Brigade (OYB) making his debut at the tent in 1972 with double entendre “The Electrician”.
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Recorded Thursday November 6, 2014, in,Trinidad
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