Hi Frederick
I enjoyed your post on Alfred Rose. Indeed, he has been a favourite Goan
singer and musician of mine as well as his wife Rita on many CDs and tapes.
About 28 years ago, Alfred and Rita were invited guest performers at venues
in London. I happened to play the saxophone in a big amateur Goan dance band at
the time and had the great pleasure, through the band, of helping provide some
of the supporting music to Alfred and Rita. I had the opportunity to speak to
Alfred a number of times at rehearsals. He was definitely a super star in his
own right and his lyrics spelt out many insights into his thinking about Goan
life as you have indicated. I did find his music pretty complex and innovative
although it may have sounded fairly straightforward to the listener. It most
certainly tested my amateur skills on the saxophone to the absolute limit!
Cheers
Cornel
"Frederick [FN] Noron ha * फà¥à¤°à¥à¤¡ रिठन à¥à¤°à¥à¤à¤¯à¤¾"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
One of the few Goans (in Goa and Bombay) who has been prolific with
his creative output is the Aldona/Mumbai-linked Alfred Rose. I saw the
guy performing occasionally, not often enough unfortunately. My own
Anglophone-biased upbringing was probably the reason why I didn't
appreciate more of him when he was around.
