...in memory of: Michael Roberts Anna and the Kings [ a musical band project involving, comprising of quite a number of participants ] and the cast were as follows: Annamaria Elston - Vocals, Gary Inniss - Guitars/Vocals, Jude Mendonca - Guitars/Drums/Vocals and Co-Producer, Jeroen Wessels - Guitars, Michael Roberts - Sound/Producer ..+, Charles Spellen - Bass/Guitars, Rawle Staunton - Vocals, Maynard Wallace - Guitars, Rishi Nag - Bass, Gerda Wessels-Klinkien - Vocals, Romeo Yong - Guitars, Engineer - Burchmore Simon w/ all initial Recorded tracks at Kross Kolor Studio Kathleen Annamaria Elston (Annamaria Elston) was born in 1969 in Catterick Camp Yorkshire - England, her Dad is Lee Elston ..who was in the Kings Regiment and Kathleen ..who was from Guyana - South America. ANNA didnt grow up in one place ..but traveled to various countries that her dad was posted to, as such - Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland ..etc! She attended boarding school in Germany at the age of 13 and found her love for dancing, being influenced by break-dancing and robotics ..she also enjoyed writing poems about everyday life. In 1983 she moved back to England for 2 years.. then went to live in Guyana for 22 years, growing up in a village on the east coast Demerara. One day walking on Robb St. ..located in the Capital City - Georgetown, she heard a Rock/Reggae in-fusion influenced band playing.. namely: ..Stone Blind working under another name at the time ..Exxis ..this in turn sparked her interest in music. After becoming a friend of the members of...Exxis/Stone Blind, ANNA met the members of a band namely: Scion/..Pearls To Swine and they became friends that span over a decade. Lyrics that were written was made into songs, such as Live Wire and Yesterday ...by the band that became Burning Bush. ANNA also had a TV programme, which herself and co-Hort: Micheal Roberts took care of... ..the programme was Rock-oriented and was fittingly named Rocktopia. ANNA has been as guest singer in other bands such as Braindrain, Tech 21... ..and simply states the following: I have enjoyed being involved in the music scene in Guyana and will never forget that part of my life, ..the great friendships I have made throughout those years..... Michael then decided to take all of those incomplete files of the Anna and the Kings project songs [ armed w/ a installed mixing software on his home computer ] and w/ no prior experience, went to work [ day into the night for many weeks ] figuring out and preparing a rough mix-down of the existing tracks ............, heres one (..see link attached!) Song: Children Lyrics: Annamaria Music: Romeo/Jude Personnel: Annamaria - lead vocals Gerda - backing vocals Romeo - 1st Guitar Jude - 2nd Guitar/vocals ..the web: https://youtube/watch?v=c-xb4_pxQHY&feature=youtu.be
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 00:52:14 +0000
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