Brother Shortman

Everard Romany aka [1] Brother Shortman, also known as Rapso Rebel, is a rhythm poet and musician from Trinidad and Tobago.

Brother Shortman
Birth nameEverard Romany
Also known asRapso Rebel
Born (1951-10-11) 11 October 1951
OriginTrinidad
GenresRapso, rhythm poetry
Years active1970s–present
Associated actsNetwork Riddum Band
Websitemyspace.com/rapsorebel

Biography

Born in Trinidad in 1951, Brother Shortman (Bro. Shortman) became, together with Brother Resistance, the lead singer of the Network Riddum Band in 1979.[2] They developed a hybrid of soca and rap that they called rapso, a genre for which they credited Lancelot Layne as originator.[2][3]

Network Riddum Bands début album 1981, Busting Out, became a major hit, defining the musical genre that would come to be known as rapso. Busting Out was the first album to use the word rapso.[4] After the release of the album Rapso Explosion, Brother Shortman left[5] Network Riddum Band and did not appear on the music scene until 2004, when he released the album The Awakening Vol. 1 as Rapso Rebel, after living in Sweden for more than a decade.

Discography

Singles
  • "Busting Out", Squatters Chant (Everard Romany) / Dancing Shoes (Bro. Resistance) (1981)
  • "Panic", (Everard Romany) (1982)
  • "Long Live Kaiso", (Everard Romany) (1983)

Albums
  • Rapso Explosion (1984)

Early Life

Everard Romany was the son of Rita and Claude Romany and the second of their 3 children. He attended Rose Hill Primary School and spent his early life as a community builder in East Port of Spain. His is a story of talent becoming derailed by drug addiction and eventually re emerging to continue the story of the Rapso Rebel in Sweden.

References
  1. ""
  2. Thompson, Dave (2002) Reggae & Caribbean Music, Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-87930-655-6, pp. 42-3
  3. Oumano, Elena (1999) "resistance Exports Rapso to US, Europe", Billboard, 9 January 1999, p. 18. Retrieved 29 September 2013
  4. ""
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