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Hardcover Steelpan Ambassadors: The US Navy Steel Band, 1957-1999 Book

ISBN: 1496812409

ISBN13: 9781496812407

Steelpan Ambassadors: The US Navy Steel Band, 1957-1999

(Part of the Caribbean Studies Series Series)

"Maybe you won't like steel band. It's possible. But it's been said that the Pied Piper had a steel band helping him on his famous visit to Hamelin." When the US Navy distributed this press release, anxieties and tensions of the impending Cold War felt palpable. As President Eisenhower cast his gaze towards Russia, the American people cast their ears to the Atlantic South, infatuated with the international currents of Caribbean music. Today, steelbands...

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