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On March 22, 1930, a baby boy was born.
His name was Lyndon Oscar Findling, a native bohemian son.
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He went to London to become a lawyer at the youthful age of 18.
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[00:01:29] Speaker D: Good morning and welcome to Guardian Radio AM. Today is Wednesday. Wednesday, August 27th. It's a little after 11:00 o' clock in the morning. Once again, the ca nury. I suppose I have guest today, Alan Russell, supposed to be here. He is a musician who wanted one or two of his songs play. And we go through that narrative of his journey in terms of being a musician, especially being a hotelier.
But he didn't show up. That means I can go to plan B.
Plan B means that I'm going to read something into the record. If you wish, you can call in and participate in this conversation.
The other day, the other day I saw an article in the Tribune that he sent to Aaron and Aaron's still here because she has an errand to run right now. And I said, man, read this before you go, right?
There's an article by, not an article featuring the current prime minister, Mr. Davis, and he was given a narrative on his journey to be prime minister.
And if I was a politician, me, I wouldn't have said this to the public, but politicians are different. He said, it is a campaign era we are in and I'm sure this is one of those campaign platform that he was using, but I was uneasy about his frankness. And our prime minister is supposed to be frank. Our prime minister is supposed to give information that the public is supposed to digest. But I me, I just wouldn't have done it. I just wouldn't have done it. Hence, one or two of you might have missed it. Right. And hopefully I can do an analysis on that particular article. And Erin, were you able to pick that up?
[00:03:07] Speaker B: I found it.
[00:03:08] Speaker D: Okay. I'm gonna have it read in the records.
Maybe you didn't get to read it, but it's something worth reading, all right, Something worth digesting, something worth doing a critical analysis on it. Like, what was your intention?
Why did you even Mention this is why I bring this up.
I'm not even going any further. More preamble with it. Allow Aaron to read that for me. Go ahead.
[00:03:32] Speaker B: Morning. Morning. We're going to read from this Tribune article. Law partners held me back. The date is Monday. That's this week. Monday 25 August 2025.
Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis has revealed that former Prime Ministers Hubert Ingraham and Perry Christie opposed his initial bid to enter frontline politics, a move he says derailed an early promise of a nomination.
Addressing a PLP leadership module on Saturday, Mr. Davis said Sir Lyndon Pindling had pledged him the candidacy for the newly created Marco City seat in Grand Bahama in the 1970s, according to his speech obtained by the Tribune.
That collapsed after a candidates committee vote tied and Lyndon cast a deciding ballot against him. Quote, I'll never forget the day I asked him what happened. Close quotes, he replied with his infamous line quote, they ain't tell you close quotes. I had no idea what he meant. It turned out that Christie and Ingram, both of whom I deeply respected, had opposed my nomination. They believed I should stay in the firm and out of politics. Close quotes, Mr. Davis said at the time. The three were business partners in the law firm Christie, Ingram and Company. Davis said he stepped back from frontline politics to focus on law while working behind the scenes on campaigns for both men. He returned in 1991 when urged him to step in for Cat island, fought internal resistance and rallied support after again hearing the line quote, they ain't tell you, just bring your people. Close quotes, he said. So Lyndon told him, adding that he then secured the meetings list and mobilized backers. Mr. Davis framed episodes as proof that politics is unpredictable and unforgiving.
I need to pause. There's a preponderance of thoughts piling up in the back of my head. I just need to breathe for a moment.
Mr. Davis framed the episodes as proof that politics is unpredictable and often unforgiving, arguing that persistence and purpose turn setbacks into stepping stones. He noted he entered parliament as a backbencher, was widely tipped for cabinet when the PLP returned in 2002. But Mr. Christie denied him a position. He instead chaired the National Insurance Board. Mr. Davis noted that even after he rose within the party, advancement did not come easily. By 2009, he was elected deputy leader of the PLP with what he described as, quote, a gentleman's agreement. Close quote.
[00:05:53] Speaker D: Like I said, I wouldn't have volunteered this information, but go ahead. This is for a reason. It's political season and this is part.
[00:05:58] Speaker B: Of the campaign that he would eventually succeed Mr. Christie as party leader. Instead, he remained in the deputy's role until the PLP's 2017 defeat, a stretch he said taught him resilience, patience, and the importance of staying true to his purpose, even when the path to leadership seemed uncertain.
Can you hear the forest? Can you see the forest for the trees?
[00:06:21] Speaker D: I heard violent. I'm not sure if you heard the violin playing in the background.
[00:06:24] Speaker B: Did you see the forest?
I mean, I just said I've never seen the forest in Exuma.
[00:06:29] Speaker D: No, I just say, okay, oh, I.
[00:06:31] Speaker C: See where you're going.
[00:06:32] Speaker D: No, I saw where you.
[00:06:33] Speaker B: If you couldn't see the forest or the trees, how you could see where I going.
[00:06:36] Speaker D: I see where you're going. Now, pivoting to the party's direction.
[00:06:39] Speaker B: We return to the article. We return to the article. Law Partners held me back.
[00:06:47] Speaker D: Go ahead.
[00:06:47] Speaker B: Davis said he stepped back from frontline politics to focus on law while working behind the scenes on campaigns. For both men, he returned in, oh, I apologize. I.
I lost my way in the forest. Mr. Davis framed episodes as proof that politics is unpredictable and often unforgiving, arguing that persistence and purpose turn sad setbacks into stepping stones. He noted he entered Parliament as a backbencher, was widely tipped for cabinet, and when the PLP returned in 2002. But Mr. Christie denied him a position he insisted he instead chaired the National Insurance Board. Mr. Davis noted that even after he rose within the party, advancement didn't come easily. By 2009, he was elected deputy leader of the PLP with what he described as a, quote, gentleman's agreement, close quotes that he would eventually succeed Mr. Christie as party leader. Instead, he remained in the deputy's role until the PLP's 2017 defeat, a stretch he said taught him resilience, patience, and the importance of staying true to his purpose, even when the path to leadership seemed uncertain.
Pivoting to the party's direction, Mr. Davis said the PLP was founded to serve, not to operate as a private club or inside circle. He called for a recommitment to dignity, discipline and keeping promises to ordinary people.
He said the leadership standard he expects is exacting. Servant leadership is not soft. It is hard. It is raw. It is unglamorous. It means taking calls you don't want to take. It means walking into rooms where you're not welcome and still doing the work. It means standing up when it would be easier to sit down and let someone else carry the load. It means telling the truth, especially when it costs you close quotes. He closed by telling PLP hopefuls to measure themselves by the trust they build, not by applause or titles. Quote, let us keep it close quotes he said, quote Let us carry it with care. Let us make this party worthy of our people again. Let us be servants and let us be leaders. Close quotes end of article.
[00:08:43] Speaker D: See I wanted to analyze this, right? My guess is here actually downstairs, I'm going to run downstairs to pick them up but this is my commentary I want to give you from what this testimony is or says it seems as if in my words, former Prime Minister Perry Christie, former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham had a problem with our current prime minister and they infiltrated and made it hard difficult for him to get into politics and by extension to be prime minister. And that is worth commentary, that is worth some investigation that is worth inviting the former prime ministers on any show and ask why you blocked Mr. Davis what did you see or did not see? What was your intention?
Why would Davis bring this up? To make me have some kind of thoughts in the back of my head, Aaron, to ask see I was happening.
[00:09:37] Speaker B: I'm stuck on the why would Davis have brought this up? Right, see because what if your positing is not accurate, right? What if this was a secession plan, right? What if they say no we need somebody in the firm, we need somebody to run the firm while we busy run the country. Right? If what if that's right? What if it wasn't blocking, right but it was a plan then who is he talking to then? Why is he saying this and who is he talking to?
[00:10:06] Speaker D: He's saying it for somebody is a message to somebody because he also said even when I came out of the practice I became deputy prime minister, somebody was blocking it him.
Why was there continuous blocking?
Even when I said man, I find here see I I part of politics now why continue to block me? Why put me in the back bench? Why not put me as a minister? Why put me as a chairman? He said suggesting this again and again and again and nobody picked it up to ask the question why were they blocking the good prime minister?
That is worth some investigation, some commentary because now it left me now speculating why put me to speculate Anyway, we're going to take this break now. We're going to take this break now. Let me go pick up my guest downstairs. We talking music if you want to stay, I'm not sure if you're going on your errand we'll have this conversation in between the music playing and have people speculate.
[00:11:03] Speaker B: Unfortunately I need to go and talk to a raccoon about something else.
[00:11:06] Speaker D: I understand. So let me go downstairs and pick up my guest, Alan Russell. He's gonna be playing some music and we'll see how that goes. We'll be right back. Guardian Radio am. We'll see you anyway.
[00:11:24] Speaker C: But you need that energy.
[00:11:30] Speaker E: What you mean? He take picture of that good for nothing boy. You don't want pull her hair. You say that, you know she always say that's my good child. So what are you doing in Junior phone? Oh, he there cuz the police looking fem he on their wanted list. Wanted persons in your phone now? Yes, child. And when police won't find anybody. Quick, quick. After something happen, they can send pictures direct to your phone. Go to Google Play or App store and search for Crackwear in Bahamas. Then pick, install and we'll go straight to your phone. There is also a section on missing persons. Yes, girl. Everybody needs to get this app so police can tell us right away when these people go missing. Just like an alert system.
Yes. It has numbers for Crime Stoppers Bahamas so you can call and nobody knows. You call directly to Miami and give the information without giving your name or anything about you. I tried the other day and when I hear Junior and his boys talking about where they hide those guns, I walk quick, quick round the corner and call that number.
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[00:15:16] Speaker C: I am here to tell you something that you may not know and.
[00:15:25] Speaker D: Welcome back to Guardian Radio am. Of course, this is Ca Nury and I. I'm your host for the day. On our last segment here, my guest finally reach. I'm glad he's here. This is Alan Russell who's a musician in the Bahamas and he's here to play one or two of his music and also to give a narrative of his career. Right now he's in process of sending me one or two of his YouTube links so I can send to the producer to play. So that's what we're doing now. So bear with me as I have this conversation with Alan. So while you are doing that, Alan, send me one or two of your songs. I can forward it to the producer. I'll go to the text and just read that from that last segment. Let's see, let's see, let's see.
Okay, this text says, sounds like normal politics to me. How many people mad because Davis didn't do what they wanted?
I don't know. I don't know. I just found it odd that our prime minister brought up this conversation now, right? Is he saying that he's at odds with the former prime ministers, right. Or is he or do we know why and wherefores I just found it odd let's go to the caller whilst we get all those songs to me no you sent it to me directly to my WhatsApp. Okay go ahead caller Guy and Miriam.
[00:16:52] Speaker G: Nuri. Hey you live Good morning good morning and Good morning to Mr. Russell when Sabi come in listen I mean when you come on here on this topic which you was talking about earlier right it's just my suggestion they leave us speculate because nobody I know reporters asking what do you mean and the prime Minister what do you mean and when he when he say what he say right you think they know he was Castella so that's that might be one.
[00:17:17] Speaker D: Of the reasons I don't sell out is such a harsh word right I.
[00:17:22] Speaker G: Mean he would have been like a kind of listen to me brave Davis and this BLB company my new day government they doing things all right they just it's how they going about serving us they they. They're secretive and eternals like for what we expected for him just like the minister national security rainbow being a smart lawyer and still caring on like a defense lawyer like India working for us he turned the prime minister turn out to be like a failure and and and him talking about what former civilian from Prime Minister Lyndon what what he experienced with them when he wanted nomination I I believe that's the reason why he treat money Finland like that when she wanted the nomination this like he said it's I mean I I guess from it it's spiteful pettiness like they say it it makes strange bad fellows in in politics and probably I'll interject the reason why Christie didn't give him then or make him a cabinet minister Mr. Davis had a big case going on with 90 notes he couldn't be in the cabinet right then one minute.
[00:18:33] Speaker D: For me proper the our prime minister said suggested that he had issues he said he deserved for cabinets post he.
[00:18:40] Speaker G: Didn'T reserve was the prime Minister I'm.
[00:18:42] Speaker D: Not sure Christie is the prime minister he inside the article hold on in this in this in this in the article he suggested that he deserve a cabinet support he didn't give a narrative that he wanted to be nominated he was getting blocked he then said he came he finally get to come in to run into politics and he deserved a cabinet spot and he got blocked and then he became a chairman of the chairman of the I think that's water and sewage I think that article said and he get blocked again he said it's Continuously getting blocked from the.
[00:19:15] Speaker G: Prime Minister, the former prime minister. Know what Mr. Davis would have turned Mr. Davis about deception. And then he get this.
[00:19:20] Speaker D: No, no, no, no, no, no. See I gotta stop you.
[00:19:22] Speaker G: That's my.
[00:19:23] Speaker D: No, you can't say Mr. Davis, that's the Prime Minister. We gotta have some respect for title and what you say and it's salacious and I ask forgiveness from Mr.
Davis and surely he didn't mean that.
But my concern is, and I'm still not getting the WhatsApp for it, my concern is why bring such a narrative up so close to the election?
Who was the message for? Was the message for the former prime ministers? Was the message for people in his cabinet now who are interested in becoming leader of the party? Because you know this, truth be, Mr. Davis was 70 odd. This would be his last election after this general election. Right. And I wanted to know that, is it a message to those people vying to be leadership that this journey is going to be a long road?
[00:20:21] Speaker F: Right.
[00:20:22] Speaker D: So I find that interesting. So at this present time I have Alan Russell here. We having some issues with his, his phone being transferred. But in the meantime what I'll do is have my interview with him and introduce him formally and then hopefully send me not the link anymore. Your name, what is your name?
Alan Russell for YouTube and then I'll have my producer look for it in the background. So we start our interview.
You come closer to the mic. You have been doing music for a while.
[00:20:54] Speaker F: Yeah, exactly.
[00:20:56] Speaker D: So give me a narrative of what you're known for, et cetera, et cetera.
[00:21:00] Speaker F: Okay. Good morning, my name is Alan Russell, bohemian entertainer. I started at a young age. We started back at the palace. That's back from the 70s. You know everyone, most of you young generation will know the palace, but the elderly generation know about the Palace. That's what Snapshot used to play back there. We used to do like competitions and stuff. We had like a talent shows come on similar to Apollo Theater where they have in New York. And we start from there performing as a group called the Candy Boys, you know and from that we went on to like Cadbury Theater etc and other little things also from there. Well the group grown and everyone started having their own issues and they broke up. But I was the writer and the producer and everything started. So I keep writing and you know, performing and I end up by Mr. Eddie Roll Exotic Sound Recording Studio. Most of you know Eddie Wolfe from Bahamian, he used to produce for them. He used to produce for KB also and a lot of other Artists. Yeah, he's one of the top one. Eddie Pass away May so rest in peace. Also from then, my writing, I sat with him also. And from there I went on. My number one song was in the country. My Bahamian Girl was a hit. Most of you guys in sky should know that. My Bahamian girl, I did also a song called Baby. After that, I did a couple gospel, you know, because I came out of church, so I always wanted to do that also. And then I did she want. I was also here also.
I did Beverly Stop Liking Man. That was jokey.
[00:22:28] Speaker D: Stop Liking Man. I'm familiar with that. Actually was paid on various political shows and in general on the radio. So that's. That was very popular.
[00:22:38] Speaker F: Exactly. Yeah. Yeah.
I want to love you I did start Eden again.
The girl is mine I want to love you Sweet Junkanoo. Everyone should know that. That's a mix from the artist, bohemian artist, 80 minutes. Everyone should know that. Okay, that was an 80 minutes song, but I remix it. But his permission and you know, that came here also.
[00:23:01] Speaker D: So you brought a CD and give that to the producer. So hopefully now we are able to hear some of your music and give some commentary about some of your music. So we're just getting that up and operational at this present time.
Have you been on any big stage or big national stage that you perform?
[00:23:19] Speaker F: Well, I never. I've been out in New York. I did a big show in New York. That's one of my big performance I ever did. You know, I was experienced.
[00:23:28] Speaker D: Where were you in New York? And what did you say, Brooklyn?
[00:23:31] Speaker F: Yeah. Someone invited me up there. One of my members. He lived up there with a group also, and he invited me to perform.
[00:23:36] Speaker D: What did you perform?
[00:23:37] Speaker F: I perform my main song was the Way She Make Me Feel that I did that for them.
[00:23:44] Speaker D: Okay.
[00:23:44] Speaker F: Also I did a gospel. I opened up the gospel first. Like a prayer thing first to show respect, you know?
Yeah.
[00:23:52] Speaker D: So, okay, now we get this music. Let's see how it sounds now. Good.
[00:24:14] Speaker C: I'll make this right Baby get to see I'm begging Come back to me before tonight.
[00:24:29] Speaker D: Okay, so what's the name of this particular song? Give me the narrative on that. I'll be moved to another one.
[00:24:33] Speaker F: This one is called Baby, I was telling you about earlier. Yeah, this a little bit. Eddie Roll. Exotic sound. It was a big hit.
[00:24:40] Speaker D: Big hit.
[00:24:40] Speaker F: A big hit. Yeah, baby.
[00:24:42] Speaker D: Go to the next one there, Kermit. And as. As we go along, give me some commentary on. On each song. So whenever you're ready, Kermit. I appreciate it.
[00:24:54] Speaker F: I need to get a new album.
[00:24:59] Speaker C: Wake up Michael. Go wake up James Brown. Tell Bom Ali and send Elvis the sound with John Canoe.
Sweet junk Canoe.
On Boxing day and New Year's night we going downtown just to see this sight Brute snakers and family coming out.
[00:25:27] Speaker D: I always like a good junko new song.
[00:25:29] Speaker F: Right.
How many cds do you have all together? I have but more.
10 different CDs.
[00:25:35] Speaker D: 10 different CDs. And which CD is this?
[00:25:38] Speaker F: The best of Alan Russell.
[00:25:39] Speaker D: The best of Alan Russell. And can this CD be purchased any place?
[00:25:43] Speaker F: Yes, sir. It could be a hit spot. You can get your copy there. Hello. Available there.
[00:25:48] Speaker D: Okay. And do you have any new CD or. Or this is the latest one you have?
[00:25:52] Speaker F: No, no, this is not the. This is one of the one. I did a recent. I have a new one just I released called Gambling.
[00:25:59] Speaker D: Gambling.
[00:25:59] Speaker F: That's the.
[00:26:00] Speaker D: And that's what you do in the torn.
[00:26:02] Speaker F: Exactly.
[00:26:03] Speaker D: Okay.
[00:26:03] Speaker F: Yeah.
[00:26:04] Speaker D: Well tell Kermit as I continue to interview interview you right. And get some more insight on your. On your musical career. Switch the CD because he want. We wanted to hear this. This new CD that you have Gambling. And so we'll head up. So why did you write the song gambling?
[00:26:21] Speaker F: Why did I write the song gambling?
I write the song gambling because, you know, not general behemoth, but the whole world's gamble, you know, that's a thing everyone is taking a chance in life, trying to get a better life and better break, I could say. And it just came to me, you know, I said, hey, you're always gambling and you people always gambling around the world and it'll be a good song. And then the number came to me. I play 6452.
[00:26:49] Speaker D: Listen to it now.
[00:26:51] Speaker C: I can do this no more. I play six four, five two.
I do this no more. I play six, four, five, two.
I do this no more. I was gambling.
I was gambling.
[00:27:20] Speaker D: I was gambling.
How has this song been received so far?
[00:27:25] Speaker F: So far, you know, anything new take a little time, but right away I get good response from it. You know, I perform it on Foxhole day on the. On the grand opening Foxel day for some animation day.
[00:27:37] Speaker D: Okay.
[00:27:37] Speaker F: Yeah. I perform it and I get a good feedback for a new song because you know, people don't know like that, but I get a good feedback of it and it's growing, you know, people really love it. I get a lot of response when I go, they say. People say 6452. I love that song, you know. So it's coming on good.
[00:27:51] Speaker D: So how do you get your music out? So you, you have a cd, you have the demo, right? How do you get it into mainstream to get behemoths to listen to it, to critique it, to enjoy it?
[00:28:01] Speaker F: Okay, good question.
Well, the DJs a lot of good job for me. I pass to the DJs, you know, to different parties, events, etc. And they move it between them and the radio station. I get good feedback. And then you get a media right here also. So between those three things, I get it out moving and wor them out also, you know. But on Tik Tok, I mean, TikTok move like lightning.
[00:28:23] Speaker D: And you mentioned TikTok, right? I. I've seen that you, you now producing a number of short videos.
[00:28:29] Speaker F: Exactly. I am, you know, but I work at the hotel and I'm always singing for the guests and they, they love it, you know, it has to be. They come to see something different, you know, and I just give them a little, a little bit everything, especially my new stuff. I throw it in. I give them some of the song they know, you know, like lot of song. I'll say, for instance, love song. Love love ballad say no, you know, by some of the American artists that do that. And now switch my behemoth right in it because it's, hey, I love the junk crew, even better.
[00:29:02] Speaker D: So you do covers and then you switch into your bohemian act? Exactly, exactly.
[00:29:07] Speaker F: That's what I do, you know, so keep it real.
[00:29:10] Speaker D: And you're a performer?
[00:29:12] Speaker F: Exactly. Yes sir, I am.
[00:29:13] Speaker D: And like I said, you work in tourism and high end tourism too, of course. And you are able to perform your, your, your music at work.
How is the guests embracing your music?
[00:29:25] Speaker F: They love it. They crush it again. They actually come looking for me. You know, you talk to the guys who sing this song and the guy comes a little guy work right here. They say, I gotta find them, I gotta find them. They come looking for me. Sing that song for me. A little piece of song. And I say, are you sure? I said, yeah. And I go right off. And they come dancing and shaking and hollering and all that stuff. And that keeps spreading every time. It does keep coming, you know, constantly.
[00:29:49] Speaker D: Out of all of your work. Which would, which song would be near and dear to you to boy. I always like this. This is, this has captured me.
I perform this no matter what.
[00:30:00] Speaker F: What will always work. My behemoth girl.
[00:30:01] Speaker D: My behemoth girl.
[00:30:02] Speaker F: Yeah, yeah. My Bahamian.
[00:30:03] Speaker D: That's a go to.
[00:30:04] Speaker F: That's a go To.
[00:30:05] Speaker D: That's a go to that.
[00:30:06] Speaker F: That always work. You know, people. That's. Love that.
[00:30:08] Speaker D: Okay, let me have Kermit bring up. Queue up another song and play that as we continue our conversation. Because I want people to appreciate your. Your music and get access to hearing the music. So they go looking for you. Right. And you say, if I go to where. Where can I find music?
[00:30:21] Speaker F: You go to Hit Spot. You could find my music. Yeah. I just asked for Alan Russell.
[00:30:25] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:30:26] Speaker F: And they have it there.
[00:30:27] Speaker D: You okay?
[00:30:27] Speaker F: Yeah.
[00:30:27] Speaker D: Come here. Play me another song there, please.
[00:30:31] Speaker F: Whoa.
[00:30:33] Speaker C: She act like she can kill a fly, you see? She act like she is one of them dignities with her head up high and her bottom out. Her hairstyle fits like I never see. And then she dress up, man, you can compete. There's no woman like this in history.
My Bahamian girl.
My Bahamian girl.
They make me go.
[00:31:05] Speaker F: All over again.
[00:31:10] Speaker C: We can't.
Oh, we need them.
[00:31:16] Speaker D: You know, when I have the producer dancing, you. You should see Kermit Ker actually dancing.
[00:31:21] Speaker F: I told you that's all.
I told you, but that's all.
[00:31:23] Speaker D: And you're saying that that is your go to song?
[00:31:25] Speaker F: Yeah, anytime.
[00:31:26] Speaker D: Anytime you sing that, people get up and dance.
[00:31:29] Speaker F: Hold it. That's for. That goes for Foreigner or Bahamian now, because you see a producer, he's doing that a while ago. I see. I see that. I see it.
[00:31:35] Speaker D: All right, so give me a rundown of all the songs that you've produced. You say you have 10 CD. How many CDs?
[00:31:41] Speaker F: Yeah, 10 CDs out there.
[00:31:42] Speaker D: Okay. When did you first started writing again?
[00:31:44] Speaker F: Oh, I started writing, like from early 70s.
[00:31:48] Speaker D: From 1970s.
[00:31:49] Speaker F: No. Yeah, early 70s. Yeah. Because remember, I started with a group called the Candy Boys.
[00:31:53] Speaker D: Oh, I. I could picture that group. That's more like a break dancing type thing. They wearing bow tie and. And.
[00:31:59] Speaker F: Exactly.
New additions group.
Because we branched from the Jackson 5. Watching the Jackson 5. You know, we watched them the Temptation. And I had that idea I could put a Bahamian group like that. That was my whole, you know, come to traffic.
[00:32:12] Speaker D: So you were the leader of that group?
[00:32:13] Speaker F: I was the leader. I was the oldest member of the group. And I, you know, we was on the street, man. I was on the street. And I said, hey, you have no cheer. So. And I had a bunch of guys behind me, so I said, I wonder if I turn this into a singing group, would it work? And that's what I actually did, you know, but. Guest spire again from the Jackson Fives. Watching the Temptation and New Editions and we put it together.
[00:32:31] Speaker D: So back then in the early 70s, what type of song you sang? You sang your own music?
[00:32:36] Speaker F: No, we used to do other artist song like the Jackson 5 because we were young little boys then. Yeah, notation songs. Temptation, My Girl, stuff like that. Yeah, yeah, we did them.
[00:32:45] Speaker D: And where would, where would you perform then?
[00:32:47] Speaker F: At the Palace. You remember the old Palace?
[00:32:49] Speaker D: No.
[00:32:50] Speaker F: Wow.
[00:32:51] Speaker D: No, there was no way the palace is.
[00:32:52] Speaker F: Oh, that was. Yeah, Palace. That's when Snapshot was around. Remember buying Snapshot? No, I don't know Pat Carrey, but Lovely.
[00:32:59] Speaker D: Yeah, I know Lovely.
[00:33:00] Speaker F: He was the lead singer. Lovely.
[00:33:02] Speaker D: Love Me by Lovely.
[00:33:03] Speaker F: Exactly. The song. Right, right. That's a song. But anyway, they said that was the top band in the country. Then they performed there and they had a competition every Saturday.
It's similar to the show they had in Apollo back in New York called Apollo Theater. It was based on that same thing. So competition. All those entertainers who want to compete will go down there and audition. And we went there as a young group. It was like they were like 6, 10, 12, and I was about 14 then also. And we went and we enter and we was nominated and we went out our show also.
[00:33:37] Speaker D: So from there, what did. What happened from there you did. It was a boy band, you know.
[00:33:42] Speaker G: Right.
[00:33:42] Speaker D: And how did you branch off to singing your own song?
[00:33:45] Speaker F: Okay, good question again, you know, well, as the guys in BRO, everyone had their own ambition and it came unruly, you know. And so I said, okay, everyone, you all want to do your thing, I wish you all the best. But I keep writing and I keep. I went on, keep performing and I end up to a place called studio called Eddie Roll Exotic Sound. A new producer who started producing me and grooming me also, you understand.
And so from there I started my first gospel album. And he said, you know, you're a Bahamian, you know, you need to stick with your Bahamian music. And he entertained, invited me to Junkanoo, the Junkanoo song. I say, wow, it really sound good to me. And from then I just was writing, writing, writing, writing and doing everything with him.
[00:34:26] Speaker D: So you had a stint of gospel music?
[00:34:27] Speaker F: Exactly.
[00:34:29] Speaker D: Various gospel songs. You have album, what's that album called?
[00:34:32] Speaker F: The Lord, I'm your servant.
[00:34:33] Speaker D: The Lord, I am your servant.
[00:34:35] Speaker F: Yeah.
[00:34:35] Speaker D: And then from there you transition to a junk new sound.
[00:34:38] Speaker F: Yeah, I try the Bahamian music, you know.
Yeah. I didn't like it at first, but I try to say, you keep telling me, you know, you can't run from your own national and, you know, nationality. So I say, that's true. I'm a Bahamian. He said, try it. And it came out good. My Bahamian girl is the first one I did. Yeah, I like it. Then baby came behind. I like that. You see? Keep boasting me up. Then I start writing Beverly all like that, you know, look how she walk in wine. I want to love you. You eating again.
[00:35:10] Speaker D: You're eating again.
[00:35:10] Speaker F: You're eating again. You know, like everyone like eat. So I look at it, I say, you know, that'll be a good song too. You're always eating. You're always eating. People that's eating. And I wrote a song called you eating again also, you know, I want to love you again. I wrote that and four more.
[00:35:26] Speaker D: Okay, okay, let's continue. I have the producer play another song now.
[00:35:31] Speaker C: And when you smile and speak and walk that way I turn right around and look at you that day I want to love you till the morning come Want to love you when the.
[00:35:45] Speaker F: Evening done I want to love you Bill. I want to love you I want.
[00:35:53] Speaker C: To love you till the morning comes Want to love you when the season done I want to love you.
[00:36:03] Speaker F: Girl.
[00:36:04] Speaker C: I want to love you I want.
[00:36:07] Speaker F: To love you I want to love you.
[00:36:08] Speaker D: Is this a new album or this is.
[00:36:10] Speaker F: No, that's on the same old best violin. It's not a new album. I want to love you. Yeah, yeah. That's a nice one also I did and also a nice one on it called Ting a Ling a Ling. The guests love that. Also Ting a Lingaling on that same album.
[00:36:22] Speaker D: Look for Ting a Ling a Ling Kermit whilst you're there and play it whenever you come across. Ting a ling a Ling. And you said, the guests love that.
[00:36:28] Speaker F: Oh, they love that.
[00:36:29] Speaker D: So I see a number of guests dancing with you.
[00:36:31] Speaker F: Always, always, constantly.
[00:36:34] Speaker D: Is there a place for bohemian music to be played in the hotel mainstream? Because, you know, I've been critique saying, man, these hotels play their own American sound, right? And I want to know, with your music and you performing to be a, a, a a show, right, Every day bohemian music, right?
[00:36:57] Speaker F: That's an excellent question. I love that. You know, we've been pushing the hotel manager a long time about getting music in there, right? And it was like a long fight and this. We had a manager came in who made a different from foreign. Foreigner came in and made it different. All our Bahamian manager didn't exactly want to do it, didn't want to play the Bahamian music in the Hahu.
[00:37:19] Speaker D: So The Bahamian managers block you, but the foreign manager.
[00:37:21] Speaker F: Yeah. So I say, wow, a foreigner coming and make it happen. And she asks my music to play in the hotel right now. Straight through or the whole album, the same money. What I give him.
[00:37:29] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:37:30] Speaker F: Or give you? Yeah, it's playing.
[00:37:31] Speaker D: When you say playing, playing where? I mean over the PA system.
[00:37:34] Speaker F: It's playing over the PM system. Straight through the whole.
[00:37:37] Speaker D: That's an accomplishment by. Because I, I know where you work. You work in like, like a high end four star calling in.
I mean, you call the name Ocean.
[00:37:46] Speaker F: Love for a season. Yeah. Top of the line.
[00:37:47] Speaker D: And the management, the executive management decided to say, hey, we can make sure Alan Russell music.
[00:37:54] Speaker F: Yes, yes, play it. And you know, I love, I love to call this lady name she named Jemma. Beautiful lady and nice, you know, she said, yes, of course. The music, the human music should be playing here, number one. And I'm gonna do it. And not only my music, but all like kb, D, Mark and other Bahamian funky D, Geno D, you know, it's a whole variety. Yeah, she actually made that happen. And I've been there for years. And you've been there also.
[00:38:16] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:38:16] Speaker F: You know, we never see that. So. So that's a big change. That's a big change to make a big difference.
[00:38:20] Speaker D: We have a caller calling in now. Let me get the quality. Engaging. Go ahead, caller. Guy in rear doing well. How you doing?
[00:38:28] Speaker G: Hey, do me a favor.
[00:38:29] Speaker F: Ask your guest for me, right?
[00:38:30] Speaker G: Which one is the most popular request? Which artist is the most popular request for the tourists? Elon Moxie or KB or Ronnie? Which one is the most popular between the tourists?
[00:38:45] Speaker F: That's a good question. You know, they don't really.
[00:38:49] Speaker G: Okay, second thing, right?
The old Ronnie or the new Ronnie? Because, you know, they're two different Ronnies.
[00:38:54] Speaker F: Yeah, you know, two different Ronnies. Okay, thank you very much, Colin. Okay, that's a good question. But you know, the guests don't really, you know, compare them. No, they love it so much. They love all. They don't say, well, I love KB better or this one better, you know, music. And once it's good, they say, I love this music. But they don't compare them. They don't compare them. Not at all.
[00:39:12] Speaker D: You use a word, words. Once is good, right? What do you mean by that?
[00:39:17] Speaker F: When I say once it's good, the music is. It's like touching. Makes sense. Something would make sense. They love things like that with kid, you know, trigger them off music with stories music. Yeah. You know, but him and we really. You write stories anyway?
Most of our writing is about some story, just cause she fought all the meat, etc. You know, stuff like that. So. Yeah, they love things like that. They don't compare to artists. Once it's good, they're gonna.
[00:39:40] Speaker D: Hey, they can listen to it.
[00:39:41] Speaker F: You get a feedback? Yeah. They sit in the lobby, listen to it.
[00:39:43] Speaker D: Do you get a lot of tourists wanting to buy your work?
[00:39:46] Speaker F: Yeah, yeah, they asked me.
[00:39:47] Speaker D: Especially when no one realized that you are there on site.
[00:39:50] Speaker F: Exactly. They say, well, where can I find this music? This song, My particular song. And the guy comes to the guy work right here, you know, I bring it for them.
[00:39:58] Speaker D: Good.
Kermit, play your next song there for me, please. Good.
[00:40:16] Speaker C: Better stop liking mine. Don't talk me to death. Cause I on your run.
[00:40:21] Speaker D: Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up, giddy up.
[00:40:24] Speaker F: Yes, giddy up.
[00:40:25] Speaker C: You better stop liking mine. Don't talk me to death. Cause I on your run.
[00:40:30] Speaker F: Living up, living up, living up, living up, living up. Listen up, listen up.
[00:40:35] Speaker C: The monkey won't do many turn around, he won't turn around too. If I mess up, he gonna mess up too. And this won't help him. But what I do. You better.
[00:40:54] Speaker D: Listen up.
[00:40:54] Speaker F: Listen up, listen up, listen up, listen up, listen up, everybody.
[00:40:59] Speaker D: Actually, this is my favorite song by you, actually. Yeah, actually, this is my favorite song. Can I always say the word Giddy up, giddy up. And when my. When I'm in the car, we play.
[00:41:10] Speaker F: On the radio, right.
[00:41:11] Speaker D: And the children hear this particular song and they hear me start saying, getting up, getting up.
[00:41:17] Speaker F: They get off, they get off.
[00:41:18] Speaker D: So where you know this person from?
[00:41:19] Speaker F: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:41:20] Speaker D: I love it, I love it, I.
[00:41:21] Speaker F: Love it, I love it. It's a jokey one, you know, And. And mind you, people take it out of text because it's. When I say stop liking man. Right. It's mean. You stop watching other person and do what you have to do for yourself. Really. You know, that's a positive B. Now people just run with a lot of vision.
[00:41:36] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:41:36] Speaker F: So. Yeah. But I keep it real.
[00:41:37] Speaker D: It is part of our bohemian vain. Stop. Like you say, stop watching me.
[00:41:41] Speaker F: Yeah. You don't have to watch me. Do your thing. Do your thing, you know? And you can accomplish the same thing or even better. Yeah.
[00:41:46] Speaker D: So you can plan to continue writing. I mean, of course you plan to continue writing, but you. Like I said, you're a tourism person.
[00:41:53] Speaker F: Right? Right.
[00:41:54] Speaker D: Do you plan to have this writing songs, performing songs as a part of your life, part of your career, like, juxtaposed parallel to what you're doing now?
[00:42:03] Speaker F: Yeah, definitely. Yeah. I love writing. Writing. I love creating to bring something new to the table. Or I can imagine how. How God created us, how you feel, you know, when you create us. So I have that feeling when I create something and people could sing it back to me, you know, I sell a good feeling. It's a good feeling. So I love that. Yeah, I'll continue writing.
[00:42:23] Speaker D: I love the producer. Queue up another song so we can play that so we can enjoy your music, you know? Do you have any favorite bohemian artists other than yourself that you say, man, I really like his work. His work inspired me, you know, to go forward, I imitate. I'm influenced by this particular artist.
[00:42:40] Speaker F: Yeah, good question. Again, not to imitate, but to love the music. Yeah. I love kb. KB Been bringing energy to the table for a long time longer. He's an excellent writer. Also. I love him. I love him. I love D Mark dba. He's awesome. Also. I worked with him before. At least he gave me a opportunity before on stage. You know, I like Geno D.
You know, he. I love his song also. I love them.
I love Moxie song. Yeah.
I love who else out here? You have Abby. I love him also.
[00:43:15] Speaker D: You like storytellers?
[00:43:16] Speaker F: Yes.
[00:43:16] Speaker D: All these people.
[00:43:22] Speaker F: And also Eddie Menace. I like storytelling. Who tell that story, you know, it's awesome. I love that.
[00:43:28] Speaker D: So let's hear the song right now.
[00:43:42] Speaker C: Tell no lie no man, no children oh my, my oh my Sweet cocoa goodbye A sweet is my lemon pie O sweet, sweet juicy pie oh, my pie I said hello, how do you do?
[00:44:06] Speaker D: I love pie I see you like pie I like pie I like pie.
[00:44:10] Speaker F: Yeah Everyone love pie Everybody love pie yeah. Pie was a good song also.
[00:44:14] Speaker D: What inspires you to write? Like, how do you conjure up your music? Say, well, this is what I'm gonna write. This is gonna become a song. Where do you be? What state of mind do you be in?
[00:44:24] Speaker F: First of all, I have to be peace of mind. I can't have no hate, no jealousy, nothing. I have to be really relaxed. That's how my song come to me. You know, every artist is different, but I have to be relaxed. That's why I'm always pleasant and happy and never try, you know, be upset. Yeah. And I get my ass up by watching people. Really.
I see a beautiful girl. I said, oh, she's beautiful. She look like a pie bum.
[00:44:46] Speaker D: That's a song.
[00:44:47] Speaker F: And that's a song. You see? Simple as that Okay, I like that. Yeah, simple as that.
[00:44:52] Speaker D: I like that.
[00:44:53] Speaker F: And I say, for instance, I say, auto, the song like. I say, I want you to hear tingling a ling. I said, okay, the phone is going tingling a ling Hear the phone ring Tingling it's the telephone ring.
[00:45:03] Speaker D: Do something acapella.
[00:45:04] Speaker F: That's the chorus.
[00:45:05] Speaker D: No, you do something acapella. Let me hear it. Let me hear it.
[00:45:07] Speaker F: Okay. Acapella.
[00:45:09] Speaker C: I play 6, 4, 5, 2 I can do this no more I play 6, 4, 5, 2 I can do.
[00:45:20] Speaker F: This no more I play 6, 4.
[00:45:23] Speaker C: 5, two I do this no more I was gambling I was gambling I scratch my head and hold my back When I hear the number called that way I almost drop with a heart attack when they say it didn't come.
[00:45:44] Speaker F: That way I play 6, 4, 5.
[00:45:47] Speaker C: 2 yeah, yeah I ain't gonna do this no more I was gambling I was gambling I'm impressed.
[00:45:57] Speaker D: Because I can't do that. Right. But I can try.
[00:46:00] Speaker F: Yeah, I was gambling.
[00:46:04] Speaker D: I was gambling.
[00:46:06] Speaker F: Sounds good to me.
[00:46:07] Speaker D: I used to sing in primary school.
[00:46:08] Speaker F: Yeah? Yeah, Yeah.
[00:46:09] Speaker D: I mean, high school that finished with. But I mean, I. I think. I think I still have a voice. I think. Kermit, give one more tingling. You want to hear that one?
[00:46:18] Speaker F: Yeah.
[00:46:19] Speaker D: You want to see that tingling one? Oh, you ain't see that tingling one?
[00:46:21] Speaker F: That one that's on a new album.
[00:46:23] Speaker D: On a new app. Change the City. Look for that. That tingling at the same time.
[00:46:27] Speaker F: Right.
[00:46:28] Speaker D: So you mentioned that your music could be found at the hit spot.
[00:46:31] Speaker F: Yes, Sir.
[00:46:31] Speaker D: You have CDs on your person that people come and look for you and say, I could bring you a copy.
[00:46:36] Speaker F: Yeah.
[00:46:36] Speaker D: In terms of giving advice to young musicians or musicians in general, who want to get into the business.
[00:46:43] Speaker F: Right, right.
[00:46:44] Speaker D: But finding it frustrating to get. To get people to play their music. What do they do?
[00:46:50] Speaker F: Good question. You can keep it in this. Good question. It's hard because even for me, sometimes people turn you down. Right. You can't get discouraged, you know? You can't get discouraged. The meaning is, keep trying. Be patient, you know, and try and make your music strong as possible, you know, because most of the radio station, if your music be. They ain't gonna play it. I can be real with you, you know, they can tell you they ain't strong enough, you know, all that stuff. And that can discourage you, you know, if you're strong enough. I giving up. I ain't getting nowhere.
[00:47:16] Speaker D: So do you start off with a hook first or. You start. Or the chorus first or do You. You start with the words and then you build in the chorus.
[00:47:23] Speaker F: I start with hook first. I don't know why my chorus always come to me first in every song. Once I get hook line, the song is over.
[00:47:29] Speaker D: That's the song here.
[00:47:30] Speaker F: That's the song right now.
[00:47:30] Speaker D: And then you pull it.
Let's listen to this one.
[00:47:47] Speaker C: Tingling a ling Telephone ring Tingling a ling It's a telephone ring Ting a ling a ling Telephone ring Ting a ling a ling it's the telephone ring mind she called day and night Asking me if I'm alright He said yes baby, I'm all alone but you keep calling my tent a phone Ding a.
[00:48:24] Speaker F: Ling a ling Ding a ling a.
[00:48:25] Speaker D: Ling I like how you use just common things.
[00:48:27] Speaker F: Yeah.
[00:48:28] Speaker C: Regular things.
[00:48:29] Speaker D: Everyday things. And make a whole song out of it.
[00:48:31] Speaker F: That's the difference. The taints would work right there in front of you. That's what people adopt to right away. You know, simple things. That's what catch you.
[00:48:39] Speaker D: Why not? Why don't you do R B and rap?
[00:48:42] Speaker F: I try it before.
You know, I tried before so that. Because I used to write our rhythm and blow straight through. I started with a song called Michael JJ. That's my first song ever wrote a tribute to Michael Jackson.
[00:48:54] Speaker D: Why move to bohemian music or the.
[00:48:56] Speaker F: Bohemian sound I. I get, you know. You get that feeling I'm a bohemian. Not only because I'm a bohemian but it's sad to take to me it really take the minute. Hey, it's my culture and I love it. I could put that same R B feeling in that same working scrape. It might be that smoothest, you know.
[00:49:14] Speaker D: I know KB started out with R B songs. A number of our artists started off that way.
[00:49:20] Speaker F: Yeah. But they all ended and right back up back home.
[00:49:23] Speaker D: Back home.
[00:49:23] Speaker F: Yeah. Because KB had a song named Promise me One time. It's crazy that song. I used to sing a song. I said, man, I see this the first time I ever knew what the song name. Promise me.
[00:49:31] Speaker D: You know how that go?
[00:49:32] Speaker F: I can't remember. That's a long time. But that's awesome.
[00:49:34] Speaker D: You know, you older than me.
[00:49:35] Speaker F: Yeah, that's awesome.
[00:49:37] Speaker D: I didn't ask him.
[00:49:38] Speaker F: He did an excellent job on that.
[00:49:39] Speaker D: Promise?
[00:49:39] Speaker F: Promise me.
[00:49:40] Speaker D: Promise me.
[00:49:40] Speaker F: Boy, that's crazy.
[00:49:41] Speaker D: I can text him.
[00:49:42] Speaker F: I don't want lighting the album. Juicy Susie and all that.
[00:49:45] Speaker D: Oh, okay.
[00:49:45] Speaker F: That's because she fired on that same album.
[00:49:47] Speaker D: Okay.
[00:49:47] Speaker F: Yeah.
[00:49:47] Speaker D: Original kb. Okay.
[00:49:49] Speaker F: Yeah. But then KB throw right back home, you see. Because I think that that's. He's a behemoth that's in him and a lot about him could do that R B now because you know, he was a. Yeah, yeah, good.
[00:49:59] Speaker D: Let's play with last song and then we culminate by giving. Get giving people how, how to get in contact with you. Kermit. Find one more song and then we'll just talk about Alan and how do I get in contact with him to perform and anything like that.
[00:50:10] Speaker F: Right?
[00:50:12] Speaker D: Oh, you wanna play gambling again?
[00:50:13] Speaker F: Yeah, I want to gamble. Okay, let me Finish.
[00:50:30] Speaker D: It's now 12 o'. Clock. I want to thank Alan Russell for joining me.
I hope to invite him back again to experience some of these songs. But I. But in the meantime, how do one get tackled?
[00:50:42] Speaker F: You okay? I have my email and I'm on YouTube. I'm all over Tik Tac. You hit me up, you can have a hit spot also if you want to get my album, all my stuff and like I say, I have my Instagram. It's out there. I'm. I'm easy to find.
[00:50:57] Speaker D: All Alan Russell.
[00:50:58] Speaker F: Alan Russell.
[00:50:58] Speaker D: Good.
[00:50:59] Speaker F: Everything all on YouTube.
Yeah, all the stuff on YouTube.
Tik Tok, Instagram. I'm all over. Okay, can't miss me.
[00:51:06] Speaker D: So we'll go out with this one song and gambling the hit now that Island. Continue to sing. Thank you very much for joining me. This Guardian Radio am.
[00:51:12] Speaker F: Appreciate it.
[00:51:13] Speaker D: Enjoy the rest of your day.
[00:51:13] Speaker F: Appreciate this.
[00:51:19] Speaker C: I was gambling I scratch my head and hold my back When I hit the number called that rain I almost dropped with a heart attack when they say it didn't come that way I placed it.
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