"TAKE
ME BACK" - LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS 1965
Composed
by songwriter Teddy Randazzo, "Take Me Back" was a 1965 hit song by
Little Anthony and The Imperials.
Acoustic
cover by Bahamian guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Erskine Knowles and his wife
Fay.
Research
and recording by Fay Knowles, an author, long-time resident of The Bahamas and
originally from Scotland.
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Cunningham featured Erskine and Fay Knowles of youngheartsforever on
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Thank you Mataya! We had no idea we were going to be featured! Great surprise
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Mataya
ran Erskine's cover "If the Good Lord", which is a popular song from
The Bahamas and sung and played by Erskine in a separate video on our tiktok
platform. This song was written, arranged and produced by Norris Rex Carroll
and performed by “Randolph “Ranny” Knowles & The Revolutions. Released
1974.
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THE INVADERS, THE LISBON CLUB, BAY STREET, NASSAU 1965
A
popular 1965 Bahamian band, The Invaders, at The Lisbon Club, Nassau Bahamas.
Background
music: "Nassau Samba", "Uncle Lou", and "The
Crow"/"Bullfrog" by George Symonette from back in the 1950's.
These songs are all sung here as a calypso medley by Erskine Knowles.
Erskine
used to stop at the Carlton House Hotel, East Street, Nassau, opposite Batelco
(now BTC) on his way home from work on Bay Street and listen to George Symonette
(piano and vocals), Peanuts Taylor (drums) and Harold McNair (flute).
His
band "The Invaders" played in The Lisbon Club, Bay Street, Nassau,
Bahamas (it used to be located near where Hoffer's is now) for about six months
in 1965. They went on from there to play at parties leading up to Christmas and
New Year. Left to right: Lorin Cartwright (singing and shaking maracas), Peter
Catalyn [Catalano] (drums) and Erskine Knowles (electric guitar and vocals).
Fay
used to sing with them sometimes in The Lisbon Club, which was run by Johnny
("Long John Silver") from Portugal. Sometimes she'd pop across the
road and sing in The Purple Onion too. Later Johnny and his Jamaican wife moved
to Jamaica.
Erskine
had sent this photo to his mother on Long Island, with an inscription, sending
her his love. You can still see the faint writing on the photo.
Background
music - acoustic cover by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Erskine Knowles from
The Bahamas.
Research
by Erskine's wife Fay, an author, long time resident of The Bahamas and
originally from Scotland.
Adaptation
of picture to video and background music added: Fay and Erskine's son Rory
Knowles.
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"HOW GREAT THOU ART" IMPROMPTU MUSICAL GET TOGETHER BAHAMIAN AUTHOR PAUL BETHEL & MUSICIAN/SINGER/SONGWRITER ERSKINE KNOWLES
A good friend of ours, Bahamian
author Paul Bethel, stopped by yesterday afternoon and he and Erskine had an
impromptu musical get together, singing "How Great Thou Art". They
had never sung together before, but Paul sings in his church. THE BACKGROUND TO THIS BEAUTIFUL
HYMN:
Young Swedish Pastor Carl Boberg
and some friends were walking home in 1885 to Mönsterås from Kronobäck, Sweden,
where they had participated in an afternoon church service. A thundercloud
appeared on the horizon and lightning flashed across the sky. Strong winds
swept over the meadows and billowing fields of grain.
The thunder pealed in loud claps.
Then rain came in cool fresh showers. In a little while the storm was over, and
a rainbow appeared.
When Boberg arrived home, he opened
the window and saw the bay of Mönsterås like a mirror before him. From the
woods on the other side of the bay, he heard the song of a thrush and the
church bells were tolling in the quiet evening. It was this series of sights,
sounds, and experiences that inspired his writing of the song "O Store
Gud" which became the Christian hymn “How Great Thou Art”.
The English version of the hymn and
its title are a loose translation by the English missionary Stuart K. Hine from
1949. The hymn was popularised by George Beverly Shea and Cliff Barrows during
Billy Graham's crusades.
It was voted the British public's
favourite hymn by BBC's Songs of Praise. "How Great Thou Art" was
ranked second (after "Amazing Grace") on a list of the favourite
hymns of all time in a survey by Christianity Today magazine in 2001 and in a
nationwide poll by Songs Of Praise in 2019.
(Source: Wikipedia).
Sung here by
guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Erskine Knowles from The Bahamas and Bahamian
author Paul Bethel.
