🎉 **Great News!** 🎉
I’m thrilled to annnounce that ALL THREE EDITIONS of my
children’s book, *ISLAND SURPRISE: A BAHAMIAN ADVENTURE*, are now available on
Amazon! 🌟 Whether you love the hardback, paperback, or
eBook version, there’s something for everyone! You can order or read a sample
of each book at ISLAND SURPRISE: A BAHAMIAN ADVENTURE
**🌟 Exciting News for Our Young Readers! 📚**
I have some fantastic news to share! 🎉 While “**Island Surprise: A Bahamian Adventure**” was originally scheduled for release on November 30th, I’m thrilled to announce that the book will be available for purchase a little earlier in paperback, hardcover and as an ebook! 🥳 The ebook can already be downloaded from Amazon here: ISLAND SURPRISE 📲✨And you can even check out a sample of the book there!
🎉 COVER REVEAL! Action
packed 💥 and heart-warming ❤️,
children will love and learn from “Island Surprise: A Bahamian Adventure” by Fay Knowles️,
a fun story of family togetherness 👨👩👧👦,
simplicity 🌊 and resilience! 💪
Scheduled for release Sunday, November 30th, 2025. Will be available in paperback,
hardcover and as an e-book 📚✨
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TRIBUTE
TO THE LATE PEANUTS TAYLOR BY ERSKINE & FAY KNOWLES - "CALYPSO
ISLAND"
Legendary Bahamian entertainer and congo drummer, the late John Berkley "Peanuts" Taylor sang and recorded "Calypso Island", written by Alice Simms, in 1960. A cover of "Calypso Island" is now sung here by Bahamian guitarist/vocalist Erskine Knowles backed up by his wife Fay, in memory of Peanuts.
Erskine remembers hearing Peanuts' recording of the song often being played on the radio in the sixties and seventies.
Peanuts passed away December 16th, 2024, at the age of eighty-nine. His musical achievements and honours are endless. He travelled throughout the world, promoting The Bahamas with his amazing drum beat. In fact, Peanuts once owned a very popular night club in Nassau called The Drum Beat, as well as other clubs.
When John Berkley Taylor was only four years old, he told internationally renowned dancer and entertainer Paul Meeres at The Chez Paul Meeres Club, Nassau, that he could sing and dance better than him. Paul Meeres disputed this and told the young boy that he was nothing but a peanut! That was how John Berkley "Peanuts" Taylor got his nickname. The child showed Paul Meeres how he could sing and dance and that was the start of Peanuts' career.
Back in the fifties, Erskine used to stop at the Carlton House Hotel, East Street, opposite Batelco (now BTC) on his way home from his job on Bay Street and listen to Peanuts Taylor (drums), George Symonette (piano and vocals), and Harold McNair (flute).
