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Biography
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The Trade Winds
Real name: Dave Martins & the Tradewinds
Effective period / Period of releases: 1962 - 1981
Members: Joe R. Brown, Dick Smith (4), Dave Martins (3), Brian Anderson (13), Clive Rosteing, Terry Dayal, Harry Cupid, Jeff Japal, Kelvin Ceballo, Glen Sorzano
From the beginning, the songwriting ability of Dave Martins would set Tradewinds apart from the many of the talented groups in the Caribbean. A naturally gifted writer, able to achieve the difficult task of writing in many forms (calypso, ballad, folk, pop), Dave Martins has caught the flavour of life in the Southern Caribbean in a unique way.