Steel pan icon Roy Geddes wants to see a return to the glory days

Pupils of the Roxanne Burnham Nursery School viewing exhibits in the Roy Geddes Museum (Photo by Anjuli Persaud)

At 72, Guyana’s best known panist Roy Geddes is still as passionate about steel pan music as he was when he was just 14 years old and developed a liking for the music form that originated in Trinidad & Tobago.

Geddes, who founded the Roy Geddes Silvertones Orchestra, is a man who can be aptly described as coming from the ‘old school’. He does not compromise on his position of hard work then success.

To say that he is a disciplined individual is an understatement. The steel pan icon revealed that without discipline