His name has become synonymous with down-to-earth Guyanese music because John ‘Slingshot’ Drepaul is about as real as it gets. The affable, multi-talented entertainer and his wife Ingrid have just completed a Christmas album, which even from the name, ‘Christmas is Family’ speaks to who they are and what they stand for.
Slingshot has been dropping some of his Christmas songs on Facebook and on YouTube for his fans, but has no plans to release the album in Guyana given the current status of copyright laws.
‘Christmas is Family’ brings back two well-known and loved Slingshot hits.
The words: “There’s nothing like me home on Christmas morning//Liming with me friends and family…” from “Christmas in Guyana” (remixed version) evoke nostalgia, especially for Guyanese in the Diaspora, spelling out the longing they have to experience a Guyanese Christmas.
In an interview with The Scene, Slingshot reminds that “Christmas in Guyana” was on his third CD release ‘Home Sweet Home’ and notes that he “did not stray from my rural roots.… The song rekindles the Christmas Eve visit to homes around the villages, and would be done by a ‘make-up’ band of just about anyone in the villages.
