Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest, Episode 37: Herbert Levy; Kim Loy Wong and the Hilanders Steel Band

1966 · music

Playing their steel drums, the Hilanders sing songs of their native Trinidad, mostly in the Calypso tradition. Songs include "Mary Ann," "Love, Love Alone," "Yellow Bird," "Walk Around" and "When the Saints Go Marching In." Pete Seeger shows a film on the making of steel drums from large oil containers. Rainbow Quest was a television program produced for one series run in 1965 and 1966 by the Advertisers Broadcasting Company for UHF station WNJU-TV in the New York City market. Throughout the show's 39-episode run, writer and curator of American folk songs Pete Seeger hosted many guest musicians. He also himself presented the histories of diverse American and international folk music traditions through spoken and musical segments.