Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine October 2017 | Page 625

many fellow entertainers such as Third World, Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, Steel Pulse, Miami Sound Machine, Aswad, to name a few. doing what he loves and being as busy as ever. When asked what he would be doing if he wasn’t making music, his answer was “perhaps painting…” Rudder’s first recorded song was called Mother Earth, which he said, was “the story about a group of young Trinidadians who decided to take up arms against the state as a means of changing the society in the late 60s. Most of them died in this hopeless cause.” His music can be found at: Crosby's | Cleve's | CD Baby. His greatest achievement he says is still being here Facebook: kingdavidrudder Website: davidmichaelrudder.com Twitter: @DavidRudder David Rudder’s advice to visitors: “Trinidad is a ‘different kind of place’. Come with an open mind.”