Antigua and Barbuda will honour calypso legend Sir Mclean Emmanuel, known as King Short Shirt, by renaming Anchorage Road after him.
The announcement was made by Cabinet Spokesperson Maurice Merchant during Thursday’s post-Cabinet press briefing. A timeline for the renaming has not yet been set.
King Short Shirt is celebrated as one of Antigua’s most successful calypsonians, with seven Road March titles, 15 local Calypso Monarch crowns, and seven regional calypso wins. His 1976 hit “Tourist Leggo” caused a stir at Trinidad’s Carnival, prompting authorities there to ban foreign tunes from the Road March competition.
Later in his career, he also produced gospel music. King Short Shirt has received numerous honours, including a knighthood in 2002, an honorary Doctor of Letters from UWI Five Islands in 2023, and a Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Antigua and Barbuda National Music Awards.
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Time to stop this nonsense. That is a main road.
Nothing less than National Hero…. its long overdue.
What a shame to make mentioned of ” time to stop this nonesence or nonsense” are you from Antigua and Barbuda?
Do you hesrd of Factory Road now Sir Sydney Whalling Rd, and Air Port Road now Sir George Walter High Way?
Look we have American Road and Baldwin Spencer and the UPP didnt name it President Obama High way the far sited bunch went all the way to our Historic Land Marked Boggy Peak to name it Mount Obama!
The Prophecies of Sir Paul King Obstinate Richards is coming to pass i his calypso song sang in 1982 ” Son’s of the Soil” 🎶 find the song and listen Anchorage has left our shores more that 50 years ago so you stop your stupidness and your nonsense nonsence what ever!!
UPP constant remaining in the political wilderness of opposition politics, will never get the opportunity to reward their supporters as the ABLP does. A sad reality of tribalism in politics.
I guess somebody must a complain but Flames getting road, so what happen to the King? Hence.
@A Sad Reality. Are you saying that there should be tribalism in our politics? If so, I hope you will keep quiet if UPP comes in and start renaming all the things ABLP renamed. Of course, I do not agree but I hope you see that in trying to make a foolish point, you have contributed to that sad reality yourself.
Stupidity on steroids. Short Shirt was Knighted isn’t that enough, I have been a Short Shirt fan since he entered the calypso and they used to practice in Rose Camacho building so this is not in any way political, but enough is enough
Why Anchorage Road and not St. George’s Street in Point where he lives and raised his children for decades. It makes no sense.
The street that Kings Short-Shirt grew up on should named after instead of naming Anchorage Road after him.
You know how long South street supposed to be renamed?
It’s been so long I even forgot after who it would have been named.
I prefer if the government just went ahead and surprise us with these developments instead of saying it happening but no timeline given
South Street will be named after fat boy Cutie
@ At a Sad Reality
So your idea of being in politics is to reward your supporters, I thought the idea was to uplift all people in the country whether or not they voted for you. Antigua will remain stagnant with idiots such as you in the majority
This is a meaningful tribute, but it also reminds us of how rich Antigua’s music history is. So many deserving artists!
This is the kind of recognition our cultural icons deserve. Congratulations to Sir Mclean Emmanuel