Career
He is best known for holding the record for most winning steel band Panorama arrangements and his heavy jazz influence in calypso/soca music Botus has been active since the 1960s and is considered one of the best steel drummers in the world. "Belt" began playing with the Desperadoes Steel Orchestra in the early "60s and became one of that orchestra"s top steelpan musicians.
At the Champs of Champs Classical Steel Orchestra Music Festival, which was held at Queens Hall in 1967 at Trinidad, Mr.
Botus" stick (mallet) fell, but like a gunfighter in the old West, he drew his spare and played his part almost to perfection. In 1969, Botus moved to New York and in 1975 co-founded "Despers United States of America".
In the late 1970s, he moved to Boston where he formed "Real Steel". Botus also wrote and performed steel drum music on the soundtrack to The Brother from Another Planet.
He has toured the African Continent twice.
Botus retired from arranging in 2004, but came out of retirement recently to arrange for Democratic Stars Steel Orchestra for New York"s 2007 panorama.
