BALON by Gary Granada - Tribute Music Video to a great Filipino Artist

My friend Gary Granada, I met him at the Recreation Hall of the Philippine Refugee Processing Center. Bought 3 of his autographed tapes and I've listening to it ever since, during 3 year service at the the Philippine Refugee Processing Center in Morong, Bataan, to my adventurous OFW days in Saudi Arabia and now here in Canada. The sound may not be very good because I converted it to MPEG directly from the original tapes, by the lyrics and the musics still touches my soul. I made this video para kanimo bay Gary!

Gary:

is a public school tutor (University of the Philippines)

of a masteral subject in Development Communications

chairs Kaalagad, an interfaith ecumenical community

is a board member of Conspiracy, FILSCAP and FPE



was born in 1960 in Maco Davao (Compostela Valley)

mother Cristina is a dressmaker; father Ireneo fished,

organized unions; sister Gilda is teacher, was an OFW



shined shoes, peddled sweepstakes, newspapers and

komiks, boiled and sold bananas, tended sarisari store

grumbled and learned ukelele upon father's insistence



did fairly well in elementary and high school (finished

valedictorian in Maco Heights and Maryknoll) and went

to college (Metallurgical Engineering, University of the

Philippines) on government stipend (NSDB, now DOST)

but was kicked out of U.P. and has no college diploma



played varsity softball in high school, twisted a finger

was on the 49'ers Engineering champions chess team



worked as a photographer for the Department of Labor

was a social action department coordinator for ISACC

got a KBP broadcaster's license and worked in FEBC

moonlights as voice and on-cam talent for PCIJ, DED,

ABS-CBN, PROCESS, GMA Network and Ad Agencies



is a frustrated mathematician, could not solve Fermat

very briefly taught College Algebra at U.P. Los Baños

(eldest daughter, Kiel, is a Math major in U.P.Diliman)



is very critical of the hierarchical institutional church,

but drinks religiously with priests, sisters and pastors



likes sea urchin sashimi, green mango shake, durian

and motorcycles, gadgets and pretty intelligent people

writes and records advertising music for a quick buck

sings his own compositions and plays the guitar well

got up to Grade One in piano, still cannot read music



is the amateur website designer of the quite plain but

very charming garygranada.com and bagongkanta.com

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