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“BEAUTIFUL BAILA” – by Des Kelly This was sent to me by my brother Ian who now lives permanantly in Sri Lanka. He has always known about my taste in music and it is without hesitation that this video goes straight into my Kelly Klassics. I have watched many Lankan Artistes backed up by this band & a guy named ‘Subasinghe’ who is himself ‘a Star’ as far as I am concerned, and this particular ‘group’ of Musos are, or were, the BEST, by far, as far as I am concerned, and the Vocalist Keerthi Pasquel has always been my favourite ‘Singing Star’ of Sri Lanka. In addition, he is one of the very best ‘Ambassadors’ of Music from Lanka. I met him many years ago when he came to Melbourne, and, although he didn’t speak too much English at the time, struck me as a humble, easy-going individual who ...