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

weehehee heheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheh

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• Filipino
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• Original Pinoy Music
• OPM
• Balon

[ferrero8]

sir,anong album nya po ito?ito yung matagal ko nang hinahanap,na halos kaparehas ng Pagsamba at Pakikibaka album nya.at yung album nyang ugat ang hirap din hanapin,wala saweb site ni sir gary eh

[noname2101]

@papskoi tagal ko ng tinatanungkung anu yung maco o maco na kanta ni gary g, ...... ngayon alam ko na ahaha salamat!

[gitr02]

i looooove Gary Granada songs. specially pamantasan ng puso.. :D

[gitr02]

i looooove Gary Granada songs. specially pamantasan ng puso.. :D

[papskoi]

Basta taga Maco mapuslan jud! Proud ko nga taga Maco! Taga Maryknoll.

[eiskaah]

Hi Garry its a wonderfuk song 'it so meaningful and deep like the title itself anyway

I"m one of your good friend wayback in maco,I am mandy Tony"s brother (Alabado-4 sure) its been a long time just saying Hi. we both live here now in Toronto with grown up kids my best regards to you and your family all the best. remember the word you always say when you go to our house (kegol).

Its me

Mandy

[Kabooterimon]

In this song, he was refering to Jesus," ang balon na di nauubusan ng tubig" whoever drink from this well will not be thirsty ever again. I like his songs as well as Noel Cabangon's. I think he's one of the papuri singers? Really like him do the free verses. One of the few OPM musicians i admire and they tried to steal his work for a so called "children's foundation", somebody who can'not pull inspiration in his own life. Ka Gary! i hope you do guitar lessons too i'll be waiting.

[emillinegarcia]

npaka ganda ng mensahe...npakahusay ng guitar plucking...di nkakasawang ulit ulitinn pakinggan...idol gary mabuhay ka...