THE siblings of a well-loved figure in the Newport music scene, who passed away recently, have led the tributes to the “larger than life, amazing man”.

Trevor Anthony Broomfield died on Sunday, March 31 and his younger brother Winston and elder sister Marline Freckleton have paid tribute to a man who “lived up to the rhyme that Saturday’s child worked hard for his living”.

Mr Broomfield revealed Trevor was a prankster from an early age.

“Even now speaking to family about certain things that had happened during our childhood, we are discovering he had a part to play in it all,” he said.

Mrs Freckleton added: “Growing up he set fire to the bedding upstairs in the family home when he discovered a box of matches and realised he knew how to light them.

“I was sent to explore why he was so quiet and bumped into him coming down the stairs. A fire engine had to be called.”

Mr Broomfield went on to say that the family also suspect it was Trevor who drank his sisters 18th birthday bottle of Ray & Nephew rum, which came all the way from Jamaica and replaced it with water.

Music was a huge part of Trevor’s life and from a very early age his face would light up when the likes of Beres Hammond, Dennis Brown, Sanchez or Gregory Isaacs were played.

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“He loved getting dressed up and going out with his baby bro,” said Mr Broomfield.

“He smelled as if he had just bathed in the after shave he had ‘borrowed’ from his brother-in-law.”

Even following a brain aneurysm in 2006 and not being able to get up, Trevor would still dance in his chair with a great big grin on his face.

Throughout his life Trevor held various jobs - welder, carpenter, postman and warehouse operative - until Ecko Vybz was created.

“Even though he was unable to help with the physical side of lifting and shifting, he thought of himself as the Senior DJ Supervisor,” joked Mr Broomfield.

“This was much to the annoyance of the other DJs, proceeding to take charge of the playlist and sound levels every time we had a gig.”

Trevor’s family say they knew he was popular, but they have been “completely blown away by just how much he was loved”.

“We have had more 500 individuals send us sympathy messages and telling us they will be attending his funeral,” said Mr Broomfield.

Trevor’s funeral service will be held at 12pm on Friday, May 3, at The Warehouse Church, Mill Parade Newport.

Mr Broomfield added: “Please do come along and help his family and friends celebrate the life of such an amazing, larger-than-life man.”