Having immigrated to Canada in the late 1950's, Dave Martins gave up a promising song-writing career with BMI Canada ("Bluenose", "Steel Men") and went back to his roots in 1966 to form the Tradewinds - a group that drew instant karma from the large West Indian community in Toronto. Dave Martins eventually owned and operated his own club "We Place" in downtown Toronto.

He describes his works as having a sociological lens that focuses on Caribbean group behavior.

It took Dave Martins almost a year to figure out how to write the legendary 'Wong Ping', which is addresses machismo and male sexual prowess in the Caribbean.

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