Eyop:
Brother i really do and am glad to have someone on the forum that enjoys the music same as i do. I think Diblo dibala is a fantastic Guitarist that's why they nicknamed him Machine Gun. There are other artiste i didn't list such as Pepe Kalle,Alain Kounkou,Alain Makaba,etc

Eziachi: Diblo Dibala is great, especially when he was leading the Loketo franchise along with Arlus Mabele, late Jean Baron. Mack Mackay. There are great guitarist like Lokasa Yabongo, Dally Kimoko, Franco (O.K JAZZ)

Eyop:

[b]Lol. brother if you notice i indicated etc at the end. You are right on track and am pleased. Yeah the artiste you mentioned are great. Others are: Josky Kiambukuta Londa,Pierette Adams,manu dibango,kanda bongo man,Tshala Muana,Grand Kalle,Tabu Ley Rochereau....etc Some of these artist you will find some of their great albums on LP and thanks to my Dad who introduced these musics to me and am happy to have discovered them. I can still remember when i was passing Ojuelegba road some years ago and i heard a track of OK Jazz being played in a music store i had to stop by and the beautiful lady who happens to be the one in charge of sales noticed as i picked some of his CD's and as i was about leaving the store she asked who will listen to these musics , i at her but she said these are papa's music now. But i told her she won't understand since she still belongs to the new school class. I am not a clubber so you won't expect i invest in such types of music because i don't feel them but rather good music. [/b]

Eyop:

@ Eziachi i appreciate your comment. Well it depends on how your classify them but i still see them as highlife but the proper genre as you rightly said is either Soukous,Rumba,Zouk,etc. E.g Koffi Olomide is the King of Rumba,Monique seka and pierette Adams falls under Zouk/soukouss depending on the track played.

Eziachi: I agreed with you, it's very mucky at the moment, but in the past any music with keyboard is a way of identifying a music that isn't highlife etc. Until Sir Warrior introduced keyboard in 1981 and many Ghana highlife musician based in Aba and Onitsha did too, groups like Ashanti dance band, Okukuseku, City Boys, Mpese Mpese etc.

Eyop:

Great now i confirm that you are well knowledgable about these artist. However do you by any chance know what killed Jean Baron? I have searched for information on that but none.

Eziachi: Over indulgence I think killed Jean Baron as with many African musicians. Too much smoking and drinking, endless touring to make ends meet due to piracy of their great works without taking care of their personal health, I think he developed kidney problems and wasn't discovered in time and treated swifly. My fovourite of his tracks are Mamie lolo and Patalon Mariba. I met Arlus Mabele in Paris in 2005, we had been friends since then. He was very sick for a while.

Eziachi: Morocco and Ozoemena Nsugbe plays folklore or egwu Ekpili or ekpiri, its not highlife. Oliver started with folklore in the 60s in Aba, but abandoned it in 1976 when he embraced and branched into the highlife genre, after learning how to play guitar.

Lanceslot: Thanks for the info.

Eyop:

May the soul of Jean Baron RIP. That's the album you will find those tracks you mentioned.

Eziachi:
Lol. Am listening to the LP now, which I dusted few minutes ago. Great stuff

you can say that again...Enjoy brother

Eyop:

you can say that again...Enjoy brother

Eziachi:
I cant tell you how disappoiunted I am with Sir Warriors children, especially Ajuzieogu, who I believe has a great music talent like his papa but they are very lazy gus.
I was attending an Igbo union party in Los Angelles in 2010 and I was told that Ajuziego will be playing and I was so excited to see one of great Sir Warrior kids play life. Only for him to turn up with mic in his hand singing over his fathers music record.
I was so disappointed and angry and I called him afterward and gave him a piece of my mind to go back home to Owerri and do his dad proud, sit down and write so serious highlife stuff if he is to be taken seriious, not singing in parties collecting few dollar when he had a name most people will do for in terms of muisc gentre of highlife.
He apologise, lol . And I believe he still live in American singing in African bars and Igbo parties. Great disappointment.

Don't get me started with his big brother Uche, who along with Dan Satch has been soiling the great image of Oriental Brothers franchise with their endless cheap video production of all the past great works of the band, even Dan Satch pretending to be a singer.

Brother that's what is happening these days. Atleast he's recycling the late dad's music rather than joining the new generation hip-pop artist that i do not know what they are singing. You are making me LOL @ Uche pretending to be a singer

GudluckIBB:

Mbillia bell is one of the biggest female musicians in Africa. she has wonderful tracks like boya ye which you just mentioned
I have over 30 tracks of mbilia bell and I can tell you she is a genius.she was once a back up singer to tabu ley who later married her and produced ht tracks for her.try and listen to" MARIO" I'm Sure you will hate the likes of tonto dike after listening to that track.

ceaser:

Tonto ke?! Do I even know the face to that name? I've only been hearing her name on Nairaland.

Abegi, I'll need Mbilia tracks from you o. Let's commune. I'm on smartintelle at gmail.com

@ the bolded

Eziachi:
Onyeka Onwenu doesn't play highlife. You can call her music, Nigeria or African pop. Sonny Okosun plays no highlife, he plays also afropop of afrobeat.

Eyop:

@ the bolded

GudluckIBB:

Eziachi.pls I'm going to send you a mail tomorrow as well .You guys are genius in deep rooted african songs
Bravo bro

ceaser:
Na true o. In fact with the popularity she had on Nairaland, I planned to search the internet for her face one of these days just so to satisfy my curiosity.

GudluckIBB:



Its sunny Oti---late night husband

Processor01: Osadebe is the greatest and best of them all!

The wisdom and truth in his music is unparalleled. Oliver should have just let him be! I started playing and listening to other genres of music due to plenty complaints from 'young minds'.

Except in the kick off phase of his career, Osadebe never just sang for singing sake.

GudluckIBB:

Eziachi.pls I'm going to send you a mail tomorrow as well .You guys are genius in deep rooted african songs
Bravo bro

Eyop:

Lol. brother if you notice i indicated etc at the end. You are right on track and am pleased. Yeah the artiste you mentioned are great. Others are: Josky Kiambukuta Londa,Pierette Adams,manu dibango,kanda bongo man,Tshala Muana,Grand Kalle,Tabu Ley Rochereau....etc.

Eziachi:
Onyeka Onwenu doesn't play highlife. You can call her music, Nigeria or African pop. Sonny Okosun plays no highlife, he plays also afropop of afrobeat.

makazona:

thank u very Nna anyi Eziachi for that expose...op u r healthy sir

Eziachi:

laudate:

Thank you, thank you for recalling these great old men of music. Do you still remember Bobby Benson's song "Taxi Driver?"

OrlandoOwoh:
Ambrose Campbell is dead.