The name Joe King Kologbo would hardly ring a bell in Nigeria today.

He was a highlife guitarist and composer that rocked the Nigerian music scene in the 1960s and ‘70s.

Though of Yoruba ancestry, he was born in Warri, in today's Delta State sometime in the 1930s.

He was based in Aba in what is today's Abia state. Then, Aba was a trendy centre of music and fashion, and it was home to several popular music bands back then.

At Aba, he built his music career playing with Eastern Star Dance Band at the Atlantic Hotel.

Since he was based in the East during his early days, he was not as well known nationally as some of the other highlife players of the time, like his friend Fela Kuti.

However, his music suffered a setback during the Civil War that broke out in 1967.

Joe King Kologbo was stranded in Ghana when the Biafran War broke out.

He would later return after the war to Nigeria, where he joined his friend, Fela Kuti.

He never played or collaborated with Fela on any song. Instead, he joined The Victor Olaiya Band.

Joe King Kologbo was known for some popular highlife songs. However, his most popular song was “Sugar Daddy”.  The song was an experimental highlife/disco outing.

For the album cover for Sugar Daddy, he had to “borrow” Fela’s Range Rover.

According to his son, the picture was taken in front of a studio somewhere.

“When my father saw the car he said, ‘Hey let’s take a picture with it.’  The picture was later used as the album cover for “Sugar Daddy”.

The Range Rover was one of about 50 cars owned by Fela then.



Source:

https://autojosh.com/this-musician-borrowed-fela-kutis-range-rover-for-his-album-cover-photo/

Booked... Front page material

Chai see album cover ..
E get as this life be.

Chai!. Vanity. See yesterday Range Rover, now a towing vehicle today.

Nice

Vintage..

Indomie generation dey feel say na dem coin "sugar daddy"

If this kain Range Rover park for your front for airport, just know that you’re fvcked.

Them no dey hear abeg.

taiyesoul:
Chai!. Vanity. See yesterday Range River, now a towing vehicle today.

Always expect this "vanit bla bla bla" from low budget asss moda fuckkking broke asss niggarrr

Nawa o. PDP need to learn common sense from this

Mhen Fela was a troop

Hmmm

I swear

taiyesoul:
Chai!. Vanity. See yesterday Range River, now a towing vehicle today.

Things you value today are nothing tomorrow

He was lucky he got stranded in Ghana, he might have been killed during the civil war

good old days

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The Range Rover was on[s][/s]e of about 50 cars owned by Fela then.

50 vehicles and not cars. Naija Bloggers with bad English

Kabaka

Lastma now use it to tow broken down cars lol

DameB:
He was lucky he got stranded in Ghana, he might have been killed during the civil war

just like everyone died abi ?

Good history

Till now Aba is popular on music

This na correct country man, a westerner, born in mid-west and based in the east.

Nothing lasts forever.

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