Keziah Jones
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He is known for his distinctive style of guitarplaying, above all his percussive right-hand technique which is similar to bass player’s slapping technique. He’s also famous for playing most of his live shows with a bare torso.
Son of a chief Osodolamu Sanyaolu in a Yoruba tribe and successful industrialist, Keziah (Olufemi) spent his early childhood in a large family in the semi-Muslim part of Nigeria, close to the city of Lagos. From a young age he was being prepared to follow his father’s footsteps and was expected to have an academic career. Therefore his father enrolled him in a Public School in London and Keziah left Nigeria at 8 years old to be educated in England.
“I had to find a way out of all that bullshit, and music was it!” By the age of 13 he discovered the old school piano and taught himself how to play and write songs. Three years later he switched to the guitar, neglecting his studies more and more. After scraping through exams he went against his father’s wishes and family tradition even more by skipping school and trying out his songs in the streets, clubs and London Underground, constantly avoiding the police, the Immigration Department - and his own relatives.
Keziah played mostly improvised sets with tenor Saxophone player Kevin Wood at the Red Eye club in Lewisham, south London at least three times during 1988/9.
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Jun
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Caribana Festival
Crans-près-Céligny, Crans-près-Céligny, Switzerland
12 going
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Les Vieilles Charrues 2012
la Prairie de Kerampuilh, Carhaix-Plouguer, France
45 going
2 shouts
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Keziah Jones live in London
30 Sep 2010 | from www.keziahjones.com
- New York Shows this weekend 16 Oct 2009 | from www.keziahjones.com
- 22 October - KCRW ‘Sounds Around Town’ LA 9 Oct 2009 | from www.keziahjones.com
- **US & CANADA SHOWS ANNOUNCED** 9 Oct 2009 | from www.keziahjones.com
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