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In Ghana in the 1950s, Teddy Osei (saxophone), Sol Amarfio (drums), Mamon Shareef and Farhan Freere (flute) played in a highlife band called The Star Gazers. They left to form The Comets, with Osei’s brother Mac Tontoh on trumpet, and scored a hit in West Africa with their 1958 song “Pete Pete.” In 1962 Osei moved to London to study music on a scholarship from the Ghanaian government. In 1964 he formed Cat’s Paw, an early “world music” band that combined highlife, rock and soul. In 1969 he persuaded Amarfio and Tontoh to join him in London, and Osibisa was born.
The name Osibisa was described by the band members as meaning “criss cross rhythms that explode with happiness” but it actually comes from “osibisaba” the Fante word for highlife. Their style influenced many of the emerging African musicians over the last forty plus years.
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OSIBISA ..... This Music is alive and touches my Soul in a most powerful and joyful way ..... This Music awakens my Soul and Body in a new way .... It's like opening up a great Treasure ..... When I was a Baby your Mother told you not to play with Fire .... There are different kinds of Fire ..... The Music of Osibisa is a Fire that lives within your Soul ..... It burns just right - no matter how hot ....
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ToothandNail04
totally overlooked and underrated.
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dis_balance
Woyaya - very good music!
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sufu5a
Love the flying Elephant :D
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kobafemi
Reminds me a bit of of Cymande. This is good ishhhh.
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jj6z
yes Uplifting =)
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ikarus999
uplifting is the word.
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KempesOne
Why new Album "Osee Yee" isn't in the albums?
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OskiRocks
Criss cross rhythms that explode with Happiness......
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burrito1953
If my memory serves me right it was in 1972 when I saw the band at The Greyhound Pub in Fulham.......what a night!!!!
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therussian91
Aiyko biyae biyae, Aiyko biyae
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MoDynamite
... freakin`out with "Gumbe" !
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New_Horizons
... heard them live for the first time @ the British Rock Festifal, Sept. 1971 in Speyer, Germany - a whole new world opened - and - a very, very good one !!
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st0mpr
It truly is! That electric piano in the track Beautiful Seven is sooo dope :) The album Woyaya rules
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Nhorf
freedom music
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O-Men
I randomly bought woyaya yesterday on vinyl, based entirely on the cover, and was glad to find some amazing music
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wohlfuehlmusik
They're creating a very nice atmosphere with their songs, excellent!
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Marcus_Loss
I've discovered it last month... and i'm loving it
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Petrochenkoff
unique band, i'm very impressed
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