tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post6495004906395372580..comments2024-01-16T08:38:37.343-08:00Comments on worldservice: ShangaraWrldServhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11086024409769016464noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-9828421144195099972011-08-26T12:11:41.911-07:002011-08-26T12:11:41.911-07:00Just cross-fertilising in thanks to you both:
htt...Just cross-fertilising in thanks to you both:<br /><br />http://rhythmconnection.blogspot.com/2011/07/ephat-mujuru-spirit-of-people-mbavaira.html<br /><br />Cheers and dank U wel! Dave Sez.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-23431719499338515292011-06-04T22:50:38.555-07:002011-06-04T22:50:38.555-07:00@ Anonymous, Leonard Chiyangwa was the lead guitar...@ Anonymous, Leonard Chiyangwa was the lead guitarist when Thomas Mapfumo released Hokoyo as the Acid Band, but that was only after Thomas had been been fired from the Hallelujah Chicken Run Band in 1974. As fate would have it, a bandless Mapfumo would meet up with Jonah Sithole shortly after. Read Jonah Sithole's interview on the Afropop website and he explains just how he merged his band with Mapfumo's Acid Band to form the Blacks Unlimited. He also explains how Leonard was eventually dismissed for being drunk all the time.Richie Roadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09781542605299270687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-15414258987599330752010-12-09T10:01:49.540-08:002010-12-09T10:01:49.540-08:00@Anonymous: I am afraid am not sure how I should q...@Anonymous: I am afraid am not sure how I should quote you. "An anonymous source claims that Leonard Chiyangwa was the first to put mbira on guitar?"<br />I find it hard to contradict Thomas Mapfumo and the late Jonah Sithole on the basis of this rather flimsy evidence....WrldServhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11086024409769016464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-13271352820875024262010-12-09T07:15:09.673-08:002010-12-09T07:15:09.673-08:00The late Leornard "Picket" Chiyangwa was...The late Leornard "Picket" Chiyangwa was the first to put mbira music on guitar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-88487664237953585502009-10-29T14:32:33.448-07:002009-10-29T14:32:33.448-07:00I've enjoyed reading your blog, but I'm cu...I've enjoyed reading your blog, but I'm curious why you dismiss Joshua Dube as the "inventor" of mbira-guitar. Not to dismiss the contributions of Jonah Sithole, but on Mapfumo's first piece based on the mbira, Ngoma Yarira, it is Dube who is playing the guitar, not Sithole. Also, Lipopo Jazz Band (not Limpopo as it is sometimes erroneously spelled) played a version of Dande on guitar that I'm confident predated any of the Mapfumo's early efforts. Rather than giving Sithole all of the credit (with Mapfumo), I think it is more accurate to suggest that several guitarists were experimenting with mbira on the guitar at the same time, including Sithole, Dube, the Lipopo guitarist, and M.D. Rhythm Success. Heck, John Nkomo played Nyamaropa on the acoustic guitar in the 1950s. That said, great blog.Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-63045630291459181312009-10-08T05:13:55.367-07:002009-10-08T05:13:55.367-07:00Thank you very much - I would probably never had h...Thank you very much - I would probably never had heard this wonderful music without your generosity.hulaboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236185921839854636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-34762100458571199852009-09-24T00:34:39.692-07:002009-09-24T00:34:39.692-07:00great album, I'm glad Joshua managed to branch...great album, I'm glad Joshua managed to branch out on his own years after playing guitar on the 1972 Ngoma Yarira with a fellow little-known musician by the name of Thomas Mapfumo, and then spending much of the 80's as the rhythmic force behind The Devera Ngwena Jazz band, who sold more records than anybody during that decade. And yes, Joshua Dube played the first mbira-inspired guitar riffs for Thomas Mapfumo. The liner notes on the Hallelujah Chicken Run Band CD Take One, as well as the interview with the founding members clearly detail the early history of the band and Joshua's crucial role.Richie Roadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09781542605299270687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7791963494354887351.post-76913978687361749072009-02-16T17:24:00.000-08:002009-02-16T17:24:00.000-08:00Superb!Thanks for this one - fantastic classic gui...Superb!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this one - fantastic classic guitar tone, nice vocals and production - also seems to be more rockin' than a lot of Mapfumo's tracks which, although I love them, don't have as much of the powerful choral singing...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com