When we were in Uganda earlier in the week I played you a funky track from a compilation album which goes by the snappy title of "Mr Bongo Record Club Volume 1". Here are a couple more that have another link as well.
Amazones de Guinee were an all-female group formed by members of the Guinean military. "Samba" was recorded in Paris in 1983 and appears on their album "Au Coeur De Paris".
The samba is a musical form associated with Brazil, which is where we will find Alipio Martins with his tale of the fanged fish that might give you a nasty nip if you were foolish enough to dip your toe in the waters of the Amazon.
And if that wasn't enough there's a samba, a piranha and another river for you in the videos.
"Samba" - Amazones de Guinee
"Piranha" - Alipio Martins
Ah, "Boring" Bob Grover .... and the Fabulous Wealthy Tarts - at one point in the 80's they were everwhere
ReplyDeleteYou would know what with being very very old and all that
DeleteCrikey - had forgotten all about Zambezi. Wasn't TOTP colourful and full of fun back then after a decade of having a very lacklustre crowd mooching around the artists.
ReplyDeleteThanks for cheering up my Tuesday.
My pleasure. Maybe don't add 'Zambezi' to your list of things to use to educate DD on musical history just yet. She may not believe you if you tell her there was a group fronted by Dennis the Menace with a giant parakeet on drums.
DeleteNo, perhaps one to miss off the list!
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