That's a phat song. Thanks for sending it my way. You should definitely check out Femi Kuti's 2001 album, Fight To Win, really great stuff that I think you'd like.
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote: > > oh wow. > > so the ROOTS of this song that i love > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRrgVxqZHaw > > are the song that just popped up on Pandora for "Taj Mahal Radio" Johnny Too > Bad > > awesome! > learnin the roots of the stuff i love > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote: >> wow. >> id try to go to both :) >> >> hahahaha, lovely, and thank you... i always love to learn about good music. >> >> jah bless! >> >> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Ok, then, some musical education. >>> >>> Femi Kuti is Nigerian and the son of Fela Kuti who pretty much >>> pioneered Afrobeat. He plays a really booty shaking, upbeat music that >>> combines a lot of the best in funk and traditional African music. He's >>> played internationally for quite some time and has put out great >>> collaborations with more well known artists like Mos Def. He and his >>> band played for about 80,000 at Glastonbury this year. >>> >>> Femi live in Toronto: http://www.youtube.com/v/Li7oTK-ZXbU >>> Femi Kuti and Mos Def: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEzge8k4-OQ >>> >>> As for Taj Mahal, well, he is a flat out blues legend. Plays bad ass, >>> gritty, ass shaking slide guitar. He's played with most everyone over >>> the last 50 years and really just kicks ass. Perhaps best known for >>> his song Statesboro Blues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQMU1S8FhKg >>> >>> Judah >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> never heard of either. >>>> >>>> hahahaah >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Which show should I go to this Friday? Both Taj Mahal and Femi Kuti >>>>> are in town and playing the same night. I've never gotten to see >>>>> either of them live before. Neither show is hugely expensive. What >>>>> should I do? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322330 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
