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BeyondGeography

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5. Thank you for that

Reply to el_bryanto (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 22, 2014, 08:56 AM

Oct 2014

It's endless, isn't it? I've been diving in since I watched this Ginger Baker bio on Netflix and they played some of his work with Fela Kuti, which sounded like some of the best and coolest stuff ever created by mankind. Baker drove down to Nigeria in his Range Rover after Blind Faith broke up. The interviewer asked him why and he looked at him sideways and said, "Because I'm a fucking drummer, that's why!" Here's one of their bits:

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My IPod shuffled to the song Africa [View all] kairos12 Oct 2014 OP

21-day isolation away from it all with African music BeyondGeography Oct 2014 #1

African music is tight - love Northern African Blues and music from the Congo and Senegal el_bryanto Oct 2014 #2

Thank you for that BeyondGeography Oct 2014 #5

As long as you blame Obama, I think the 21 day isolation period can be waived. randome Oct 2014 #3

Only if you plan to visit Texas... Wounded Bear Oct 2014 #4

It's not your fault Shankapotomus Oct 2014 #6