Saturday, February 7, 2015

Andy Vans - Dofo Nni Ekyir


Andy Vans released "Dofo Nni Ekyir" on Polydor in 1975 ...This song is one of my favorites for how the bass guitar strums on in the background with the interlacing horns and the hypnotic organ in the background, gives some type of laid back feel to it...   

De Roy Ebo Taylor, also has a different version on :
  •  Ebo Taylor & The Sweet Beans "Odofo nni Ekyir", which was later re-issued on the Afrobeat Airways Vol 1 compilation. 
  • This same version by Ebo Taylor was also featured by Gapophone on his "My Love and Music" LP from the 1970s but the date is not exact.... Similar lyrics and the same theme which means "A lover cant be replaced" but different rhythms.... 
  • Ebo Taylor, this time with The Apagya Showband, has a different version of the same song, with a different tittle and sang a bit differently, "Tamfo nni Ekyir" from the Essiebons label in 1973... 
The same song, in the same Fante language, sang differently by two people, Ebo Taylor with different bands in different versions, either of them still guaranteed to blow your mind somehow.
Its likely the song is originally an Ebo Taylor composition, from comparing release dates... its also possible that writers give out their songs in what is known today as ghost-writing... either ways, we are all here to learn and different opinions are welcome...enjoy


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