African lap-style guitar

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 10 Dec 2008 5:22 am

Cool! The blues bounces back across the pond to influence African musicians. Dig the bar storage technique at the very end! Who needs an M&Ms tube or a Pack-A-Seat?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBH3LlhrE1o

As the info says ...

Blind Issaque Matusse, Shangana musician from Mozambique taught himself slide guitar after hearing a blues record many years ago. Playing in his unique style, in this song he chastises a woman, singing "Aikona in Fao-Fao" ("No, Fao-Fao, you can't do that!")

Mitch Druckman · Post by **Mitch Druckman** » 10 Dec 2008 5:10 pm

An excellent and unusual clip. Very bluesy. Thank you Andy for bringing it to my attention. The rhythm of the bass line and the vocal melody is fantastic. Viva Africa!

Bill Creller · Post by **Bill Creller** » 10 Dec 2008 11:27 pm

That was sure different! He made the guitar fit his own culture and singing.

Bill Leff · Post by **Bill Leff** » 11 Dec 2008 7:34 am

Jerry Byrd is rolling over in his grave as we speak...

David Haddock · Post by **David Haddock** » 11 Dec 2008 6:23 pm

I looked at that video and found this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0FdLzUf ... re=related

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 11 Dec 2008 9:18 pm

Yeah, we've seen the spoon guys magic in previous threads. Very cool. Take a look at this to see where the bottle guy comes from: click here. The Pacific islanders do dances like this. Parallel cultural evolution

And this: click here

R. Crumb would love this stuff.

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