Murmures
The return of Tomi Darling
octobre 2015 | Faits de société | Musique | Ghana
Source : www.artsghana.org
English
By Baba Abdulai
Ghanaians who were alive to the music scene of the late 1960s, the 1970s and early the early1980s will definitely remember the name Tomi Darling, especially when he had led such great bands as The Barbecues, Wantu Wazuri and the Sweet Beans.
Like most musicians of his time, Tomi Darling left Ghana for the United States in the 1980s when the system in Ghana then was not good for live band performance. After living in Dallas in the state of Texas where, among other things, he led and managed his own band, Tomi Darling is back and he is announcing himself loudly with a self-titled album: Tomi Darling.
A nine-track album, this is vintage Tomi Darling, complete with some sweet guitar licks and the unmistakeable melodious voice of Tomi Darling. The album has tracks such as Market Playboy, You Kill Me Kwraa, Loving You and Come To Me Darling.
The rest of the songs on the album are his mid-70s national hit Aaya Lolo, Kaaye Otsui (which happens to be my favourite), Hypnotic Lady, The World Changes and Sunshine Woman. Produced by Henry Abossey, all the songs were written and arranged by Tomi Darling who is also the album’s executive producer.
Musicians who featured on the album are Scott Boland who played alto and tenor saxophones as well as percussion and backing vocals on Aaya Lolo, Ollie Hill who played trumpet and flugel horn as well as backing vocals on Aaya Lolo and Heather Bennet who played keyboards and percussion.
Others are Lefric Enwal who played the bass guitar, John Grigsby who also played the bass guitar, Steve Kautz who played the drums and percussion, and Tomi Darling himself who is the lead vocalist and also played lead guitar and congas.
The rest are Gitimm Chakamoi who played the drums and Sam Smoke who played the keyboards on The World Changes and Market Playboy. Tomi Darling is indeed back with “Tomi Darling” and it is worth a place in your collection.
Ghanaians who were alive to the music scene of the late 1960s, the 1970s and early the early1980s will definitely remember the name Tomi Darling, especially when he had led such great bands as The Barbecues, Wantu Wazuri and the Sweet Beans.
Like most musicians of his time, Tomi Darling left Ghana for the United States in the 1980s when the system in Ghana then was not good for live band performance. After living in Dallas in the state of Texas where, among other things, he led and managed his own band, Tomi Darling is back and he is announcing himself loudly with a self-titled album: Tomi Darling.
A nine-track album, this is vintage Tomi Darling, complete with some sweet guitar licks and the unmistakeable melodious voice of Tomi Darling. The album has tracks such as Market Playboy, You Kill Me Kwraa, Loving You and Come To Me Darling.
The rest of the songs on the album are his mid-70s national hit Aaya Lolo, Kaaye Otsui (which happens to be my favourite), Hypnotic Lady, The World Changes and Sunshine Woman. Produced by Henry Abossey, all the songs were written and arranged by Tomi Darling who is also the album’s executive producer.
Musicians who featured on the album are Scott Boland who played alto and tenor saxophones as well as percussion and backing vocals on Aaya Lolo, Ollie Hill who played trumpet and flugel horn as well as backing vocals on Aaya Lolo and Heather Bennet who played keyboards and percussion.
Others are Lefric Enwal who played the bass guitar, John Grigsby who also played the bass guitar, Steve Kautz who played the drums and percussion, and Tomi Darling himself who is the lead vocalist and also played lead guitar and congas.
The rest are Gitimm Chakamoi who played the drums and Sam Smoke who played the keyboards on The World Changes and Market Playboy. Tomi Darling is indeed back with “Tomi Darling” and it is worth a place in your collection.
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