Jess Sah Bi & Peter One: Ivory Coast Guitar & Vocal Duo
Description
Jess Sah Bi & Peter One, musicians from Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa, recall hearing the harmonies and guitars of Simon and Garfunkel and Cat Stevens for the first time and how that impacted their music from that point onward. In our conversation they take us through the creation of their landmark African-Country-Folk inspired album Our Garden Needs Its Flowers from their initial search for a producer to now the recent reissue, 30 years later, by Awesome Tapes From Africa.
Here’s an external link to every Musical Mention in this episode:
7:01 Simon & Garfunkel
7:08 Cat Stevens
8:19 Jimi Hendrix
8:29 The Beatles (Hey Jude, Let It Be)
9:49 Paul Simon
11:29 James Bond Theme
14:53 : Amédée Pierre
15:00 Bob Marley (No Woman No Cry)
18:19 Don Williams
20:51 Don Williams
20:42 Alpha Blondy
25:14 Premiere Chance
30:47 Rosemary Gurg ??
33:11 Badmos
33:19 Ernesto Djedje
31:51 Georges Tai Benson
36:27 Monique Séka
36:39 Anet Roger
40:08 Gouro
40:27 Our Garden Needs Its Flowers (album)
41:03 Burkina Faso
41:04 Togo
48:50 Brian Shimkovitz
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