Wed 21 Oct 2015
JONATHAN LEWIS: Music I’m Listening To: THE WITCH BAND “Living in the Past.”
Posted by Steve under Music I'm Listening To1 Comment
SELECTED BY JONATHAN LEWIS:
“Zamrock [Zambia-rock] was born in the ’70s in Southern Africa. Merging hard rock, psychedelia and funk, this Zambian genre was influenced by artists as diverse as Black Sabbath, James Brown and The Rolling Stones. WITCH – which stood for “We Intend To Cause Havoc†– was one of the scene’s major bands…”
Lead Vocals: Emmanuel “Jagari†Chanda
Drums: Boyd “Star MacBoyd†Sinkala
Bass Guitar: Gedeon “Giddy King†Mwamulenga
Rhythm Guitar & Vocals: John “Music†Muma
Lead Guitar & Vocals: Chris “Kims†Mbewe
Keyboard: Paul “Jones†Mumba
November 3rd, 2015 at 11:57 am
I’m pleasantly surprised to see mention of Witch here on a mystery-centric blog!. If you are interested in further exploration of the fertile Zamrock scene I suggest trying Amanaz, great music. But so far in my experience, the best reissued album from this country is Ngozi Family “45,000 Volts” with the excellent song “Night of fear”