Admiral Dele Abiodun ~ Ojo To Paje Loru (side one part a)

[kkk046]

Dele Abiodun for most of his musical career remained an ally of Sunny Ade against the ever- present antagonists such as Emperor Pick Peter.His strength lies in his indepth use of street-wise proverbs,most times with caustic taste against his enemies.Strange enough, he came from a part of Edo-state where Yoruba is not spoken.Yet, he is able to carve a niche for himself in the pantheon of Yoruba Juju hierarchy .

[tawe2006]

Remember the tussle between Dele Abiodun & Pick Peters. The duo, for me, came up with their best output during this period. Spellbinding music. @groovemaster many thanks for sharing.

[Frederm]

Real African Music at last. Thanks for posting it.

[promise72]

oh my goodness!!!! These are TRUE artist. The composing and arrangement is OUTSTANDING!!!!

[NewMayflower]

thanks groovemontzer. how do i load this song into my blackberry?

[groovemonzter]

@NewMayflower - you can download the mp3 at global groove. see the link in the video discription.

[MsSlrb]

thank you i love this the best gift i got from a fellow countryman since i left my original home

[4Quasmusic]

thx

[ATTAHJERRY]

I don't speak the Yoruba language but have always enjoyed Dele Abiodun music more than all others. Please pardan me his beats and arrangement are mesmerizing

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[leketoob]

Dele Abiodun cannot be crowned the king of juju music simply because sunny ade was by far a better singer, dancer and guitarist and his songs had a resonance which A.D.A took his influence from.

[naijanistan]

IK Dairo MBE, Adeolu Akinsanya Baba Eto, Baba Musicians ni won je,

Sunny Ade, Ebenezer Obey omo Fabiyi, Prince Adekunle nko, Dele Abiodun, Younger Musicians ni won je. Sir Shina Adewale, YOUNGEST Musicians? Youngest musicians........

DELE ABIODUN will always be remembered as one of the BEST JUJU Musicians in the history, no matter those ancient rhethoric of elements such as PICK PETERS etc. May be I shouldn't have mentioned Pick Peters's name. But what the heck, I am N-A-I-J-A-N-I-S-T-A-N.

[jinkola1957]

i still want to believe Dele Abiodun was the uncrowned king of juju music i still cannot understand what worked against him

[Showbaba7]

Good song.

[irekandi]

You have not the best of groovemonzter! you need to visit his site. It will blow u away if u truly enjoy evergreen music.

[stereopit]

Dele to me was a very unique juju musician of his era, Sunny and Obey were more established because they were there before him, legendary before he came along, his composition and arrangements incomparable to those two, not necessary superior to them but not inferior either, he managed to carve his own space between the two pillars without fear of being crushed

[bideola]

I am happy somebody like groovemonzter is trying to stir-up past era. These musics are too good to be forgotten.

[dagbeyonable]

The music 'confrontation' is one of the music of juju i love so much from Dele Abiodun, i cant stop listening to it, is it up here pls.

[djflexxy]

..who is this man groovemonzter? men you are too goooooooooooooooooood. i love your selections.pls i need to know. muyiwa london

[OneWorldOneDestiny]

Groovemonzter has done it again. You rock, brother.

[remi4real]

This piece brings back memories.... Long Live ADAWA SUPER!!!

[isolapepe]

Thanks for posting. Great to hear this tune again. Adawa!

[planetolusola]

One of many albums released in the late 70's at the peak of Dele Abiodun's career. Thanks groovemonzter.

[Outreachat]

His album after this one was actually better; like Sunny Ade Abiodun would gestate for a time and emerge with a concept album, which would yield another 2 or 3. This was the concept, the one that followed was the peak of prominence. But "Super 5" is rare to come by. I saw him in performance early in his career: very intense and like Sunny Ade, a teetotaller, at least for some time. His lead talking drummer once explained to me some of the proverbs here when this album came out. Imagine that!

[Outreachat]

Dele Abiodun, correctly spelt; third force in the juju music hierarchy of the Sunny Ade-Ebenezer Obey generation. His especial gift is arrangement, but he also introduced the gong-agogo ensemble, a range of about six gongs where it used to be one or two. Not as talented as Obey and Sunny Ade as a composer, but Dele Abiodun will liven up an old tune or folk song beyond the pale of ordinary familiarity. He is a more reassuring voice now that the younger generation has gone haywire with so little.

[groovemonzter]

I have more Dele Abiodun that I'll post later. I really like this piece. It's raw and compelling. I wish I could have seen Abiodun and his band live in a club in Lagos. Those must have been some great nights.

[irekandi]

As I'm sure they were...