Early African Guitar 1967 - Daniel Kachamba (Malawi)

[nb1984]

1 person has no clue

[007dredger]

Move over Hendrix DR Kachamba is here, he was awesome, but unfortunately alcoholism did him in. I remember him stopping by our house in Malawi. He could play his guitar for a shot of "Jangala" AKA moonshine!

[007dredger]

Move over Hendrix DR Kachamba is here, he was awesome, but unfortunately alcoholism did him in. I remember him stopping by our house in Malawi. He could play his guitar for a shot of "Jangala" AKA moonshine!

[ChrWedege]

Fantastic...

[bucaneromax1]

thanks for posting all these treasures.

[karoloandria]

and i hear my mother (africa) talk

[saleta]

tres bon;

[globetrekkerboon]

anybody have the tgabs to the first piece of music in this video???? PLEASE?!?!?!?!?!?! OR ANYONE KNOWS HOW TO PLAY THAT????

[phoenixeye88]

@globetrekkerboon There is a piece that is basically a cleaned up version of this in Greg P Hirriges book Guitar Atlas I think it is called Malawi song in his book. I can post a vid playing it some time.

[globetrekkerboon]

@phoenixeye88 Oh yea please! I think it would be a great help! I'm quite bad at guitar...

[outofspaceufrogy]

Basic , and so real!

[Monimino]

Holy Awesome this is great!

Thanks for posting.

[Galacticplane]

All I know is that this is one lovely music video and If anyone made any money from this compilation of beautiful tunes should be sending Daniel all of the profits made!

[moaningatmidnight]

thank you so much!

[toksilorin]

i am toks ilorin and i play african guitar , i also have a degree in music and worked with s e rogie and fela kuti . i think this brother is up there with the best. he is a true guitar master. i love this video.you can always feel when the music is real,not like some who only copy and steal.god bless you mr kachamba.

[lordkoos]

Beautiful!

[jonoroberts35]

Phenomenal!

[hitmanisback]

why does this sound like ,english beats "best friend"

[daijinzriley]

I know I am responding kinda late, but...It is because, African music inspired the music of the west, During slavery, Africans played a stringed instument along with the drums, they carved them though.

[hitmanisback]

i teach music ,it just sounded exactly the same as " best friend " by the english beat too close infact

[startripping]

You meant to say the the english beat sounds the same as daniel ,not the other way around right?.

[hitmanisback]

well considering the beat were out in the 80's and dan is 1967 yes i hope so ,goes to show nothing in music is fresh

[bleuroo]

It's a simple explanation: the Beat said in an interview that they listened to African music for inspiration. This song is an obvious starting point for "Best Friend".

Many British pop musicians looked to Africa for inspiration in the 70s-80s. The Police are another notable example: much of their sound spirals out from African guitar and rhythm. So it's good that with YouTube we can now see and hear these bands' inspirations and be inspired, too.

[bleuroo]

...but not to the point of theft.

"Inspiration" means just that -- to create your own sound from what you absorb around you. "Theft" is when there's no creation, only re-creation.

[hitmanisback]

i know a couple of the beat i will ask them when i see them all the same its all good music ,and there are only 8 notes in music as i was told when i was learnig ..nie one

[rawguitarplayer]

Daniel plays beautifully!!!!

[claykarla]

this is great