Komaya/ Don't Break My Drum

Live from the Milford Music Festival/ Music in the Park July, 2008

Komaya, Komaya, Erora nlu'lu ye komaya!
Don't break my drum (or I'll beat you up).

Chant learned from the late Frank "Suru" Ekeh...
It is a drummers' warning.

*personnel: Obi Kaye; Congas, Bongo,Bata, Dundun, Vocals/ Dennis DePasquale; Drumset/ AlanBowers; Djembe, Congas/ Steve Tanczyn; Congas, Maracas/ Carlos Cortes; Congas, Sekere

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Obi
• Kaye
• Suru
• Ekeh
• Nigeria
• conga
• Yoruba
• world
• drums
• chant
• Komaya

[ObiKaye]

Thank you...

A Yoruba Proverb for you:

"The goat who breaks the drum pays for it with his own skin."

Glad you enjoyed the show.

[TheHealingPiano]

Frank was a good friend and I have about 50 tape recordings of us jamming together - him on African percussion, guitar and bass and me on piano and gjembe. Frank was a wonderful guy and a great talent and we all miss him dearly.

[7jelena7]

All what I already heard of your work has a nice rythm...and it gives a good feeling ! Its of cours something else to sit here at pc and listen then to be life with you because then the effect is much more powerful then and the vibrations are touching body, soul and mind...

Hahaha had to laugh when I saw at your explanation : don't break my drum (or I'll beat you up)...I know myself, the whole evening it will go on in my mind (but my own version) : don't break my djembé or I'll eat you up !ty