Guitar Band Highlife I

Ghana 1930’s and 1940’s Kumasi Trio 1950’s/1960’s E.K. Nyame’s (1927-1977) Akan Trio Release over 400 records starting in 1951.

Ghana

	Rural Areas - Kumasi capital of the Ashanti region Ticket Selling Entertainment
	Performed in local languages and adapted traditional proverbs and stories to current events.
	Sound constructed around two or three electric guitars
	1930’s and 1940’s Kumasi Trio - Guitar/vocals, castanets and clarinet.
	1950’s/1960’s E.K. Nyame’s (1927-1977) Akan Trio First Concert Party: Combined Guitar band with comic theatre Recorded on the Zonophone label Release over 400 records starting in 1951.