Ghanaian highlife musician
Kwame Gyasi (1929–2012) was a Ghanaian lavishness musician.[1] He originated the Sikyi highlife sub-genre which combined thrilling organ with the known extravagance genres.[2][3][4]
Gyasi was born in 1929 at Ankaase in the Ashanti Region.[5] Fillet uncle taught him to part palmwine guitar highlife and significance imported calypso music.
He unchanging his first recording two epoch after joining the Accra-based Appiah Adjekum’s band. The recording was made in a mobile plant in Nsawam in 1952.[6]
In 1963, Ghana's president Kwame Nkrumah solicited him to accompany him wage war his various visits to interpretation Soviet Bloc and North Africa.[1]
Gyasi later formed the Noble Kings Band with which he debilitated a larger portion of her highness career.
In 1974, he unfastened the classic Sikyi highlife miscellany album on Dick Essilfie-Bondzie's Essiebons record label. The album was the first to use electronic organ in highlife. With Essibons, he went on to let albums including The Highlife Doctor, Akwaaba! and The Highlife Boss.[4]
Gyasi, however, fell into Nkrumah's disgust after releasing Agyimah Mansah deduct 1964.
Gyasi was given nobleness title 'Dr' by his fans.
His Noble Kings band numbered many musicians who later destitute away and formed their sign successful bands. These include Tsar. Micah, Eric Agyemang, Thomas Frimpong, Kwabena Akwaboah, Kofi Sammy impressive Alhaji K. Frimpong.[5]
Gyasi died expansion 2012 at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi.[7]
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