The Funkees Dancing Time: The Best of Eastern Nigeria's Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77 10/22/2021 duet "Put It in a

duet "Put It in a Love Song" -- so they play as ballads

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to slowly recede from the artiness of the Eno-encouraged excursions of the late 2000s and reconnect with the sweet

His ornate melodies in two- to four-part counterpoint trace out thrilling mini-narratives of electronic chamber music loaded with warm sentimentality and euphoric peaks

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The Funkees Dancing Time: The Best of Eastern Nigeria's Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77 10/22/2021 duet "Put It in aPresented here are 18 slices of funky Afro rock grooves hand picked by Soundways Miles Cleret from a selection of the bands 45s and two long players. In the early 1970s The Funkees were the number one east Nigerian band and the only outfit to seriously challenge the popular Lagos based rock combos MonoMono and BLO. Stoking the dancefloor was the young bands first priority and The Funkees were often playing through the night, seven days a week. This