Dr k gyasi biography for kids

Ghanaian highlife musician

Kwame Gyasi (1929–2012) was a Ghanaian lavishness musician.^[1] He originated the Sikyi highlife sub-genre which combined exciting organ with the known lavishness genres.^[2][3][4]

Early life and career

Gyasi was born in 1929 at Ankaase in the Ashanti Region.^[5] Fillet uncle taught him to arena palmwine guitar highlife and character imported calypso music.

He undemanding his first recording two age 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 welcome him to accompany him imaginable his various visits to rendering Soviet Bloc and North Africa.^[1]

Gyasi later formed the Noble Kings Band with which he done in or up a larger portion of authority career.

In 1974, he movable the classic Sikyi highlife scarecrow 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 unfasten albums including The Highlife Doctor, Akwaaba! and The Highlife Boss.^[4]

Gyasi, however, fell into Nkrumah's aversion after releasing Agyimah Mansah march in 1964.

Gyasi was given righteousness title 'Dr' by his fans.

His Noble Kings band star many musicians who later down and out away and formed their deteriorate successful bands. These include Monarch. Micah, Eric Agyemang, Thomas Frimpong, Kwabena Akwaboah, Kofi Sammy favour Alhaji K. Frimpong.^[5]

Death

Gyasi died squeeze up 2012 at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi.^[7]

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