Coulibaly Tidiani, born on the 31th of December 1941 in Kankala town, was one of the most famous singer from Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta) in the 70's, as well as Amadou Balake.
He began his carrer in the 60's playing with the Volta Jazz Orchestra, and founded his own band in the 70's, the "Orchestre Dafra Star de Bobo-Dioulasso", one of the most popular band at the time in the country.
He recorded three albums, and a few 7 inches records.
The song I wanted to present you today, "Sie Koumgolo", an uplifting melancholic ballad with psychedelic guitars and wild piano parts, is taken from his last LP, recorded in 1979 in Ivory Coast.
Cisse Abdoulaye was a guitarist born on the 5 of June 1948 in Sani, part of the Dafing country, Upper Volta (Burkina Faso).
Playing guitar since his chikdhood, he recorded one and only album, and a few 7 inches.
The track presented here, "A Son Magni", is taken from his second single, out in 1975 on the great "Compagnie Voltaique du Disque" record label, and is backed by the great Orchestre Super Volta de la Capitale !
Cisse Abdoulaye et l'Orchestre Super Volta de la Capitale - A Son Magni
Amadou Traore dit Balake is a burkinabé singer who recorded many songs from very different genre (mandingo rhythms, afrobeat, salsa, quiet balads, soukouss) and in many countries/cities all over the world (New york, Abidjan, Paris, Accra, Lagos..).
This beautiful 7 inch was recorded in 1969 with l'Orchestre Super Volta, in the country of Burkina Faso, on the great "La Compagnie Voltaique du Disque" label (CVD), known for its magical psych tracks.
This track deals with a musician (him, maybe ?), who performs every night at the Don Camillo Club. Each night, coming back from his show, this guy meets the same prostitute he is totally in love with, but the girl prefers to spend her night with white guys in Abidjan's hotels, because they are rich, and musicians are poor ("Musicien c'est pas quelqu'un, tu es pauvre garçon").
There are actually 2 different versions of this track (the lyrics are the same), because Amadou re-recorded it in the 70's for one of his LP's, out on the famous Ivory Coast's SACODIS label, in an afrobeat way.
I definitely prefer the first quiet version, hope you'll understand why (listen to this amazing hypnotic guitar..).
Amadou is still alive, and plays now with the famous Africando salsa band.
Amadou Balake - Bar Konou Mousso
As bonuses, two tracks :
To begin, here comes the other version of Bar Konou Mousso - the Afrobeat one - called Super Bar Konon Mousso.
Amadou Balake - Super bar Konon Mousso
Next, another song from Amadou Traore out on the CVD label, Johnny.
(all the copies of the Kambele ba / Johnny record I heard from now have the same pressing default, this Woush woush woush you can hear.. Shame but lovely in a way..).
