LyricFind Logo
LyricFind Logo
Profile image icon
Dynamic cover art

+1

Images

Tony Allen

Born in Lagos, Nigeria on July 20th, 1940, Tony Allen was a versatile drummer known as one of the pioneers of afrobeat music, which mixes jazz with African rhythms and a cross beat. Over many years he performed and recorded with Fela Ransome Kuti and his band Afrika 70 and later worked with British rocker Damon Albarn on his The Good, the Bad & the Queen project. He started on percussion as a teenager and played in his hometown with the highlife band Dr Victor Olaiya and the Cool Cats, Agu Norris and the Heatwaves, The Nigerian Messengers and The Melody Makers. He met Kuti in an ...