Ayinde Bakare

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Ayinde Bakare was a pioneering Yoruba juju and highlife musician. He began recording on the HMV label in 1937 and is thought to have been the first juju musician to use an amplified guitar, in 1949.^{[1] [2]}

He was extremely popular with the socialites across Yorubaland, especially in Lagos and Ibadan in the 50s/60s^{[citation needed]}. In the early 70s, during one of his performances in Lagos, Ayinde Bakare suddenly disappeared and he was later found dead.^{[citation needed]} It was rumoured that he was called to the backstage by some unknown individuals who had pretended to be his fans and admirers.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Discography

His many records include a 1968 LP Live the Highlife, (Melodisc MLPAS 12-140).^[3] Tribute to the late J.K. Randle / Eko Akete (Lagos Akete) / Adura Fun Awon Aboyun (Prayer for the Pregnant Women) / Ibikunle Alakija /Iwalewa (Your Manner is Your Beauty) /Ore Otito O Si(There's no true friend) / Mo b'eru Aiye (I fear the humanity) / Ile Aiye Ile Asan (Life is vanity upon vanity) /Agboola Odunekan / Olabisi Arobieke /Akambi Balogun

MLP 12-134 Great African Highlife Music Vol 2 Various Artists -includes Ayinde Bakare - Iwa Lewa/ Adura Fun Awon Aboyun / Se Botimo / The Late J.K. Randle

Singles Melodisc 1406 The Late J.K. Randle/Ibikunle Alakija

        1431 Iwa Lewa/J.O. Majekodunmi  
        1446 Se Botimo/S. Ola Shogbola  
        1465 Tafawa Balewa/Public Interest    
        1467 Adura Fun Awon Aboyun/Fagbayi Contractor 
        1492 Kamila Mustapha/Asewo Erori 
        1588    ???

[edit] Notes

1. ^ A Glossary of Musical Styles: Jùjú, University of Minnesota's Musical Ethnography of the Twin Cities project
2. ^ Stephen Blum et al. (ed.), Ethnomusicology and Modern Music History, p.62, University of Illinois Press; Reprint edition 1993, ISBN 0252063430
3. ^ Highlife Piccadilly: African Music on 45 rpm records in the UK, 1954-1981, Musical Traditions website