Ebo Taylor (Cape Coast, Ghana, January 7, 1936) is a highlife guitarist, co… Read Full Bio ↴Ebo Taylor (Cape Coast, Ghana, January 7, 1936) is a highlife guitarist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and producer.
Ebo Taylor has been a vital figure on the Ghanaian music scene for over six decades.
In the late '50s he was active in the influential highlife bands the Stargazers and the Broadway Dance Band, and in 1962 he took his own group, the Black Star Highlife Band, to London, which led to collaborations with Fela Kuti and other African musicians in Britain at the time.
Returning to Ghana, he worked as a producer, crafting recordings for Pat Thomas, C.K. Mann, and others, as well as exploring his own projects, combining traditional Ghanaian material with Afro-beat, jazz, and funk rhythms to create his own recognizable sound in the '70s.
Ebo Taylor has been a vital figure on the Ghanaian music scene for over six decades.
In the late '50s he was active in the influential highlife bands the Stargazers and the Broadway Dance Band, and in 1962 he took his own group, the Black Star Highlife Band, to London, which led to collaborations with Fela Kuti and other African musicians in Britain at the time.
Returning to Ghana, he worked as a producer, crafting recordings for Pat Thomas, C.K. Mann, and others, as well as exploring his own projects, combining traditional Ghanaian material with Afro-beat, jazz, and funk rhythms to create his own recognizable sound in the '70s.
Atwer Abroba
Ebo Taylor Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Ebo Taylor:
Heaven Minba ee (Yeeiii) Hwa na ɔbɔɔ heaven (Heaven) Heaven bekum …
Love & Death Brothers and sisters Lend me your ears Listen to my story Of…
Love and Death Brothers and sisters Lend me your ears Listen to my story Of…
my love and music You meant so much to me darling So much I never…
will you promise Oh love Will you promise To be mine And I'll be yours When t…
Yaa Amponsah Mo 'ndi D)kono... Mesee gye Awaree Yaa Amponsah ee, gye Awa…
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@domrichardson3654
Not Ghanaian but as I understand it the lyrics are a Fante nursery rhyme about a gentleman frog.
Quote from Ebo himself: “it narrates the story of atwer abroba taking a walk. He comes around a corner and is confronted by an intruder, who asks him whether he has a handkerchief - a symbol of a gentleman in Africa- so he says, ‘I have so many handkerchiefs’ and then keeps going”
The “Kro ..me Kro ...me” is imitating the sound of his shoes, but also slyly suggests a frog call.
I can’t find a full transcription but found at least the first part of the nursery rhyme which you can see matches jewel ackahs vocals:
Atwɛr aborɔba bi, Ɔse ɔrekɛpasar.
Na ɔrokɔ no,
Ne nyɛnko bisaa n’ dɛ: ‘Ewɔ hankeste a?
Ɔse ‘Ewuraba gyaa Ewuraba gyaa
Ewuraba gyaa.
Dza mowɔ no wɔ ha mpo Ɔdɔɔ sõ do dodow’.
Krɔ mee, Krɔ mee!
Emi na morokɔ no,
Krɔ mee, Krɔ mee!
Emi na morokɔ no
@domrichardson3654
Not Ghanaian but as I understand it the lyrics are a Fante nursery rhyme about a gentleman frog.
Quote from Ebo himself: “it narrates the story of atwer abroba taking a walk. He comes around a corner and is confronted by an intruder, who asks him whether he has a handkerchief - a symbol of a gentleman in Africa- so he says, ‘I have so many handkerchiefs’ and then keeps going”
The “Kro ..me Kro ...me” is imitating the sound of his shoes, but also slyly suggests a frog call.
I can’t find a full transcription but found at least the first part of the nursery rhyme which you can see matches jewel ackahs vocals:
Atwɛr aborɔba bi, Ɔse ɔrekɛpasar.
Na ɔrokɔ no,
Ne nyɛnko bisaa n’ dɛ: ‘Ewɔ hankeste a?
Ɔse ‘Ewuraba gyaa Ewuraba gyaa
Ewuraba gyaa.
Dza mowɔ no wɔ ha mpo Ɔdɔɔ sõ do dodow’.
Krɔ mee, Krɔ mee!
Emi na morokɔ no,
Krɔ mee, Krɔ mee!
Emi na morokɔ no.
@Frankincensedjb123
Just heard this today. I'm a new fan. Better late than never.
@beccakeilwitz
Saaaaaame
@Juanfire
Your ears will be forever in gratitude. This song rocks
@adamwaller1067
I was living in Tanzania when I first heard this absolute peach of a tune. Loved it ever since, and always come back to it. Go well, King Ebo.
@kilianpabou9329
This music build bridges. Mankind is one. Highlife for life !!!
@MultiMunchies420
What a chill guy I think he's thinking 'yeah I just made a seriously wicked album this picture is nothing to me
@cupidsiza
For Real
@sirralph2859
this song is perfect and his picture says "i did it with ease". i love everything about it
@qwertyismymom
Heard this playing in a book store today, it's fucking amazing can't, believe I've never heard of him or his music
@lostinsotchi
Heard this morning in a flowers shop in Annecy. I agree. Love this tune.