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Afrissippi
Afro-beat / Blues / Experimental

West Africa + North Mississippi = World Boogie!



OXFORD, Mississippi
United States

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Last Login:  11/9/2009
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   Afrissippi: General Info
Member Since3/23/2006
Band Websitewww.hillcountryrecords.com
Band MembersGuelel Kumba - voice and guitar. Eric Deaton - guitar and voice Kinney Kimbrough - drums. Justin Showah - bass. Papa Assane M'baye - handdrum.
InfluencesBUY NEW AFRISSIPPI CD "ALLIANCE" !
> BUY AFRISSIPPI FULANI JOURNEY CD NOW
Sounds LikeTinariwen, Ali Farka Toure, Junior Kimbrough ... for booking info contact Justin Showah 662.816.4000 or email: justin@hillcountryrecords.com
Record LabelHill Country Records
Type of LabelIndie


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   About Afrissippi
AFRISSIPPI Guelel Kumba comes from the Futa Tooro region of West Africa, and is a member of the FULANI people, nomadic cow people who spent centuries in the North African desert when it was still green before settling on the Atlantic Coast where many were captured by their enemies and sold into slavery. Kumba was born into the West African social caste known as GRIOTS, who pass down a millenniums worth of oral tradition including songs, stories, and lineages. As a youngster Kumba learned the molo, the one string guitar, and at age 8, the six string. When he was 20, he heard John Lee Hooker. "The blues is close to my music. The lyrics are different, but the emotions are the same," he says. "I loved the melodies but I was too young to understand the anguish yet." The nucleus of AFRISSIPPI was born when Eric Deaton, apprentice of the late JUNIOR KIMBROUGH, invited Guelel to explore the hill country sound of North Mississippi. Eric carried Guelel to the home of bluesman R.L. BURNSIDE where they discovered the eerie similarities between some of Guelels Senegalese folk melodies and those of R.L. & JUNIOR, the patriarchs of the hill country boogie and cottonpatch trance blues. With R.L.s blessing, Guelel & Eric recruited his son and grandson, Garry & Cedric Burnside, as rhythm section. When they left to launch Burnside Exploration, Kumba hired Juniors son and drummer, Kinney Kimbrough of Chulahoma and bassist Justin Showah (Jimbo Mathus, Cary Hudson Trio, Taylor Grocery Band) of Oxford, Mississippi.

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Nov 3 2009 6:42 PM

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Oct 31 2009 4:39 PM

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Oct 30 2009 9:11 PM

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*** Note: PLEASE IDENTIFY IF YOU ARE IN GROUP 1 OR 2 IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR RESPONSE. Emails are being reviewed by different representatives.

1. A Pop/Rock/Commercial band with female lead. Band must consist of 2 guitars (Prefer both guitar players to be of lead caliber. However, one lead and one rhythm is acceptable), keyboard/piano, bass, and drums. Lead vocal, followed by backing vocals, in that order, is a plus as it relates to other members of the group. Average age of the band cannot exceed 28 years of age.

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