One of my favorite bands of all time, Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens helped invent the Mbaqanga sound of the Soweto townships in the late 60's through the late 80's and were it's greatest practitioners.
I can't say it, but I sure know it when I hear it.
They were really three distinct outfits in one, as producer Rupert Bopape assembled the Makgona Tsohle Band (the band that can do anything) who at the time were South Africa’s premier studio group, with the Mahotella Queens and Simon “Mahlathini” Nkabinde (The Lion of Soweto) greatest of South Africa’s “groaning style” singers.
This is Marks Mankwane, one of popular music’s all time most innovative guitarists playing lead, Vivian Ngubane (I think) playing rhythm guitar, Joseph Makwela on bass, Lucky Monama on drums. I don’t have the keyboards figured out yet. The female vocalists are Hilda Tloubatla, Nobesuthu Mbadu and Mildred Mangxola and of course that’s the late, great Mahlathini groaning away.
Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens.
Stop Crying.
Apologies for the abrupt ending.
There are not a lot of vids out there for this band.
As an aside it was Mahlathini who introduced Ted Nugent to his tailor.
Click the photo below to link up to the facebook page of the NASA Solar Dynamics Laboratory for a video of "a huge filament of megnetism and hot plasma blasting off in the Sun's southwestern limb around 1200 UT" yesterday.
We have not clue one with regards to what that means, but it's a pretty cool vid.
We had originally posted this vid from a different source, some time ago and had forgotten it.
Our good friend Terry D. reminded us about it having noted our (my) impatience in having posted the planned Mardi Gras site, The Bach of Rock four days early.
Professor Longhair provides the music for this vid with his other Mardi Gras classic, Big Chief.
The first of course being, as previously discussed, Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
Terry D. knows his roots music.
Three of four years ago I'd receive a Parkour vid in my email seemingly on a daily basis.
I don't believe I've ever posted any of them.
I'm posting this one because it's the most fun of any I've seen.
Thanks to Kelly (my personal chef) for sending this in.
As an aside, I used to do some parkour myself ............... before the operation.
While it ain't the Netherlands (at least around here) and it certainly ain't May, we're thinking pretty much everybody could use a little color about now.
Thanks, to the always sensitive Mr. Weber ..... sonofabitch shooshed me in a meeting once ..... for sending us this lovely photo essay.