Nigerian legend, Tony Allen is dead
The co-founder of Afrobeat died in Paris on Thursday aged 79.“Without Tony Allen, there would be no afrobeat”, Fela once said.Trosse in a Facebook post said: “Your eyes saw what most couldn’t see…as you used to say: ‘There is no end'”.
UK musician, Brian Eno had declared that Allen was “perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived”.“What I want to remember from them is our musical conversation, our laughter, our joy. They are gone, but they are not gone for me,” she said.
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