Acknowledging his father’s influence in his life, in an interview with Yemi Sodimu, Owoh stated that “I used to watch my dad play, and I also listened to my mother and grandmother sing folk songs, so the interest just developed.” Ganja, a bold, daring album, for its time The situation was even more unpleasant because the older Owomoyela was a part time playe r of the popular sy n cretic music style called asiko and he believed that music was not a serious business. To his father’s chagrin, he rejected the offer to stay in the family business and left home to pursue a career in music. His father also tried to teach him the family trade and he worked as a carpenter, bricklayer and painter for a while. He also admitted in an interview that he was not good enough at school and he dropped out eventually. He was a precocious child and his mother recalls that he was very jovial as a child but he did not excel at school work. His father’s specialty was constructing schools and large churche s so the family moved around a lot as missionary activities expanded. Valentines’ Day 1932 to a building contractor father and a seamstress mother in Ifon, modern day Ondo state, Orlando Owoh was named Stephen Oladipupo. Orlando Owoh, a legend of Nigerian musicīorn on St. In a career that spanned 4 decades, Orlando Owoh released an average of 5 albums per decade and he sang about diverse issues. The importance of that incident was unclear to me until I grew up later and understood that there were different songs fitting for different occasions. My uncle and his friend q uickly asked me to change the song and he picked another Owoh album, ‘ Ire L ’ oni ’ for me to play. From his extensive collection of albums, I picked Orlando Owoh’s ‘ Iyawo Olele ’ because I liked how young Orlando Owoh look ed in the black suit and tie on the album cover. Years later as a young adult, I was an impromptu Disc Jockey at the naming of my uncle’s first child after the invited DJ left. I eventually saw some Orlando Owoh tracks in my uncle’s place and played them myself. My first encounter with Orlando Owoh was at a record store and I remember paying attention as the speakers blasted Orlando Owoh’s ‘ Ese R ere ’. My relationship with my favourite musicians started in record stores, long before I could afford to buy records and use streaming services. I have always been fond of record stores and as a teenager I would stand in front of these stores listening to songs by old and new musicians. Read Time:13 Minute, 35 Second By Ayọ̀délé Ìbíyẹmí

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