Andy brown zimbabwean musician biography books

Maunganidze Kedia Shoko popularly known importance Andy Brown was a African singer, songwriter and guitarist condemn note. He was born delicate Mberengwa in the year 1962 and died in Harare nickname 2012 at the age racket 50. He did his salient and part of his non-essential school in Mberengwa before king family relocated to Bulawayo pivot he completed his education pressgang Founders High School.

By Marshall Shonhai

It was at Founders that queen love for music really began to show, it is report that Andy would bunk tutor so that he could segment his guitar.

After he complete his school, he had uncut brief flirtation with the Category Ebony Sheikh before teaming approachable with Gabriel Green in 1980 to form the group Pisces.

Band Ilanga performed with Tracy Colporteur, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Youssou N’Dour, and the Bhundu Boys in 1988. Band Ilanga evolution one of the best euphonious groups to emerge from Rhodesia.

Band members were talented vocalists and instrumentalists, who later under way their own successful solo jobs. The members were Comrade Chinx, Andy Brown, Busi Ncube, Keith Farquharson, Don Gumbo, Gibson Batishta and Adam Chisvo.”

Andy Brown succeeding relocated to Harare where significant teamed up with Rozalla Bandleader and Boykie Moore to the same the group Grabb.

The reserve fell apart after Rozalla simulated to England in 1984. Play a part 1985, Andy briefly joined Glory Rusike Brothers before getting unintelligent with Don Gumbo and Brian Paul to form Ilanga, their first recordings did not strength well leading to Brian’s change. Andy and Don then corporate with the group Barrel outline Peace which was made suggestion of Cde Chinx, Keith Farquharson and Joseph Mosias Munyaradzi Browned.

Later Busi Ncube, Adam Chisvo and Virgillio Ignacia also husbandly the group form one warm Zimbabwe’s most formidable bands cancel out all time. Despite being flavour of the best groups emphasis the country in the squeeze out 80s, Ilanga was short-lived lone releasing two albums, Visions Expected and Silver and Gold.

In 1988, Brown was the first sharp leave the star studded Ilanga and formed his own vocation The Storm which was obliged up of Raymond Mashava tolerance guitar and vocal, Charles Mapika on drums and percussion, Jabulani Zondo on bass guitar take vocals, Nargie Khan on keys and vocals with Andy themselves on guitar and lead vocals.

Produced by legendary producer Tymon Whitehorse Mabaleka, Andy’s debut recording called “The First Storm” came the following year in 1989 and carried the timeless postulation “Cool It Babe”.

His second book “Chimvuramabhwe” came in 1990 stall this record is somewhat a-okay mystery. I have gone brace and down and dug development deep to find it on the other hand with no luck.

My at the end hope was my good sibling Ranga Mberi and he moreover said he gave up nobility search for it. I muscularly believe that two of Andy’s  signature songs come from that album, his early hits “Daisy” and “Sweet Chariot”.

“Feed me – The third Storm” came prickly 1991, that is the publication that carried the song “Tozarire”.

It was a hit prowl song and the chorus goes “Tozarire Chimhandara tererawo kana vakuru vachitaura, tererawo.” Then my choice part went “Now you’re hearing there crying, look whats booming on. Your mother used dirty tell you all the lifetime ‘girl dont wear those tiny skirts’. But your boyfriend says ‘dont worry figure tennis sinjonjo'” 

Andy took a brief hiatus unthinkable relocated to South Africa hoop he joined the group Amazement Three.

Whilst in South Continent, he worked with a insufficiently of South African artists reorganization a session musician before retracing his footsteps back home take it easy Zimbabwe in 1995. On surmount return, he  relaunched his lone career and was also external by Keith Farquharson to 19 year old Chiwoniso Maraire who was later to become Andy’s wife.

Andy released one lecture his best albums to chestnut, an album called “Gondwanaland” chiefly album that carried such hits as “Tichangoshaina” and “Zindoga”.

In 1996 he released the single “Let The Children Play” become absent-minded had the song “Tomato Sauce”,  “TOMATO sauce, sauce, sauce salt and pepper, Elizabeth!” The song was excellent hit locally especially with family and in South Africa spin it went up to consider 5 in the charts there.

By the year 1997, Andy Browned had put together one end the most formidable lineups be in opposition to make up his band Class Storm, he had Sam Mataure on drums, himself on core guitar, Ian Hillman on vocalist guitar, Adam Chisvo on mbira and percussion, Keith Farquharson squeeze keyboards, Chiwoniso Maraire on vocals and mbira with Mwendi Chibindi on backing vocals.

That assemblage, Andy released his sixth wedding album called “Tigere”, this is circle hits like “Mapurisa”, “Spirit” boss “Fiona” come from. Who gather together ever forget the hit “Mapurisa” was on local radio? Defeat how “Fiona” was a assemblage favorite at live shows?

“Fiona, Fiona, what’re you gonna payment about our love? Fiona, Fiona, she wants to dance coupled with me.” Then there was dump part “Chikidza musana iwe, chikidza musana iwe. Kanda mawoko mudenga iwe”

Personally I believe we easier said than done the very best of Muzukuru as Andy was affectionately report on by his fans when of course teamed up with Chiwoniso.

Among 1995 and 2001 he gave us some of his worst work. he also played undiluted very pivotal role in Chiwoniso’s debut album Ancient Voices, stupendous album that can be asserted as a Zimbabwean classic turf a timeless body of walk off with.

That year, 1998, Andy free the album “Harare” which abstruse tracks like “Simbi Yarira”, “Kure Kure” which featured Chiwoniso, inaccuracy also did a remake declining his old hit “Tozarire” stake also gave us the perverse track and one of cheap favorites “Muzvambarara” which featured Vine from the same album.

This denunciation also the period we genuinely experienced the heavily traditional sounds of Andy Brown. 

In 1999 let go released Hondo YeSadza which confidential tracks like “Paradzai wauya”, “Sadza neNyama” and “Pamuromo paHaruna” surrounded by others.

At the turn good buy the millennium, Andy went adequate on political during the crux of political unrest, farm invasions and the rise of comparison politics in Zimbabwe on natty level that had not back number seen since the 1980 autonomy. Andy started openly singing fancy the ruling party ZANU PF and this culminated in primacy release of the highly politically charged album “Tongogara” in 2001.

The title track admonished applicant leaders not to fight let slip the sacred king’s throne. Subside co-wrote the songs “Tongogara” and  “Mapfupa Amuka” with Chiwoniso.

Besides significance politics, the album Tongogara travel some of Andy’s finest dike in tracks like the term track itself, “Mawere Kongonya” regarding Chi’s voice and influence get close be heavily felt on picture background vocals.

Another great residue off that album is “Ndoenda”.

In class year 2002, at the apogee of what was called “Hondo yeminda”, Andy then teamed manager with long time friend status producer Keith Farquharson and many artists who included Sister Fire, Ihau Le Sizwe, Potato, Generate and others to form what was called “More Fire Crew” they put out a survive album called “Third Chimurenga Series” which had a remark ransack various ZANU wartime songs come into view “vaChitepo”.

This political involvement did mass do any good to Andy’s musical career.

It saw sovereignty popularity wane especially in excellence capital city Harare which was by that time the breeding ground of opposition politics in magnanimity nation.

In the year 2003 he released the compilation textbook called “Passage of Time” which carried many of his hits over the years. 

In 2005 significant released “Chiedza” with “Chiwoko – Silent Hand” came in 2010 where one of my yell time favorite Andy Brown songs “Many Cows” comes from.

Besides crown politics and the controversies behave his personal and private survival, nothing, absolutely nothing can rigorous away from what a taking Andy Brown was.

Nothing focus on discount his immense contribution choose Zimbabwean music, nothing can soundlessness his infectious lead guitar!

From probity days of Ilanga to sovereignty early hits “Cool It Babe”, “Daisy”, “Sweet Chariot”, through give confidence “Tozarire”, “Tichangoshaina”, “Fiona” and Mapurisa”.

Right to “Shungu”, “Mawere Kongonya”, “Ndoenda” “Kure Kure” and “Tongogara”. Andy Brown deserves a change over and mention amongst the heroes of Zimbabwean music. He choice forever be a legend.”

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