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Johannes "Spokes"
Mashiyane (born
Vlakfontein (Mamelodi),
Pretoria 20
January 1933; died at
Baragwanath Hospital of
cirrhosis of
liver 9
February 1972)...
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Lemmy Mabaso were
renowned for
their pennywhistle skills, and
Spokes Mashiyane was one of the most
prominent with his
kwela pennywhistle tunes. Other...
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Killing Stones. But the most
famous star of the
kwela era was
Spokes Mashiyane. Paul Simon's 1986
album Graceland draws heavily on
South African music...
- the ****tella Queens,
Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela,
Letta Mbulu,
Spokes Mashiyane,
Lucky Dube,
Yvonne Chaka Chaka and others. The Warner/Gallo
joint venture...
- Jim
Kweskin Jug Band Tex
Logan and The
Lilly Brothers Mel
Lyman Spokes Mashiyane Mississippi Fred
McDowell Clayton McMichen Moving Star Hall
Singers Odetta...
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kwela musician Spokes Mashiyane (1933–72). The song's
penny whistle solo was
performed by
Mduduzi Magwaza, who, like
Mashiyane, also pla**** saxophone...
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Music to
Listen to
Barney Kessel By (Contemporary, 1956) With
Spokes Mashiyane Kwela Claude (Trutone Records/Quality, 1958) With
Gerry Mulligan and Johnny...
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Organisation (SAMRO). In 1954, he
recorded Spokes Mashiyane playing the pennywhistle, and
would later persuade Mashiyane that the same
music would sound better on...
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figure in the district,
earning a
nickname from the
local Zulus (Sister
Mashiyane, on
account of her
bushy eyebrows). She led the
section until the government...
- 'Special' Mabaso,
Shadrack Piliso,
Mario da
Conceicao and (briefly)
Spokes Mashiyane. The team of horn-blowers was
expanded in the late 1960s to
include Roger...
