Nod to The Legend · The producers · 1970s–
King Sunny Adé
Jùjú bandleader
King Sunny Adé modernized Nigerian jùjú music with talking drums, layered guitars and, unusually, a pedal steel guitar, and took it to world stages in the 1980s.
Still heard: Layered guitars and talking drums still color Nigerian pop.
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