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    Blo Chapter One

    Mr Bongo
    • Blo – Preacherman
    • Blo – Time To Face The Sun
    • Blo – Beware
    • Blo – We Gonna Have A Party
    • Blo – Chant To Mother Earth
    • 1. Preacherman
    • 2. Time To Face The Sun
    • 3. Beware
    • 4. We Gonna Have A Party
    • 5. Don't
    • 6. Chant To Mother Earth
    • 7. We're Out Together
    • 8. Miss (Instrumental)

    1973 debut album from the first afro-rock trio ever Blo.

    Made up of Berkely ‘Ike’ Jones on guitar, Laolu ‘Akins’ Akintobi on drums and Mike ‘Gbenga’ Odumosu on bass – had a pedigree like few others at the time having worked as part of Ginger Baker’s band Salt in the years leading to their formation in 1972.

    Eight tracks of infectious afro-rock that took the band’s afro-beat foundations and melded them with the western psychedelia, rock and funk of the late 60s! 

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