Mac Tontoh RIP

I must confess I had never heard of Mac Tontoh until the news that he had died this week made the press. He was a very well known musician in Ghana and perhaps their best known star internationally. He was in a variety of local West African bands, The Comets, Uhuru and Osibisa. It was with Osibisa that he had most of his international recognition including a track I'd actually heard...Sunshine Day also strange coincidence that Osibisa were formed the same year i was born. It's funny the things you find out have connections to a place when your there. Whilst normally not my cup of tea musically being neither Rock nor Goth :-) I guess I have a gradual appreciation of African music for it's life...it really is hard not to want to dance to it! Anyway, RIP Mac Tontoh....go and look some of his music up!