All for You
from Ghost Hymns by William Lee Ellis
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Best known as a hit for the great E. T. Mensah, this popular Ghanaian highlife song traveled the port towns of the West Africa coast, including Liberia, where Arthur S. Alberts recorded Monrovian singer Eupheme Cooper in a lively if rather gory version infused with equal parts horror and humor! Ghanaian drum virtuoso Koblavi Dogha layers the proceedings with nothing short of a percussive ensemble all in rich conversation with one another.
lyrics
All for you, baby, all for you
All for you, baby, all for you
Took me to the docks and fled
Took the hammer and hit my head
Took the razor and cut my throat
All for you
All for you, baby, all for you
All for you, baby, all for you
Took me to the bassayel
Took the hammer and hit my head
Took the razor and cut my throat
All for you
All for you, baby, all for you
Took me to the docks and fled
Took the hammer and hit my head
Took the razor and cut my throat
All for you
All for you, baby, all for you
All for you, baby, all for you
Took me to the bassayel
Took the hammer and hit my head
Took the razor and cut my throat
All for you
credits
from Ghost Hymns,
released June 23, 2023
WLE, vocal & guitar; Koblavi Dogah, axatse, gankogui, clave, conga; Fernando Barriga, cigar box; Steve Feinbloom, bass
WLE, vocal & guitar; Koblavi Dogah, axatse, gankogui, clave, conga; Fernando Barriga, cigar box; Steve Feinbloom, bass
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William Lee Ellis Memphis
"There's no one else playing exactly the same sort of music as William Lee Ellis," said legendary producer Jim Dickinson of the Americana/blues master acoustic guitarist. "It's as if he's invented his own sort of 'holy blues' genre."
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Aug 2003
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