Lucky Monama

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Lucky Monama

cwb, dr, cng,
Musician / Producer of World and Folk

South African musician (drummer), producer, songwriter and singer, born December 5, 1938, Cullinan, Gauteng, South Africa. West Nkosi, Joseph Makwela and Lucky Monama formed a penny whistle band dubbed The Pretoria Tower Boys. In 1963, after recording a few sessions for Troubador they, with Marks Mankwane, a rival Pretoria penny-whistler, were earning a living in Johannesburg as professional session musicians. By 1964 they were all working at Mavuthela as the house band recording on sessions for Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens, Abafana Baseqhudeni and many others.

Instruments

Cowbell
Drums
Congas

Genres

World
Folk
Jazz
R&B/Soul

Plays With

Joseph Makwela & His Comrades

Makgona Tsohle Band

Marks Mankwane And His Band

Abalandeli

Band Members

External Links

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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