Tony Allen: An Autobiography of the Master Drummer of Afrobeat

by Tony Allen

Book Overview

Tony Allen is the autobiography of legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, the rhythmic engine of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat. Conversational, inviting, and packed with telling anecdotes, Allen's memoir is based on hundreds of hours of interviews with the musician and scholar Michael E. Veal. It spans Allen's early years and career playing highlife music in Lagos; his fifteen years with Fela, from 1964 until 1979; his struggles to form his own bands...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822355914
• ISBN13: 9780822355915
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"