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The Funkees - Akula Owu Onyeara
You really need some chops to back it the fuck up if you’re going to name your band The Funkees, but it’s not a bad idea to have an alibi if you can’t hold it down and live up to your name. An alibi like ‘No English!’. Luckily for The Funkees, they have both the chops and the no english. The Funkees, fronted by Jake N. Sollo (aka Jake Solo) were formed shortly after the Nigerian-Biafran war in 1970, in which a small area of Nigeria tried to become the sovereign nation of Biafra, which I’m sure involved all sorts of entwined and complex tendrils of geopolitics but we’re here for the music, maaaaaaaan.
The Funkees enjoyed some degree of success out of Nigeria after establishing themselves in the early 1970’s - the BBC reports that they recorded two Peel Sessions, in 1974 and 1975, for example. ‘Akula Owu Onyeara’ (roughly translated: ‘two ham sandwiches and an orange soda’) is culled from the killer “Nigeria Special” comp. It’s pretty infectious, but not in the bad way like Ebola, more in the good way like dancing fever. Dancing fever isn’t epilepsy, FYI - but both can lead to swallowing of tongues. Am I right, ladies?
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