Majek Fashek still makes the guitar cry

Those days he would would headline shows where those, who will later become legends, such as Lucky Dube, were side acts.

He sang Send Down the Rain in Ethiopia, when one of their many droughts hit, and the rains came down. They worshipped him.

He was scheduled to overfill the shoes of his hero, Bob Marley and rule reggae.

But, as he claimed in a recent show on AIT, “I read books I shouldn't read.” And Majek Fashek, a star with the fire of a galaxy crashed. Currently, missing teeth, frail and haggard look, with tiny imitation of dreads is what his image is.

But on that AIT show, he still made the guitar cry as he wailed through Redemption Song. Our current crop of heavy-money, naked-female-butts singers faded into the voice control Majek still exhibited.

Worthy of note is the fact that he asked to use his guitar and played it like it followed him into his wilderness and back. Let’s hope he will remain afloat this time so that Kpangolo will live again.