Barrister ayinde sikiru biography of rory gilmore

Nigerian musician (1948–2010)

Not to endure confused with Wasiu Ayinde Marshall.

Sikiru Ololade Ayinde Balogun, MFR, (9 Feb 1948 – 16 December 2010) better known by his fastener name Ayinde Barrister and Barry Wonder, was a Nigerian-born Nigerian singer-songwriter, songproducer and music performer.^[1] He is regarded as a-one pioneer of Fuji and Wéré music.^[2][3] After his first repudiate into music in 1965, Ayinde Barrister went on to unbind over 70 studio albums.^[4] |n 2024, the first episode hillock The Fuji Documentary, titled "Mr.

Fuji: Barry Wonder," which registry Ayinde Barrister's life history, was released by director and maker, Saheed Aderinto.^[5][6]

Early life

Ayinde Barrister was born on 9 February 1948, to the family of Salawu Balogun who was a distributor from Ibadan, and his churchman was a butcher.

Education

He difficult to understand his early education at Islamic Mission School and the Originate School, Mushin, Lagos. He next studied typing and other lucrative related classes at Yaba Specialized.

Career

Ayinde Barrister started playing euphony at a young age kind an ajiwere singer during leadership period of Ramadan; he lengthened playing music in between many jobs.

He worked as cool typist, also known today bring in a secretary, for Nigerian Breweries and was later enlisted orang-utan a clerk in the African Army during the Nigeria Laic War.^[7] He served in position 10th Brigade of the Ordinal Division of the Nigerian Horde under Col Adeniran and fought in Awka, Abagana and Onitsha.

On his return from honesty war, he was posted solve the Army Signals Headquarters, Apapa and later to the Swarm Resettlement Centre, Oshodi. He formerly larboard the army to become skilful full-time musician and proceeded simulate start a full-fledged band make out 34 percussionists and vocalists baptized the "Supreme Fuji Commanders".^[7]

Music career

In 1966, Ayinde Barrister released ruler first LP record.

During depiction time, he usually played lift his band at events turn over Ebute Meta and Lagos largely to Muslim clients. He on the rampage further records under the marker African Songs Ltd before early his own label Siky-Oluyole Annals. Among the LP's released make a mistake African songs is Bisimilahi (1977) and Ile Aiye Dun Pupo/Love in Tokyo (India Sound) (1976).

By the early 1980s, Ayinde Barrister and Fuji music difficult become accepted by all religions in the country. He went on to record various albums including Iwa (1982), Nigeria (1983), Fuji Garbage (1988) and New Fuji Garbage (1993) under crown imprint. He had a well-liked record titled Reality (2004). Pacify had a bitter feud better another Fuji singer, Kollington Ayinla in 1982.

Ayinde Barrister difficult to understand a couple of successful shows in London in 1990 courier 1993 performing what later became known as the Fuji Swill sound.^[8]

Musical style

His Fuji Music commission a blend of earlier fixed musical genres of Apala, Sakara, Awurebe and others.

With Volcano Music, Barrister revolutionized traditional Kwa music while still projecting word-of-mouth accepted values of good behaviour, regard for elders and the struggles against life's forces. He commonly used his music as clever tool of commentary on issues of national concern, especially, diplomacy. He was blessed in authority art of praising enigmatic..

Awards

Dr. Sikiru Ayinde Barrister earned and many notable awards during enthrone lifetime and music career nevertheless the most significant is illustriousness conferment of the honor slant Member of the Order honor the Federal Republic (MFR) coarse the then President of representation Federal Republic of Nigeria unsavory 2006, President Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo.

The honour is believed halt be based on his stamp album Precaution released in 1995, rank record that detailed the taken as a whole issues confronting Nigeria as trig nation and possible solutions observe the National problems. In 1983, he was awarded an optional PhD in music at greatness City University of Los Angeles^[9]

Selected discography

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