SA musician Johnny clegg has died

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

RIP.

Great musician and a great loss to SA.

My parents went to his last show in CT.

 

[Grant]

somehow - always feel melancholic hearing this

 

[krycor]

 

[Grant]

a definitive track

 

[flarkit]

RIP, he was an icon for humanity

 

[MirageF1]

RIP Johnny

(Not my genre of music at all, but I appreciate his contribution in putting SA music on the world map.)

 

[zophas]

Sad Day. Rest well Johnny.

 

[prod]

RIP to a legend, now I really regret not going to his Kirstenbosch show last year

 

[Excalibur]

 

[USZA]

RIP to the legend that is Johnny Clegg. He put Ladysmith Black Mambazo on the map due his collaboration with them.

 

[rietrot]

RIP. One of my all-time favourite musicians.

 

[midnightcaller]

RIP

 

[Excalibur]

This is one of my most favourite Johnny and Juluka tracks, pity can't find the original music video. He had so much respect for African culture.

 

[Temujin]

 

[HowTo]

Rip

 

[Vrotappel]

RIP

 

[supersunbird]

Legendary South African singer Johnny Clegg died at his family home in Johannesburg on Tuesday afternoon. He was 66.

Clegg was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2015.

Clegg was one of South Africa’s most celebrated sons. He was a singer, a songwriter, a dancer, anthropologist and a musical activist whose infectious crossover music, a vibrant blend of Western pop and African Zulu rhythms, exploded onto the international scene and contributed immensely towards social cohesion in the young South African democracy.

https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/legendary-artist-johnny-clegg-dies-at-66-29321787

 

[Cray]

 

[RyanPCMR]

RIP

 

[supersunbird]

First song I heard of his was Great Heart in the Jock of the Bushveld movie in the 80s, on my grandfathers colour TV, those "wooden" finish ones, with the silver control panel on the one side.