 Sam Ghansah
Ghana, West Africa
Sam Ghansah hails from a family whose reputation has long been sown within the musical archives of Ghana, a west African Nation. He migrated to the Ivory Coast in 1980, later becoming a member of "I & I Survival", a four-piece reggae band that later recorded "Commona Build One Africa" with Amarasta. The hit song "Roots African Reggae" written by Sam, became the opening theme song for the band "Amarasta and I & I Survival". He migrated to the US in 1986 where he performed as a keyboard player with Tommy Darling & Watu Wazuri, an African reggae band whose single "Market Playboy" was a success. The nineties commenced with the release of "Irie Feeling", and together with a group of five former jazz musicians, Sam's band "One Heritage", presented to Dallas Texas, one of the finest blends of reggae/jazz the city had ever been exposed to. From spiritual, roots reggae, highlife to Agbadza, he expresses a message of universal appeal through a soulful melodic voice. |