Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson ~ So Bo Ibibi Na - Major Boro - Susana Pango

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  • @Blink4army7stay8
    @Blink4army7stay8 2 роки тому +4

    3:02....
    Aaaaaaahn IZON 🙌
    Izon kimi emi ?
    Emi eeeh !
    🎵Major BORO dein na mu 🎶

  • @bobfranklinmein480
    @bobfranklinmein480 Рік тому +4

    Proudly Ijaw🐘🐘🐘

  • @brianabadom
    @brianabadom 6 років тому +41

    All the comments here are very well deserved tributes to Rex; however, parts of the brief biography provided is incorrect. Specifically, Rex James Lawson was born on March 4, 1935, and was a casualty of an automobile accident on Benin-Asaba Road, on January 18, 1971. I remember because my older brother Abbey died on February 18, 1971, and my father was inconsolable because he (Dad) had lost two persons he loved very much. He played Rex's music until our ears bled. I even remember the gramma-phone and the turntable stacked with 45s. Whenever one of the records developed a crack on the groove, Dad would replace them faster than he replaced our school sandals (Bata). Now, I can never think of Dad without my thoughts drifting on to Rex's music. The happiness Rex's music brought to our household was immeasurable. Finally, the story of Rex crying during concerts is true. Often, the music came to a complete stop so Rex could gather himself. As Dad would say that the intensity of the music overwhelmed him that Rex actually hyperventilated. I apologize for blathering on. Just childhood memories came flooding back.

    • @YITV
      @YITV 6 років тому +4

      Brian Abadom Thank you for your comments about Rex the great. It added more value to his narrative. As a PHC boy I had an uncle who knew that Rex was often on cocaine, that might explain the hyperventilating state on stage . He is one of Africas greatest

    • @brianabadom
      @brianabadom 6 років тому +2

      YITV Young Immigrant TV
      Thanks! Happy New Year. May we find new hopes and better Nigeria going forward.

    • @dczarone
      @dczarone 5 років тому +1

      My memory is the music belting out of the external speakers at Romeo Star Hotel on Ikwerre Road, Port Harcourt. Rex had such a huge influence with people singing along on the street......the grove is like heaven making me want to grow up fast.

    • @funwhyte
      @funwhyte 5 років тому +1

      YITV Young Immigrant TV or just emotional?

    • @imperfectlyperfect8440
      @imperfectlyperfect8440 4 роки тому +1

      Thank you so much for this

  • @drzzbeatz
    @drzzbeatz Рік тому +4

    who’s still back here in 2023 😢

  • @okonokon7916
    @okonokon7916 3 роки тому +9

    Yes indeed the best indigenous Nigerian musicians of our time..Good things don't last long. In the seventies Rex Jim Lawson was one of the most admired artists.Eventhough iam not from Kalabari nor speak any River State languages but i can sing all of Lawson's music and the lyrics. Boy Nigeria has lost an icon musician.i wont forget that sad day in 1970 when Rex met his untimely death.I wept uncontrollably as though it was a member of my family. May his soul continued to rest in peace

  • @ezenwaugochukwu5153
    @ezenwaugochukwu5153 Рік тому +3

    Music is an inheritance a father can give his children. I can imagine myself on stage with Cardinal Rex Lawson and his band.

  • @Terraccota
    @Terraccota 13 років тому +32

    The best indigenous legend musician from Nigeria, his music never fades, as lovely as when it was first produced. The magic is the language Kalabari, most listeners including me don't understand what he says,yet it blew my dad, he never stopped whistling them and now me.

    • @Blink4army7stay8
      @Blink4army7stay8 2 роки тому +1

      Sir, Kalabari is a dialect of d Ijaw language.....
      It's just lik an Igbo man singing in Ngwa dialect...

  • @Blink4army7stay8
    @Blink4army7stay8 2 роки тому +5

    4:44....
    Ye ! Adaka Boro !
    Omu Alabo !
    (War hero/Great Warrior)
    Ki kòn ingbi sua te tubò
    (A man who has eaten bullet)
    Ye ! Tie i bra ò dumo oki
    (Wot took life away frm u)
    ..... Ye ! Iyanabo !
    ( Ye ! My God)
    .... Wa i ki biobramfa bia
    (We will NEVER 4get u)
    ..... Owu minji wamini a tòru kangha fa'n bia
    (Tears will never dry frm our eyes)
    Dein na simè
    (Rest in Peace)

    • @ekinematics
      @ekinematics Рік тому +2

      Adaka Boro remains a hero for all Niger Deltans.

    • @Ash_Muzika
      @Ash_Muzika 9 місяців тому

      Not complete

  • @zeekobrownski
    @zeekobrownski 8 років тому +60

    Who else is listening to the Great Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson in 2017??

    • @Queen-qd3fz
      @Queen-qd3fz 7 років тому +1

      yess! big fan!!

    • @iykchem
      @iykchem 7 років тому +1

      I always do!!

    • @osaijames2231
      @osaijames2231 7 років тому +2

      zeekobrownski .Bro mu good music has no years.but gives you sweet memories.

    • @tajudeenbanjoko3418
      @tajudeenbanjoko3418 7 років тому +1

      zeekobrownski
      someone like me of old generations, who grew up in the 60's with good music like Rex Lawson, Victor Olaya, Eddie Okonta to metion few, we still love to listen to there music , because they are good music for your soul.

    • @aanfcnig
      @aanfcnig 7 років тому

      its awesome

  • @isaaconyeukwu3540
    @isaaconyeukwu3540 2 роки тому +3

    Lawson's music is over & ever living. Thank God for His blessings

  • @adamscade
    @adamscade 14 років тому +27

    Listening to this songs reminds me how wonderful Nigeria used to be, especially the eastern region during Christmas people coming from all over the country to celebrate in their village, some older Uncle that watched Cardinal in Port Harcourt before Biafra war play live telling mystic stories about Jim crying on stage when overcome by emotion.

  • @alfredwokoma7080
    @alfredwokoma7080 4 роки тому +6

    Difficult to believe he died since 1971 but his music is still so popular till now 27/8/2020.LEGEND!!

  • @GoldenHiggwe-t5u
    @GoldenHiggwe-t5u Рік тому +2

    Best Musician Ever

  • @johnifedi4470
    @johnifedi4470 Рік тому +1

    Cardinal Jim Rex Lawson was a great music legend ever lived.

  • @davisrapheal2410
    @davisrapheal2410 4 роки тому +3

    Who is still enjoying this tune in 2020?

    • @svetlana7637
      @svetlana7637 4 роки тому +1

      me!

    • @hugotim1562
      @hugotim1562 3 роки тому +1

      Everybody that loves real 👍 good good music vibes..

  • @eniekebienie7393
    @eniekebienie7393 12 років тому +11

    Rex is not Dead, is soul alive through the music. whenever i listen to Rex Lawson music i have joy in my spirit. thanks you tube.

  • @tamalabo2003
    @tamalabo2003 6 років тому +13

    Two great sons of the Ijaw nation! Thank God for Major Boro and Cardinal Rex Lawson. May Kaiama prosper! God bless the Kalabari clan, God bless the Ijaw nation and may God bless those who are honestly sympathetic to the Ijaw nation's plight in Nigeria.
    AHH Izon!!!!!!!
    Major Adaka Boro dein na mu!
    Cardinal Rex Lawson my!

    • @annefranciselizabeth3840
      @annefranciselizabeth3840 3 роки тому +1

      The way forward is to support the Igbo-led freedom movement, and reject the divide-and-rule strategy that Nigeria has used to corner all of Ijaw resources. Rex was also proudly Igbo (his mum was from Owerri) and he also sang in Igbo. Rex sang "All hail Biafra". One of the happiest days in Isaac Boro's life was when he was elected the first SUG President of UNN by an overwhelming Igbo electorate. Let us learn from the errors of the past.

    • @tamalabo2003
      @tamalabo2003 3 роки тому +4

      @@annefranciselizabeth3840 just like Nigeria, Biafra does not offer anything better.

    • @annefranciselizabeth3840
      @annefranciselizabeth3840 3 роки тому +1

      @@tamalabo2003 No outcome can be worse than Nigeria. Moreover, Biafra has already been test-run as the Old Eastern Region. The economy of the Eastern Region as at 1964 was the fastest growing in the world. The Eastern Region had the first industrial development plan in all of Africa, with all eastern cities having industrial zones. The Eastern Region had the largest market in W/Africa and the first indigenous bank in Africa to have a continental focus (ACB).
      Biafra is destined by God to be Africa's light - the diadem of the black race.

    • @mcazeh1020
      @mcazeh1020 2 роки тому +1

      @@annefranciselizabeth3840 All the minority clans within the Eastern region from Port Harcourt, Benin, Delta, Calabar and Akwa-Igbom, even to the English speaking part of Cameroon that was affiliated to the Eastern Nigeria, LAMENTED bitterly about the inhumane OPPRESSION meted on them by the then dominant Clan(The Igbo).
      Most of them said that it was JEHOVAH protect that Biafra didn't come to fruition.
      However, It's completely stupid and counterproductive if the Nigeria Federal Government continues to use bullets rather than dialogue to resolve the LEGITIMATE ISSUES of the entire Eastern region🙏

    • @aframaco9491
      @aframaco9491 Рік тому +1

      @@annefranciselizabeth3840 You forget that before biafra, This same Isaac Adaka Boro fought against Igbo domination, he wanted division from the then Eastern region because the Igbo were so awkward to deal with!
      That was why Rivers State was created, and it speedily acquiesced to the Federal Troops during the Nigerian civil war!

  • @ritamohammed8766
    @ritamohammed8766 5 років тому +3

    I love this. 1965 my step father Dickson Bilunga from Cameron took me and my mum to his club were his playing. I can't forget that day may his soul rest in peace.

    • @waskyhenry3132
      @waskyhenry3132 5 років тому +1

      Wow! rita that was some time ago. My first year in the secondary school. We had some guys from Nembe town, (Lawson's village) in my school.

    • @Blink4army7stay8
      @Blink4army7stay8 2 роки тому

      @@waskyhenry3132 Lawson was a Kalabari man. Nembe is a Neighbouring clan. They speak d same language but different dialects so u must hv gotten it mixed maybe bcos u heard dem speaking or communicating using same language.....

    • @awesomeawesome8344
      @awesomeawesome8344 Рік тому

      You don enjoy life

  • @B4BESS
    @B4BESS 5 років тому +9

    Who is listening to this song in 2019.. It brings back memories when I was a kid in PH, I grew up in mix culture of Kalabari, Opobos, Ikwerres and Ibos.. I am from the Ogba local gov. in R/S.

  • @emmanuelagunloye4148
    @emmanuelagunloye4148 3 роки тому +2

    Rex lives on with his timeless music.

  • @nseabasiaquaowo4518
    @nseabasiaquaowo4518 4 роки тому +2

    My most senior brother was a young teenager then, and he used to listen to Rex Lawson's music so much, and he would start dancing and practice like Rex Lawson himself, as he grew up with Rex Lawson's music. As soon as I heard this music, the picture of my elderly brother came into my mind, playing with his dish upside down.

  • @okieto5350
    @okieto5350 11 місяців тому +1

    Pastor, Bishop, Archbishop, Cardinal, then, Papa Rex Jim Erekosima Lawson. Yes, in that order. Na we deh crown am that time.
    The best thing out of Rivers State.

  • @bellemskey
    @bellemskey 15 років тому +8

    I come here to refresh every now and again and the track Susana Pango has become therapeutic for releving stress:-) Thanks Groove

  • @JonathanEUwe
    @JonathanEUwe 2 роки тому +1

    I remember Rex Lawson's performance at the opening ceremony of Ikejiani's estate at Apapa Road, Ebute Metta, Lagos in 1964. The performance was fantastic.

  • @bosahokoye8258
    @bosahokoye8258 5 місяців тому

    Great musical talent.
    The days of great highlife music. Rex, Erasmus, Eddie Okonta, Osadebe and Big boy Paul Akalonu. The East was brimming with new sounds every month.

  • @ChinaUde
    @ChinaUde Рік тому +1

    Anyone listening to this master peice this 2023?

  • @olusolabalogun2583
    @olusolabalogun2583 7 років тому +12

    This takes me back to 80s Port Harcourt. Alabo Rex Lawson sleep well.

  • @aniekwere4747
    @aniekwere4747 5 років тому +5

    Wow!!I grew up listen to this particular tract with my late Dad, from then I became an highlife lover even as a believer I can't just let it go cos it reminds me of Nigeria way back in the 80's.Adieu Alabo Rex Lawson great trumpeter.

  • @unclennaa7322
    @unclennaa7322 7 років тому +10

    He sings so effortlessly, such a talent. Rex may you keep resting In power.

  • @ephraimkelvin8087
    @ephraimkelvin8087 8 років тому +13

    God bless Rex lawson wherever he may be, Each time i listen to his songs i do remember my late father of blessed memory because this song used to be his best album back in the days, I mean good old days

  • @Lexy697
    @Lexy697 3 роки тому +2

    What an artist. Susana pango & So Bo Ibibi na just sends me adrift

  • @annmon7617
    @annmon7617 4 роки тому +3

    2020 here , classics are all I got to remember my fada , he’s alive but we aren’t settled by personal terms but I love and miss him often so I have to listen to what had given us that bond overtime !! I believe not all parents but some parents witness difficulties when the child is growing towards 14/15/16/17 and above then when they persist or insist on what they desire best you can do is guide them in a much rightful/legal way to be greater of themselves even after you’ve inspired them Try to work with them as well cos truly practical experience teaches better the experiences written in scriptures

  • @abelnwachukwu7772
    @abelnwachukwu7772 5 років тому +4

    Good music never dies .. ohh it always sound great.. also thanks for the trumpet 🎺
    Ohh 🤦‍♂️🎺💐
    02/07/ 2019

  • @robertfapohunda916
    @robertfapohunda916 4 роки тому +1

    Listening to the music of Cardinal Rex Lawson, I could remember in the 60,s this is what we boys play and made us happy with our girl friend of those days along with our Parm wines.👍👍👍👍👍😀😀

  • @emmanuelonwochei905
    @emmanuelonwochei905 5 років тому +4

    The music of Rex Lawson keep reminding me of my elder brother Onwochei Dickson (ODK) May his soul rest in the bosom of the Lord.

  • @fidelisbeseka9428
    @fidelisbeseka9428 4 роки тому +1

    His music will never be out dated.

  • @florenceemenanjo7035
    @florenceemenanjo7035 4 місяці тому

    Rex lives on.

  • @callumlawson9433
    @callumlawson9433 5 років тому +2

    Rest in peace uncle Lawson we miss you

  • @wiafeannor6049
    @wiafeannor6049 4 роки тому +1

    Best copy of the English old foxtrot of the old days. The sax is so amazing.

  • @67emeka
    @67emeka 13 років тому +3

    The man really had talent. I cant pick up a word of Kalabari but the rythm is special!

  • @bellemskey
    @bellemskey 15 років тому +3

    Listening to it over n over n over and i'm compelled to comment again.... Listen to the 2nd track he released for the Late Major Isaac Adaka Boro, i love that track to bits, listen to the bass line and the local conga drums and the 3rd track, Susanna Pango... I just cant stop dancing... Thank God i'm in the office alone today.... Thanks again....

  • @chichipamelaejiofor7135
    @chichipamelaejiofor7135 2 роки тому

    Great man you are a Hero even dead rest on our legend

  • @ritamohammed703
    @ritamohammed703 8 років тому +5

    i remember this music when growing up my step dad from cameroun pray it always

  • @samuelabrams2185
    @samuelabrams2185 15 років тому +4

    I love you Rex. Outstanding talented musician. memories, memories, memories, memories, this is all it brings. Chei Kalagbari. What a talent. Thanks host for sharing.

  • @0a442
    @0a442 4 роки тому +1

    This is well arranged. Sounds better than a lot I have listened. Sounds more Afrobeat-highlife.

  • @Biobele
    @Biobele 5 років тому +2

    Ahhhnn izon
    Kalabari iriawei
    Major Boro Dein na mu.

  • @emmanueloguekwe6881
    @emmanueloguekwe6881 6 років тому +1

    Susan makes me want to cry out of nostalgia, remembering those good old days before they destroyed Nigeria. RIP, popular, phylosophical nephew.

  • @jamesmbanugo5698
    @jamesmbanugo5698 7 років тому +4

    Immortality has a synonym! Rex Lawson

  • @toxadeniji
    @toxadeniji 7 років тому +12

    Loving this in 2018

  • @vincentjohn8029
    @vincentjohn8029 Рік тому

    2023, and I am replaying 'Major Boro'

  • @kennethchikezie1943
    @kennethchikezie1943 9 років тому +5

    BIAFRAN ICON , MUSIC FROM THE MASTERS. CARDINAL JIM LAWSON
    THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC, YOU ARE THE GREATEST

    • @DgraceTv
      @DgraceTv 7 років тому +2

      hahahaha this is An Ijaw MAN sorry

    • @wealthattraction3991
      @wealthattraction3991 7 років тому +3

      Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson is not a Biafran. Great Highlife Musician from Kalabari, Ijaw (Izon)

    • @Blink4army7stay8
      @Blink4army7stay8 2 роки тому

      @@wealthattraction3991 Ijaws were part of d planning & execution of Biafra. Evn d name Biafra is an Ijaw name. D original name is BIAGHA FULO meaning soup dat's always boiling, soup dat never get's DONE/COOKED. D Atlantic Ocean is usually rough, waves so Ijaws who r d occupants of d coast referred 2d area as BIAGHA FULO. Europeans couldn't pronounce d name & ended up calling it BIAFRA.
      Wen Sir Ojukwu was looking 4a name 2gv 2d new nation, Sir Frank Opigo an Ijaw man suggested d name 2 Ojukwu & d den Eastern Assembly adopted d name. Ijaws, Igbos, Ibibios, Efiks, Ogonis etc were all part of BIAGHA frm day one.
      Col ADIGIO frm Okpoma, Brass Island was in charge of 7th Batallion of d Biafran Army.
      Lt Col Frank Okilo was in charge of d 14th Batallion of d Biafran Army.
      Frank Opigo, S. Cookey & S. Dikibo were administrators of various divisions/provinces. J. Cookey was Biafran relief coordinator. All d above names r pure IJAW men holding key positions.
      D AMAYANABO of Akassa in Bayelsa, my great grandfather, King I.S OTONNI was killed by soldiers during d war. D AMAYANABO of Kalabari was ostracised by d Nigerian government 4his role in Biafran struggle. He died on exile in Lagos & was buried there. A very big ABOMINATION in Ijaw land.
      BIAFRA originally was NEVER STRICTLY an Igbo tin.
      Tho, as I was told by elders, Igbos started oppressing & overshadowing, trying 2 silence oda minorities. Igbos became domineering at som point & so Ijaws had 2 back pedal & change their minds. If it's true or false, dat I don't know as I wasn't born.
      2me, woteva happened I think Igbos & Ijaws shud 4get d past & band 2geda. If actually Igbos did as accused by Ijaws, I'm sure they now know Ijaws won't take it. If Ijaws betrayed & sabotaged as Igbos claim, Ijaws too hv learnt now dat it's not beneficial 4us 2b disunited.
      Our disunity is benefiting others. They r feeding fat on us. Ijaw resources r siphoned by odas. Our towns & villages hv bin destroyed, razed down by soldiers. Odi was destroyed completely by orders given by Obasanjo. Our oil blocks r owned by Northerners. They tell us 2our face Bayelsa oil belongs 2 Jigawa. I've lost friends & relatives in d struggle 4 resource control.
      None of diz was perpetrated by Igbos. No Igbo person has bin president or evn vice president since I was born but I hv seen all manner of atrocities happen in Ijawland, executed by ppl oda dan d Igbos.
      It's high time we hv a rethink & restrategise. Fighting ourselves won't help us. Both Ijaws & Igbos shud know by now dat we need 2band 2geda & face our oppressors.
      I so submit, as an Ijaw woman.
      O Nua 🙌

    • @ienn5398
      @ienn5398 Рік тому

      ​@@wealthattraction3991He certainly was a Biafran ! His mom was from Owerri .
      Shame on you and your ilk for all the divisiveness among Nigerians 😢

    • @aframaco9491
      @aframaco9491 2 місяці тому

      @@ienn5398You are the one being divisive!
      Rex Lawson was a Nigerian music maestro!
      biafra was a defunct and destroyed secessionist movement that lasted a mere 30 months and was ferociously crushed some 54 years ago!
      Nigeria today, tomorrow and forever!!
      👊🏾🇳🇬👊🏾🇳🇬!!!

  • @edekineruanga991
    @edekineruanga991 3 роки тому

    One of my best of Rex songs in those days.

  • @simeonoyeria8222
    @simeonoyeria8222 8 років тому +5

    The leading highlife musician of his time

  • @omoibile
    @omoibile 13 років тому +4

    HEY IZON! HEY! I'M A ZENTLEMAN FROM IZON. (I'M A GENTLEMAN FROM iJAW)

  • @leslie756
    @leslie756 7 років тому +2

    Best high life musician out of Nigeria. Rex live in perfect peace.

  • @donatusumana9491
    @donatusumana9491 2 роки тому

    Memory lane ( the great man)

  • @robertfapohunda916
    @robertfapohunda916 4 роки тому

    Rex-Your memories will continue to live forever.
    Your music always makes me feel happy , relaxing and remembering the olden days.

  • @wiafeannor6049
    @wiafeannor6049 4 роки тому +1

    A musical genius.

  • @charlesjohn7033
    @charlesjohn7033 7 років тому +3

    2018 and still ever green. LEGEND

  • @waskyhenry3132
    @waskyhenry3132 4 роки тому

    Rex Jim Lawson is still rocking in 2020.

    • @waskyhenry3132
      @waskyhenry3132 3 роки тому

      Still rocking 😁 in 2021/ending the year and heading into 2022.

  • @hugotim1562
    @hugotim1562 3 роки тому

    Rex was simply TOO MUCH to contain..

  • @kaladaapiafi
    @kaladaapiafi 5 років тому +1

    A genius, no doubt!!!!

  • @ufomaakparanta7696
    @ufomaakparanta7696 7 років тому

    I am listening to him all the way from Boston Massachusetts USA.

  • @caroladaechi8838
    @caroladaechi8838 4 роки тому

    Continue to rest in peace Rex Lawson, Major Boro and my parents!

  • @princesseni2603
    @princesseni2603 7 років тому +1

    Thanks for keeping the spirit alive.rip senior man.

  • @emekaobi3890
    @emekaobi3890 10 років тому +4

    music is a universal language.

  • @onyiionwurah5475
    @onyiionwurah5475 4 роки тому

    His last show in Biafra at lido night club Hospital Road PH the Garden City I was there life.

  • @megdokubo1416
    @megdokubo1416 11 років тому +2

    I love this song so much, whaooo, it makes me think of my late mum

    • @ienn5398
      @ienn5398 Рік тому

      May your mom rest in perfect peace 🙏

  • @robinsonegwu997
    @robinsonegwu997 4 роки тому

    Very good musician

  • @samuelabrams2185
    @samuelabrams2185 15 років тому +2

    Hi Bellemskey, I second that. I hang out here as well in order to refresh. It is really therapeutic. These are songs we grew up with. All of Rex's songs especially Susana Pongo brings memories and tears to my eyes.

  • @ketebuvalentine2768
    @ketebuvalentine2768 6 років тому

    These are songs that are legendary. If you knew them you will always have value for these songs

  • @johnoomdeka1151
    @johnoomdeka1151 7 років тому

    when ever i listen to this man music, i always remember my late dad, bcos he always listen to this songs when i was still a little boy and they are now my favorite music

  • @ukachiallison7836
    @ukachiallison7836 2 роки тому

    Evergreen

  • @ritamohammed703
    @ritamohammed703 8 років тому

    what I love in Susanna tract is. the guitarist everything soso cool RIP Lex

  • @josephpiedu1461
    @josephpiedu1461 6 років тому

    This is classic Africana music

  • @emmanueloguekwe6881
    @emmanueloguekwe6881 6 років тому

    Susana Pago is d nostalgic track.

  • @bunmimartin8412
    @bunmimartin8412 5 років тому

    Oldie but goodie.

  • @jeromeowuamanam8603
    @jeromeowuamanam8603 4 роки тому +1

    Still searching for one of the CARDINAL'S most emotional tracks: " ori bate" please help groovemonzter. Thanks for the beloved and blessed memories. Rex is irreplaceable.'

    • @raymondotti5644
      @raymondotti5644 4 роки тому

      JEROME OWUAMANAM yea me too. I remember that track from being a little boy but never heard it since

    • @Blink4army7stay8
      @Blink4army7stay8 2 роки тому

      JEROME OWUAMANAM, I guess u mean "ENE BATE" not "Ori Bate"......
      I may b wrong, I'm in my 30s so I may not know it but as an Ijaw woman & a fan of Rex Lawson's music, I'v neva heard ORI BATE. It's ENE BATE dat I know.

  • @francisobene293
    @francisobene293 4 роки тому

    I'm on it

  • @gasdemup
    @gasdemup 14 років тому

    @summersunt your words bring tear to the eyes because so many africans hate themselves and their language

  • @funwhyte
    @funwhyte 5 років тому

    2019 listenings still on point.

  • @bunmimartin8412
    @bunmimartin8412 5 років тому

    oldie but goodie

  • @svetlana7637
    @svetlana7637 4 роки тому +1

    can anyone translate this beautiful song?

  • @jeromeowuamanam8603
    @jeromeowuamanam8603 Рік тому

    Thanks for the correction Ayiba.Sure, I really meant Rex’s track,”Ori bate”. One of my best.

  • @sharkspaul9019
    @sharkspaul9019 7 років тому

    good music

  • @ijawboyful
    @ijawboyful 12 років тому

    I like your comments bellemskey. are you Ijaw? I am also dancing to these tunes, when I'm a bit distracted in my office at the university here in belgium. So good to listen to these tunes!!

  • @bellemskey
    @bellemskey 15 років тому +4

    Hmm... what can i say? Rex was just too early for his time... He was in a league of his own while he was alive... Just listen to the composition and arrangement... Thanks Cole

  • @kayodeola1493
    @kayodeola1493 9 років тому

    Raphael amarabem. L-E-G-E-N-D

  • @summersunt
    @summersunt 15 років тому +1

    Can anyone let those of us who do not speak Kalabari know the significance of the songs. I know Major Boro is about a character in the Biafran war who was tortured and ended up swapping sides, but what about the first and third song.
    The first one i heard Tamuno which I understand means GOD

    • @emekanwadiora8682
      @emekanwadiora8682 5 років тому

      Remember me playing this classic on gborokiri layout in portharcourt in 1967 while a student at st.pius ogoni

  • @FranklinOlusegunmein
    @FranklinOlusegunmein 8 місяців тому

    Who is here 2024

  • @elijusticeabise9700
    @elijusticeabise9700 6 років тому

    D product of Ijaw ibe

  • @ikiegheleizou2842
    @ikiegheleizou2842 9 місяців тому

    Why was the Cardinal Jim Rex Lawson's band allowed to disband

  • @reubenobi7991
    @reubenobi7991 4 роки тому

    Thank you my grand son Cardinal Rex Jim Erokosima Lawson of blessed memory. Born on 4th March 1935 in Calabar Cross River State Nigeria,to an Igbo mother and a Kalabari father both of blessed memories. Unfortunately we lost him to a car accident on January 16th 1971 on his way to a musical concert in Warri Delta state Nigeria. May his soul continue to rest in the bosom of the Lord, Amen.

    • @aframaco9491
      @aframaco9491 Рік тому +1

      We are a patrilineal society in Nigeria, especially among the Ijaw/Kalabari!
      Call his paternal fathers side first before his mother!
      That's how it is done in Nigeria!
      Claim claim people dem!

    • @ekinematics
      @ekinematics Рік тому

      ​@@aframaco9491 You should know what he's trying to do. Trying to claim him as an Igbo man. You can see some of them hear claiming him as a Biafra son, when the man is even singing a song praising his hero Major Adaka Boro. Someone that fought so hard to liberate the Niger Delta people from Biafra oppression.

  • @MrJoseph534
    @MrJoseph534 9 років тому +12

    THIS IS THE PRODUCT OF IGBO AND KALAGBARI BEFORE THEY SAID WE ARE NOT RELATED.MAY YOU REST IN PEACE LAWSON.

    • @ikedinobichibuike5980
      @ikedinobichibuike5980 7 років тому +2

      Joseph Anyaeche ,Now are we related?

    • @hugotim1562
      @hugotim1562 3 роки тому

      Because we are all descendants of Noah after the deluge in this here little global village named Earth...Dig????..Do u understand,Joseph Anyaeche??..dude!

  • @deleadegbite4809
    @deleadegbite4809 6 років тому +2

    They don’t make them like this again. Sad. Poor imitation no creativity no skill all money. Sad a reflection of our loss of value.

  • @Zionpeople
    @Zionpeople 15 років тому +1

    There is a particular song I'm looking for
    the lyrics say "whoever killed Rex has killed me" "Rex e ba bo ba bo ore ba teh.. "
    Does anyone know the name of the singer?

    • @DgraceTv
      @DgraceTv 7 років тому

      i will send you

    • @DgraceTv
      @DgraceTv 7 років тому

      i,m in Germany i will Upload it

  • @kingsleyuranta5166
    @kingsleyuranta5166 8 років тому

    Wait a minute! Does it mean there are no visuals of Rex Lawson in performance?
    If there are, where can I get them?.

    • @waskyhenry3132
      @waskyhenry3132 6 років тому

      Kingsley Uranta,
      It baffles me too. No records anywhere.

  • @nicholasanyanwu4086
    @nicholasanyanwu4086 4 роки тому

    Designed for dedication!

  • @TahiruAlhassan-o2o
    @TahiruAlhassan-o2o 4 місяці тому

    5X

  • @funmifayanju4228
    @funmifayanju4228 8 років тому +1

    This account on Rex Lawson is not accurate, you can update the biography with information from this article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Lawson