Zamrock Pioneers narrated by Zamrock Legends

In 2013, Calum MacNaughton of Sharp-Flat travelled to Zambia to interview various Zambian musicians and artists. This series is a collection of these interviews, and are stories surrounding the Zamrock era as told by the artists themselves. Stories of the first days of Zambian music distribution, to buying instruments, to recordings to touring, these tales as told by Billy David Nyati, Jagari Chanda and Violet Kaflula start off the series. Sit back and enjoy a trip to the past with stories overtop Zamrock instrumentals and musical interludes. Episode 1 : Pioneers Featuring; Billy David Nyati of Zambia Music Parlour Jagari Chanda of WITCH Violet Kafula of The Crossbones All stories recorded by Calum MacNaughton in 2013 Arranged by Jason Connoy 00:00 - Introduction by Billy David Nyati 01:27 - Musical Interlude ‘Stars’ by The Green Labels (ZMPL 101) 02:20 - Zambian music distribution (1975) 04:20 - Musical Interlude ‘Something New‘ by The Tinkles (ZMPL 01) 05:29 - The beginning of Zambia Music Parlour LTD (1975) 06:38 - Musical Interlude ‘The Sun is Shinning’ by The Blackfoot (ZMPL 102) 07:24 - The WITCH with Zambia Music Parlour 08:20 - Musical Interlude ‘Introduction’ by WITCH 11:30 - Jagari Chanda speaks on the beginning of WITCH 13:52 - Musical Interlude ‘Hometown’ by WITCH 14:40 - The early days of music, learning how to play 18:40 - Musical Interlude ‘No Time’ by WITCH 19:32 - The first studio recordings 20:34 - Musical Interlude ‘That’s What I Want’ by WITCH 23:48 - Influences from afar 27:08 - Musical Interlude 'Try Me' by WITCH 31:08 - Music Introduction ‘Really' by the Crossbones 32:00 - Females in Zamrock with Violet Kafula of the Crossbones 32:26 - Music Interlude 'Say That You Love Me' by the Crossbones 32:42 - Violet’s musical background 34:18 - Music Interlude 'Say That You Love Me' by Crossbones verse 2 37:15 - The start of Crossbones (Born Free + Crosstown Traffic) 38:07 - Musical Interlude 'Mad Man' by the Born Free 38:28 - Zambian Government and Music 40:00 - Music Interlude 'Mweba Lume Bandi' by the Crossbones 41:25 - Zamrock Shows & Tours 43:40 - Musical Interlude ‘Haylene’ by the Crossbones 45:07 - University of Zambia 46:08 - Musical Interlude 'Highway' by the Crossbones 46:50 - One Zambia, One Nation 47:58 - Musical Interlude 'Black Power' by The Peace 49:02 - Teenage Years 52:08 - Musical Interlude 'Rain & Sunshine' by Crossbones 53:08 - Police Escort 55:50 - Musical Interlude 'Rain & Sunshine' by Crossbones verse 2 58:30 - Sweet Memories 59:27 - Outro