The musicians who knew Amadou Baguyuko praised their songs

African music lost one of its mighty men last week with the death of Amadou Baguyuko, the guitarist who recorded with American rock stars, at the Nobel party for Barrak Obama, and became a national icon in his home, Mali.

With his wife, singer Mariam Dumbia, Mr. Baguoko composed the duo Amadou and Mariam, who rose to international fame in 2000 and 2010 with strikes like “Beautiful Sundays.”

Mr. Baguyoko was 70 when He died last weekIt is complicated by malaria infection. He and his 66 -year -old wife were scheduled to perform all over Europe next month. While their fame in the United States has vanished since the peak of their global success, they remained great Europe and West Africa, where their music inspired generations of artists.

We have asked the relatives and friends of Mr. Bagyuko for their favorite songs by Amadou & Mariam, the importance of guitarist and music – a mixture of Riffs Blues, Guitar Solos and Djembe – to them.

‘toubaala kono’

Cheick Tidiane SECK, a keyboard player who knew Mr. Bagayoko since he was fourteen years old, was in the next Ivory Coast to attend a concert last week when Mr. Bagayoko died.

Mr. SECK opened the concert with “Toubaala Kono”, a song he wrote with Mr. Bagayoko, who was called “Brother”.

But he could not end his performance, and said in an interview, adding: “I had collapsed.”

With a reserve guitar, it echoes, the song revolves around feeling lonely, a feeling that Mr. Seik said he was chasing him since the death of his friend.

“Mugoya”

Sam Bagayoko is the only one from the children of Mr. Bagayoko and the three Doumbia Mrs. who embraced a musical profession. He had toured his parents and was in Paris to organize their planned concerts in France this summer when Mr. Bagyoko died.

He said in a telephone interview from Bamako, the capital of Mali and the family’s house, where visitors this week were to build, that his parents were especially proud of how their songs continued attractive to young generations.

His favorite song is “Modgaya”, which he composed to his parents to perform with him. In the song, the guitar plays with his father while his mother sings from daily life in Mali and promised that people often fail to keep him.

“It was always a sense of honor to play with my parents, but this was our last collaboration together,” said Sam, 45, said.

“I think of you”

Idrissa Soumaoro, the musician and singer known in Mali, met Mr. Bagayoko in 1973, when he joined the Les Ambassadeers du Motel de Bamako band in the band.

He soon saw that “Amadou was bright and ambitious.”

Later, Mr. Sumuro trained Mr. Bagyoko and Mrs. Dumbia at a national financial school for the blind, where they depth their friendship. (Mr. Paguyuko was blind, as well as his wife.)

At school, Mr. Soumaoro said that they will listen to the Blues for hours in a rehearsal room, and they work in colors while Mr. Soumaoro called “the research work as I did not do with any other musician.”

Mr. Soumaoro chose “I am thinking of you,” a love song released by the duo in 2005, saying, that the couple’s love “was also part of their success.”

“In that, Amadou sings,” I think about you, do not give up on me, “said Mr. Somuro, 75, but I have left it, but the sad reality is that he left it.”

He added: “I hope Mary has strength to endure life.”