Never had the chance to watch Johnny clegg live ... but loved this guy and his team... I grew up listening to his music ... loved it and was hooked on Juluka ... R.i.P Johnny Clegg .... You was a true Hero in South Africa ... Loved by all ... God Bless your Soul
Oh, the joy Johnny Clegg brought us is immeasurable. I miss him being in the world. I was lucky enough to have seen Juluka in 1985, the first time, according to Johnny, that the Apartheid government had allowed the entire band outside of South Africa. It was in Montreal's Le Spectrum club, about 1200 people in attendance, for the tickets were the same price as a beer -- $3.00. What a night of culture shock for us White Canadians, Anglo and Franco both! The band performed a Zulu war dance in paint, feathers and loin cloths. Johnny explained that because everybody on stage belonged to Zulu families, even the White guys having been adopted into the Nation, that the dance was genuine. It blew our minds so much that the following year, with tickets now costing $15.00, Le Spectrum was even fuller -- all at capacity, standing room only, and we all danced and loved it. In the '85 show I took some colourful photographs. By 1993 I had moved to Los Angeles and went to see the Savuka concert there. I printed up a few 8"x10" colour prints of Johnny and the guys doing that 1985 war dance and I stood all night long at the lip of the stage. During an instrumental near the end of the show, Johnny leaned down to shake hands with his fans and I handed him the photos. He slid them up to center-stage. And a moment later he and his beautiful heavy-set backing singer were energetically dancing all around the photos on the floor. Every few seconds Johnny was in a position to glance at the top picture and then she'd be in position. Although they didn't miss a step of the dance, they were mesmerized by the photo and couldn't take their eyes off it. I had made a few copies so that he could share them with his Juluka band-mates. That was a gratifying night for me!
Johnny Clegg was a patriot in cause for his country. RIP sir. Not in some angry militaristic way, but he loved the land of his birth and the people on it. ALL the people on it.
Never had the chance to watch Johnny clegg live ... but loved this guy and his team... I grew up listening to his music ... loved it and was hooked on Juluka ... R.i.P Johnny Clegg .... You was a true Hero in South Africa ... Loved by all ... God Bless your Soul
Rip johnny clegg you are a legend
How I love that music !
Farewell Johnny Clegg. Truly a Universal Man.
Johnny never wrote a bad song. He’s the definition of originality. He invented his own genre of music. And always had a great band!
Sipho rocking out. I love it
Music from my youth and happy music from a turbulent place.
RIP Mr. Clegg, thanks for all the wonderful music and memories.. fan for 30+ years. I cried tonight, learning of your passing.. something i rarely do.
I saw them in Washington, DC, fall 1983. I bought “Scatterlings of Africa” in the lobby afterwards. Never saw a band like that before or since.
Oh, the joy Johnny Clegg brought us is immeasurable. I miss him being in the world. I was lucky enough to have seen Juluka in 1985, the first time, according to Johnny, that the Apartheid government had allowed the entire band outside of South Africa. It was in Montreal's Le Spectrum club, about 1200 people in attendance, for the tickets were the same price as a beer -- $3.00. What a night of culture shock for us White Canadians, Anglo and Franco both!
The band performed a Zulu war dance in paint, feathers and loin cloths. Johnny explained that because everybody on stage belonged to Zulu families, even the White guys having been adopted into the Nation, that the dance was genuine. It blew our minds so much that the following year, with tickets now costing $15.00, Le Spectrum was even fuller -- all at capacity, standing room only, and we all danced and loved it.
In the '85 show I took some colourful photographs. By 1993 I had moved to Los Angeles and went to see the Savuka concert there. I printed up a few 8"x10" colour prints of Johnny and the guys doing that 1985 war dance and I stood all night long at the lip of the stage.
During an instrumental near the end of the show, Johnny leaned down to shake hands with his fans and I handed him the photos. He slid them up to center-stage. And a moment later he and his beautiful heavy-set backing singer were energetically dancing all around the photos on the floor. Every few seconds Johnny was in a position to glance at the top picture and then she'd be in position. Although they didn't miss a step of the dance, they were mesmerized by the photo and couldn't take their eyes off it. I had made a few copies so that he could share them with his Juluka band-mates.
That was a gratifying night for me!
Thank you for sharing this memory 😊!
Adieu Johnny Clegg le ZOULOU BLANC merci.JMK Libreville -Gabon.
Johnny Clegg was a patriot in cause for his country. RIP sir. Not in some angry militaristic way, but he loved the land of his birth and the people on it. ALL the people on it.
Well, he wasn’t born in SA but it made him no less South African; and he truly loved SA and her people 🇿🇦❤️!
ah thanks so much for posting this! happy happy memories from that venue and hearing Juluka!