Flea pays tribute to late drummer Tony Allen: '‘He was and still is my hero'
Calling Allen “one of the greatest drummers to ever walk this Earth,” Flea recalled his fellow rhythm maker’s spirit. “What a wildman, with a massive, kind and free heart and the deepest one-of-a-kind groove,” Flea wrote. “Fela Kuti did not invent Afrobeat, Fela and Tony birthed it together. Without Tony Allen there is NO afrobeat.”the eponymously titled album by their group of the same name, which formed in 2008 and included Damon Albarn.
Allen and Albarn had previously worked together in their band The Good, the Bad & the Queen, which included the Clash’s Paul Simonon, and the Verve’s Simon Tong before forming their collaborative group Rocket Juice & the Moon with Flea. “With Tony’s longtime musical collaborator and friend Damon Albarn, we jammed ’til the cows came home. We partied in Nigeria, we partied around Europe, and it was always about the music,” Flea said. “Just grooving high, grooving deep. Tony Allen I love you, I’m so grateful to have had the chance to rock with you. God bless your beautiful soul.”
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