There’s been alot of musical exploration into 60’s/70’s Africa these days. Everywhere you turn there are reissue comps of little known Afro-funk bands from Ghana, Benin, Togo, Nigeria etc. Don’t get me wrong ….I appreciate and love almost all of that stuff…but what really gets me charged are the more hard-to-come-by 70’s Afro-fuzz-punk bands. You may remember my Chrissy Zebby Tembo post a month or so ago….well here is another hunk of Afro proto-punk to wreck your lugs with. I kinda liken Witch as the MC5 to Chrissy Tembo’s The Stooges. A bit more refined….better players….but still holding true to that punk attitude that makes these Zambian garage-rockers so appealing.

“Motherless Child” is taken from the album Lazy Bones which was recorded in Zambia in 1975. The track kicks off with a baby’s wail (all the best ones do…see Dillinger’s Headquarters dub) then tears into a Stones-like blues riff. She’s a rocker thru and thru and perfect for that hot-summer raw R&R mix you’ve been meaning to put together….

ARTIST: Witch (We Intend To Cause Havoc)
TRACK: Motherless Child
ALBUM: Lazy Bones
YEAR: 1975
REISSUE LABEL: Shadoks