Lucky Dube
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Lucky Dube (pronounced doo-bay)(b. August 3, 1964) is a South African reggae musician from Johannesburg. He was named Lucky because he was born in poor health, and the doctors thought he would die but he survived, so was named Lucky.
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[edit] Biography
In his youth, Lucky lived with many different family members, singing in bars and in church. He eventually formed a band with some friends, but they could not afford to purchase instruments. Eventually, Lucky wrote a play which he and his bandmates performed, earning enough money to buy a guitar. Their band was then called Skyway, and they played in the mbaqanga style.
Two years after Skyway's formation, Lucky joined Richard Siluma's Love Brothers. He stayed with them for several years, before switching to reggae in the early 1980s. His first major success in that field came at the influential Sunsplash festival in Jamaica.
Lucky's "Together as One" was the first song by a black artist to be played on a white radio station in South Africa. His two most popular albums, Prisoner and Slave, are among the most renowned and best-selling in South Africa's history. One of Lucky's favourite singers was the late Peter Tosh.
He represented South Africa at the Cricket World Cup 2007 Opening ceremony.
[edit] Discography
[edit] 2on1 (2000)
- Rastas Never Dies
- Think About The Children
[edit] Others
- Slave (1989)
- Prisoner (1990)
- Together as one (1992)
- House of exile (1992)
- Captured Live (1993)
- Victims (1993)
- Trinity (1995)
- Serious reggae business (1996)
- Taxman (1997)
- The Way It Is (1999)
- The Rough Guide To Lucky Dube (2001)
- Soul Taker (2001)
- The other side (2005)
- Respect (2006)
