It was tough and I’m not saying it’s not still tough seven years without
Lagbaja but I’m coping. Just like old times, Ego and Lagbaja performed
together on the same stage two recently at an event held in Lagos, and
the duo were so happy to have had the opportunity of handling the mic
together after a long time. Earlier in the year in an interview, For
Ego, all that’s left are fond memories of doing so much together: “The
era of being Lagbaja’s back-up singer was a major part of my life.
An
era of melodious soul music and pulsating percussion ended seven years
ago when the velvet-voiced vocalist, Ego Ogbaro, announced her
separation from Bisade Ologunde otherwise known as Lagbaja, the masked
singer and saxophonist. The reality that Lagbaja and Ego are separated
seems not to be as astounding as how long it has been. Lagbaja himself
is a big brother to me and I miss all that we shared professionally. ”
“That was 12 years of my life. It’s a good opportunity for me to
express myself and do my own thing,” she said. I missed the whole
experience, the people I met, places I visited and stuffs I did in the
band, coming together to make music from the scratch and what I learnt.
And one of their last songs together, symbolic in lyrics and wholly
romantic, ‘Never Far Away,’ was a track they did without a premonition
that their career together was to end that soon.
Nigeriafilms
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