BOKOOR BAND

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Bokoor (Cool) Band was first formed by John Collins in 1971 as the second band to the Uhurus dance band. John Collins later reformed this group in 1975 in James Town Accra with as number of musicians: including  Jones Attuqueyefio, Gifty Naa Dodoo, Brown Sugar, Sammy Brown, Gasper Kpani Tettey Addy, Dana Banini, Bob Ajanka, Joe Kelly Junior, Jerry James Lartey, Junior, John Jeano Othman and James Nanka-Bruce. This twelve piece guitar band toured Ghana and Togo between 1977 and 1980 and released two extended play single records  and two commercial cassettes.  Recordings were   done at the two-track Ghana Films studio in Accra in 1978, just four years before John Collins set up his own Bokoor Recording Studio.

John Collins and his band mid 70’s