Breaking: ljaw Nation Lost Another Music Maestro Agbeotu Teiyebo To The Cold Hands Of Death, As Funororo Enarebo Mourn's Teiyebo Passage

Breaking: ljaw Nation Lost Another Music Maestro Agbeotu Teiyebo To The Cold Hands Of Death, As Funororo Enarebo Mourn's Teiyebo Passage

Francis Tayor

Warri______ The sad news of the passage to eternal glory of Hon. Agbeotu Teiyebo yesterday Sunday 25th August, 2019 has drove ljaw Nation into mourning, considering the ljaw music lcon enormous contributions towards protecting and preservation of ljaw culture through music.

The late music lcon was among the three top ljaw music giants including, late King Robert Ebizimor, late Bestman Doupere that thrills ljaw Nation musically in the 70s, 80s and 90s.

Late Teiyebo hails from Ojobo Community in Burutu local government area of Delta State. He died yesterday after a protracted illness.

Mourning his demise, a Bomadi based legal practitioner, Barr. Funororo Enarebo described late Teiyebo death as a colossal lost to ljaw Nation, and the music world in particular.

In his words, Barr. Funororo said; " Just very early yesterday 25th August, 2019, we lost a great musician Hon. Agbeotu Teyeibo a true Izon music giant .He left an impressive musical legacy  through his virtuoso talent and eccentric onstage antics.

Whether or not you're a fan of Agbeotu Teiyeibo, it's impossible to dispute that he was integral in promoting the Izon  sounds of the '70s ,80s and the 90s.

What we're experiencing is the passing of an, entire generation of true artists – men who worked within the medium of music the way a sculptor works in marble.

When I heard the news about Agbeotu Teiyeibo's death, I didn't think of his influence on our Izon  music. Instead, the news took me to the garage of my secondary school days at Ojobo where I spent most of my time in his house with his son Kennedy Teiyeibo  coupled with his fatherly advice.

The grief that accompanies personal loss is profound. Losing someone close to you drains the joy out of life in a way that can never adequately be articulated; it can only be experienced.

When a favorite musician dies, their void affects us in an abstract way similar to how their music speaks to us: it's universal but inherently personal.

Late Hon.Agbeotu Teiyeibo was more or less like a father. Though, he is dead but he lives.  My heartfelt condolences to my very good friend turned brother Kennedy Teiyeibo and the family, the statement adds."

REST ON THE MUSIC MAESTRO.