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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 88183, member: 27"]
A six-decade musical legacy gets its formal farewell in Saltpond this Saturday as Ghana mourns one of highlife's true architects.

Ebo Taylor's one-week memorial plans
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[*]Ebo Taylor's family organized the observance for March 14.
[*]Wesley Methodist Church in Saltpond kicks things off at 6:30 a.m.
[*]Mourners must wear black attire throughout the ceremony.
[*]Musicians and cultural figures are expected to attend.
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Taylor's towering musical legacy
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[*]Deroy Taylor was born in Cape Coast in 1936.
[*]Taylor blended highlife with jazz, funk, and Afrobeat.
[*]His recordings got sampled by global hip-hop acts.
[*]Tracks like Heaven and Love and Death still slap.
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A life that reshaped West African sound
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[*]Taylor passed away on February 7, 2026, at 90.
[*]His career stretched well beyond six full decades.
[*]Younger musicians constantly drew from his creative well.
[*]Historians tag him as a modern West African pioneer.
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