"Etiopiasafari" is a 1976 single by

Jaakko Löytty Jaakko Löytty (born 1955, Finland) is one of the most significant Finnish gospel musicians. Löytty spent much of his youth, 12 years, in Namibia, where his parents, Seppo Löytty and Kirsti Löytty worked as missionaries with the Finnish ...

, and Jukka Linkoheimo. It was released in support of their tour of

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the same year. It was released by Kirkon nuorisotyön keskus and , organisations of the

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (; ) is a national church of Finland. It is part of the Lutheranism, Lutheran branch of Christianity. The church has a legal position as a national church in the country, along with the Orthodox Church o ...

. During the trip to Ethiopia, the Löyttys and Linkoheimo met in an

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musician by the name of Ali Mohammed Birra, and bought from him his

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. On that LP there is a song about the River Hawash, which later inspired Jaakko Löytty to write a song of the same name that became the title song of his 1984 LP '' Hawash!''

Songs

A. Etiopiaan – Safarilaulu To Ethiopia – A Safari Song'/h2>
Jukka Linkoheimo – vocals,
12 string guitar A twelve-string guitar (or 12-string guitar) is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar. Typically, the strings of the lower four courses are tuned in ...
Kari Chydenius – electric guitar Kare Ojaniemi – bass Petri Ojaniemi – organ Heikki Chydenius – guitar Arto Rauta –
tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, thoug ...
Kaisla Ojaniemi –
maracas A maraca ( , , ), sometimes called shaker or chac-chac, is a rattle which appears in many genres of Caribbean and Latin music. It is shaken by a handle and usually played as part of a pair. Maracas, also known as tamaracas, were rattles of d ...
Jaakko Löytty – guitar Kaisu Löytty –
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Music: J. Linkoheimo, words: K. & J. Löytty * Arrangement, conductor, producer: Kare Ojaniemi * Recording engineer: Timo Ulkuniemi, 4 April 1976, Helsinki (recorded live)

B. Jumala on sama siellä ja täällä ��God is the same here and there’/h2>
*Jaakko löytty – vocals, guitar, harmonica Kaisu Löytty – vocals – drums –
electric piano An electric piano is a musical instrument that has a piano-style musical keyboard, where sound is produced by means of mechanical hammers striking metal strings or reeds or wire tines, which leads to vibrations which are then converted into ele ...
Seppo Lindell – bass ** Jukka Linkoheimo – vocals, guitar Music: J. Löytty, words: K. & J. Löytty Recording engineer – Seppo Lindell,
Tampere Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ...
, 18 February 1976

External links

Etiopiasafari in Discogs
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