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"How Can I Perform Whilst Drunk" - Amakyi Dede Asks

Highlife living legend and show stopper Daniel Amakyi Dede aka “Seeeeerious” has denied allegations that he was drunk or high before he got on stage to perform at the just ended “Black and White” concert which took place at the Accra International Conference Centre on Friday December 13, 2013.

After the well-produced and well organized event, there were comments from most people who attended the show that the known great performer was not his usual-self on stage as he kept staggering and looking very unstable during his much anticipated performance.

Speaking on Peace FM’s “Entertainment Review” Abrantie wondered why he would get drunk and come on stage “Oh! No not at all. How can I get drunk to perform on a show?

Asked whether he thought he performed well on stage, he said “Well for me, I think I did okay...You know the show was not my show because there were other artistes on the bill so I couldn't perform more hours as I'm used to performing on my own show...but the little I did I think it was alright”, Amakyi Dede emphasized.

A report in Monday December 16 2013 edition of Graphic Showbiz with the headline “Amakyi Dede slips badly”, best captures his performance. In the report, Editor of the paper Nanabenyin Dadson writes “First timers at an Amakye Dede live concert must have walked away from the Accra International Conference Centre last Friday with a poor impression of the veteran highlife musician.

For such a well-organized and well-publicized Black & White concert at which Amakye Dede was considered to be the star performer, the “Abrantie”, as he is fondly called, slipped badly.

He was straining a bit too hard, he was missing his cues with the band, and he spoke too much and could hardly stay on his feet. This was hardly vintage Amakye Dede”.

Meanwhile African Dancehall King Samini who was one of the two headline artistes, gave yet another good account of himself on stage taking over the show as always with great interaction with the audience and his random freestyle performance with whatever was going on in the auditorium. He managed to keep the crowd on their feet dancing all through.

Castro De Destroyer also thrilled the appreciable crowd with his performance playing with live band like a pro. Legendary George Jahraa and young Kwabena Akwaboah were simply great. Guru of Lapaz Toyota fame did not quite have a good evening going off key and screaming unnecessarily.

The event was put together by Events Factory.

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