>I guess what I was trying to say....and again, I could be
>wrong. But if you listen to Osadebe as a rep for popular
>Nigerian music in the 60's and then listen to Fela Kuti as a
>rep for the late 60's/early 70's.....it seems like JB was the
>main factor in developing trends.

Because, somehow I doubt that you're even listening to his stuff from the 1960s (that stuff is kinda hard to come by)

Most of his really popular shit is actually from the 1970s and 80s... AFTER Fela.

Like for instance, this is probably Osadebe's most popular tune ever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTnuC9mU7Rw

That's from 1984.

>I realize I may be oversimplifying or misunderstanding the
>contexts of how things developed. That's just my impression.
>