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John Ondolo – Hypnotic Guitar Of LP rock Transmissions have been all overDroning, open tune guitar masterpieces from an unsung hero of East African music. John Ondolo spent his life traveling between Tanzania, where he was born, and Kenya, where he recorded a string of singles for independent labels in the late 1950s and early 60s. Unlike most guitarists from the region, Ondolo used open tuning (a favorite of American blues guitarists), creating a hypnotic drone over which he laid down endless rhythmic variations on his