Artist Info: Otarus

“The Otarus sound is fleet and ethereal, and Benjamin Otaru is a beast on the guitar."

Otaru was born in 1947 in the town of Ewan, in the Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of present-day Edo State, Nigeria. His musical talent first manifested itself while he was a student at St. Paul’s Grammar School in Igarra where he played organ in the choir. When he left school, he took a job as a storekeeper at John Holt, but quit in ‘67 to play guitar in the Gaiki Messengers Band. [read more...]