KooKookunkun

My uncle didn't have to teach me to play. He just had to see if I had rhythm in me, the same as I do with my students in the school here. He gives you the cowbell and says, "Come on, go and sit with those boys over there." And then you go there, the guys start krashkakakrashkaka and you have to come in kunkunkun kunkunkun, kookookunkun. You always have to make sure you are in time with other people. That is his first priority. When you have no timing he hits you on the head because he feels you are destroying what is supposed to be a message. If you are going to be a cowbell player, you have to be the best because the cowbell player is like a bass player in a Western band. He keeps the time.

Kofi Ayivor