Unreleased Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson - Ibi Teme Bro Mam (1965)

Recorded by Leo Sarkisian
This recording session was held one afternoon in August of 1965 in a Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation studio in Lagos, and if you listen carefully you can hear cars honking on the streets outside. At the end of a few of these tracks you can hear applause and laughs by the few spectators in attendance.
Different versions of this track were eventually released on Nigerian labels
Special Thanks to VOA - Voice of America :
blogs.voanews.com

[@oyeoba1]

I WAS LIVING AT ALAGOMEJI YABA WHEN REX AND HIS BAND ARRIVE TO LAGOS FOR THE FIRST TIME THEY WERE AT ALBERT MERCULEY IN FRONT OF CENTRAL HOTEL AND CLOSE TO SEGUN BUCKNORS FAMILY, THEY GO TO JOLLY PAPA'S PLACE AND HAVING FUN DRINKING SMOKING AND SINGING, THEY WERE LIKE FAMILY AND I JUST LOVE TO BE AROUND THEM.MAY YOUR SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE CARDINAL REX LAWSON

[@emekanwadiora8682]

the drums,his voice . Saw him strolling his house in Gborokiri Portharcourt in 1967 while I was a student at St. Pius Ogoni and watched him play this tune in Elele town during the Biafra war in 1968. As a kid he just smiled at me. Legendary. You will live forever!!

[@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767]

Wow ! Memories..... But Sir, u r mispronouncing our name o😄 It's BOROKIRI.

[@ugochukwucharles8325]

What an amazing moment I wish you were lucky to see the Legend again. May his continue to rest in peace Amen.

[@ienn5398]

​​@@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767it's GBorokiri... and that's also the phonetics of it...lol

[@ugochukwucharles8325]

I wish the past could be reversed by God for mankind and memorable occasions.

[@ugochukwucharles8325]

Rex Lawson is an excellent and unforgettable legend. His music remains evergreen to the listeners.

[@julietmowete2667]

What an inspirational song. Blessed memories, grown up to like high life music, especially Rex Lawson and Celestine Ukwu.

[@arnoldazi6826]

LAWSON , A TRUE KALABARI AND NIGERIAN TREASURE.

[@Esthe5rSako]

❤love it!!!!!

[@josephacquah9979]

Whether the dancing steps were regular, smooth or intricate Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson's music was the best to facilitate them.

[@hugotim1562]

In those days...and years...1962,1963,1964...There was a certain dance step called MADISON...Very popular among Secondary/High School Students...They danced it during Ukonu's Club on TV every Saturday...Reminds me of the Producer of that programme,A.E.Ukonu..Anyaogu Ukonu...wonderful personality,dancer,Tv-programmes producer,trained professional at his job...Back to the MADISON dance step in vogue at that time...Rex Lawson's hit song/track TAMUNO GBO IBROMA was used,played and danced to showcase MADISON..fitted like a glove...People enjoyed dancing The Cha-Cha-Cha...Native blues,Rhumba...Rex was a super dancer...we tried to copy his stagewalk...his simple and handsome hairstyle..His dressing code on the bandstand stage.. Rex was the first guy I saw,wearing an exquisite suit of very expensive woolen fabric,yet the white shirt he wore under the jacket was not tucked into his trousers/pants...Everything he did...people copied...Take a cool look at his picture(above)..His goatee beard,dark sunglasses,he even wore during midnight gigs,his cap...the expression on his face...He was almost every woman's or lady's man,too...He was truly handsome,exhuberant and more..and more..He drank and smoked...but Never Never Ever Messed Up...He was truly on a mission...He finished as his creator wanted him to....Phiam!!!...He left us when the ovation was loudest and ear- bursting..

[@inebasokari6770]

The pride 😤 of Kalabari(Ijaw) and Nigeria in general.

[@ugochukwucharles8325]

The Unbeatable Late Rex Jim Lawson. Rest on my Dad's friend.

[@blacko2586]

Great Kalabari Ijaw Legend❤RIP

[@ugochukwucharles8325]

Great Icon of our generation. My Dad your friend told me about you as a highlife legend and haven listened to your music speaks so much about you. RIP Erikosima

[@thomasobazee4637]

He is, without question, the best musician Nigeria has ever produced. His angelic voice is so soothing that it can be compared to a sedative. The day he died in a vehicular accident will, forever, remain in infamy. What a colossal loss!

[@julietmowete2667]

Oh my goodness Rex your good and sweet has made my day keep moving. I like every song from you. Rex rest on

[@julietmowete2667]

Song

[@edekineruanga9761]

One of the greatest musicians ever lived.

[@kellyoku]

One of the greatest icon of all time.

[@stanleyonduru2320]

An evergreen from the highlife maestro.

[@ugochukwucharles8325]

Great Legend Rex Lawson

[@michaelonuoha6797]

Rex dawson's highlife music reminds more our Biafran time. O! my God .

[@ugochukwucharles8325]

Words failed me my Brother!

[@ernestobie-wm1ei]

Rex forever !!

[@baraigoniwaribrown6510]

Very excited with this piece. Playing it over and over. Evergreen Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson. Da I boma, nume su Alabo.

[@peterbrase1941]

Here is the king of Highlife music. Rex Lawson your music will always be with us. R.I.P.

[@theonwaigbo1968]

Saw him as a lad at Ariel Garden Club Zaria in 1965. The best of them all in the 60s. May his continue to rest in peace.

[@ayebatarijuliapaxagiri2767]

@@theonwaigbo1968 Ah ! Sir, una b our grandfathers o. Weldone O🙌

[@JosephMbamara]

Please show Rex on live stage

[@timothywale8055]

I will be very very very if all of Rex records could be rewax i mean @ one or three places so we could enjoy it better and publish it so that it will be knowing for us

[@SMILE-ku7nu]

The pride of the Ijaw Nation

[@felixnazy]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Rest on Boss

[@charlestaku3358]

Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson lives on. Your music has inspired and entertained Southern Cameroons of all generation. Our generation and the generation unborn will honour you. Thanks so much Chief Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson.

[@josephnwobikesanco.nwobike7146]

Nice one. Vintage Rex!

[@osezuastephen-imobhio7281]

I think this track was released

[@julietmowete2667]

What an inspirational song. Blessed memories, grown up to like high life music, especially Rex Lawson and Celestine Ukwu.