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Kamaru’s voice has died but will emergence of ‘One man guitarist ever let his musical message be?

Joseph Kamaru. [File, Standard]

A giant fell on Wednesday; one that bestrode Kenya’s music scene like a colossus for 62 years.

However, the jury is still out on whether the new generation of ‘one-man guitar’ artistes strumming the maestro’s songs in nightclubs today are not responsible for killing Joseph Kamaru all over again.

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