Steve Rhodes (musician)

Steven Bankole Rhodes III (April 1926 - May 2008), known professionally as Steve Rhodes, was a Nigerian broadcaster and musician who founded the Steve Rhodes Orchestra in 1970.[1] He was Fela Kuti's manager in the 1960s[2] and was source of inspiration for many Nigerian musicians who started out in the 1960s and 1970s.[3]

  1. ^ "Steve Rhodes (1926-2008)". The Nation, Lagos. 2008.
  2. ^ Collins, John (2015). Historical trends of Nigerian indigenous and contemporary music. Lagos: Rothmed Press. p. 15.
  3. ^ Asobele, Timothy (2005). Fela: Kalakuta notes. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press. p. 32.