PDF · 46 pages
The Parade songbook
Every song from our singles written out as lyrics and chords, with the capo position and the strumming pattern.
BandAccra, GhanaHighlife with a post-punk edge
Osu Parade
Live
The next show
Doors at seven. Come early for the new songs.
Saturday, November 14 · 7:00 PM
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Listen
All music
Night Road is the new one. Here is everything before it: highlife riffs we grew up on, played a little too loud, and recorded nearly live in one room.
About
We’re Osu Parade. Old highlife guitar lines over a new-fashioned rhythm section.
Nii, Efua, Papa and Mawuli have played together since 2022, first in a borrowed room behind a mechanic’s yard in Osu. Nii writes the guitar lines his father used to hum, Efua and Mawuli make them hit harder, and Papa’s trumpet sits on top.
We play about thirty shows a year, mostly small stages. Come early, stand near the front and say hello at the merch table after.
— Nii, Efua, Papa and Mawuli
Shop
Everything in the shop
Four highlife guitar lines
The four guitar parts people ask about most, in tab with a note on each, for a guitar you already own.
Parade tee
A soft cotton tee, printed to order.
Castanets mug
An 11 oz glossy mug, dishwasher safe.
Questions
Where do I buy tickets?
Every show on this page links to the venue's own ticket seller. We do not sell tickets here.
How do I book the band?
Send an inquiry with the date, the city and the kind of room. We reply within a few days.
How do the songbook and the tabs arrive?
After checkout you get an email with a link to the PDF, and you can download it again whenever you like.
Do you ship the tee abroad?
Yes. It is printed to order and shipped to you, usually within a week.
Free letter, once a month
Notes from the rehearsal room
What we are working on, a voice memo of a song that is not finished yet, and new show dates a day before anyone else.
Contact
Booking and everything else
For clubs, festivals and weddings, tell us the date and the city and we’ll come back to you within a few days.