The Peacocks Guitar Band International was a popular Nigerian band [1] that was known for its guitar-based highlife sound. [2] The Band was founded in 1971 by Raphael Amarabem, a former sideman in Rex Lawson's Mayors Band of Nigeria. [3] They disbanded in the late 1970s, and was revived by Amarabem in 1981 as the "Revived Peacocks".
The Peacocks were a Nigerian highlife band that blended guitar-based highlife with elements of funk, jazz, and rock. Their music was influenced by Ghanaian music, and they recorded in multiple languages, including English, Efik, Ewe, and Igbo. The band's biggest hits were "Sambola Mama" and "Abiriwa", which included Eddie Quansah which was used for the television series New Masquerade. [4]