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The Doves Free Music

Biography

The Doves Free Music

The Doves

Effective period / Period of releases: 1975 - 1981

Members: Dominic Ikpe, Al Jackson Nakwe, Maxwell Udoh, Billy Bayanak Eugene, Tony Ngon, Levis Esso Kaston, Emma Nelson Kaston, Etienne Kaston, Levis Esso, Sam Joseph (4), Saint Myron Kalla, Patrick Udoh, Chikodiri Eze

Nigerian band active thirteen years spanning 1974 to 1987 from the South Eastern State of Nigeria which was later renamed Cross River State before it was split into Cross River and Akwa Ibom States. The band's primary members include a multinational and multiethnic grouping from Nigeria, Cameroun and Senegal:
- Billy Bayanak Eugene
- Tony Ngon
- Lawrence Nsoesie Ebanga (died in an accident on the Njaba Bridge in 1976)
- Saint Myron Kalla
- Maxwell Udoh (who took up lead vocal duties after the death of Lawrence Ebanga)
- Al-Jackson Nakwe
- Levis Esso
- Dominic lkpe
- Chikodiri Eze
- Etienne Keston
- Nzeadi Emmason Ekeagwu
- Sam Joseph
There is a certain Patrick Udoh famously acclaimed as the leader and main songwriter of the band, but the band credits are often limited in this regard, but a few occasions, Patrick Udoh actually runs the show either with a different lineup or as a label executive. Most members moved on to pastoral work and other music-related endeavours.