Shouts out to Jerome Ogola and Joseph Osir. This is for them. The trio that should have been. Franco, Mpudi Decca and Ntesa WHY? You ask. These men would have been a better trio than Franco and Ntesa were with Madilu. Franco is known to be a wild singer who likes to dramatize his voice a lot and wants to show strength behind his voice. Ntesa is pretty jolly and he likes to kind of further that signature sound as a big tenor singer. Which is why I think Mpudi Decca would fit perfectly with these two men. Though he has a reputation being a bit crazy, he is actually a very relaxed singer. Look at this song Belle Mere.
Mpudi Decca would be able to calm the crazy voices of Franco and Ntesa. Why? Because he actually controls his voice very well which is impressive for someone that some may think is a "mediocre singer". I consider him a solid singer. Maybe not the greatest singer but he has a good voice nevertheless. Imagine this trio together. They would have been a better force together. Because you would have Franco's wild baritone with Ntesa's jolly tenor with Decca's smooth baritone making a musical force. Two guitarists and one singer. Because they would be make great harmony as a trio. Decca would add soft joy in addition of Ntesa's very joyous tenor voice. It also could have led to a more humorous harmony as well with these three men if they wanted a funny song and I am sure fans would have played it many times. One good example would have been Franco's Très Impoli. You could have Franco's voice running while Decca would put his mamou imput as well Ntesa's very humorous voice in it too. It would have made the song funnier in my opinion. What do you guys think?
Now I got the second post which I will focus on Franco today. If he were alive, what would he be doing? It is a tough question but based on Franco's life, I find two scenarios. Scenario One: Franco being a politician in DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) Franco could have been a politician since he did make a lot of songs where he spoke of CEOS and how bad politicians can be. He often spoke against the establishment referring to them as "Animals" and "shameful" in figurative terms. Franco could have been a congressman and he would be a effective congressman of opposition. Because he would have tried hard to make sure the citizens have chances like the politicians. Scenario: Franco would continue OK Jazz as a musician or CEO with his son Emongo as his manager Franco I believe would continue OK Jazz. Prior to Franco's death, he made it clear that he wanted OK Jazz to continue to do without him. Manzenza alluded to this in a interview. His son Emongo actually leads a new OK Jazz group right as a manager. If Franco was a musician, then he would play a less role as a mentor helping musicians get their shine on. Franco would probably play guitar and sing less than he did during the 1980s. He would have had some amazing vocalists to give a good surround for Franco. I think that would the be scenario if Franco was a "Musician". If Franco was purely doing business. He would be officially be a CEO of the OK Jazz with a new leader to oversee all the musicians or be a leader while being a musician. It is very likely that Franco would have made a company and business purely based on OK Jazz and it would be his bread and butter. This way it would be Franco officially calling the shots now in more of his terms than he did as a musician. Then his son Emongo would be a manager of the musical group of OK Jazz.
