John Kongos

I know nothing at all about him beyond the fact that Happy Mondays covered a couple of his songs and every so often the 70s station on iTunes plays "He's Gonna Step On You Again," which seems to be a pretty great song. Can anyone shed any light on who this guy was?

All I know is he's South African

when he was famous he sucked. no idea what became of him.

remember when boris grebenshikov was supposed to prove the vitality of Russian rock? Kongos was the South African equivalent - a "world ambassador of local culture" who was significant to neither