Tryson dispels Sulu cold war rumours
In an exclusive interview with the The Weekend Gazette over the weekend, Tryson insisted the pair upholds collaborative contribution than destructive competition. Instead of identifying Sulumani, the “Sonny” hit maker who broke ranks with Allan to pursue his dreams as a rival, Tryson indicated he is prepared to mend ties whenever efforts to fracture them surfaced.
“I see Sulu as my brother. We are all trying to keep alive our fathers’ dreams. There is no cold blood between myself and him.
“When I discovered that his upcoming album was being unofficially sold at the market recently, I had to intervene by identifying some of the culprits. It shows that we are united,” Tryson said.
Tryson’s Marxist Brothers recorded its first album “Varipiko” last year , which he said was a tribute to his late father and the rest of the Chimbetu family.
He also added that the vision of the band is to rekindle the sound of dendera, from a different perspective and taking it to a higher level though not diverging from the original rhythm of the music.
“I will take dendera music to another level. At first we released our album to be known by the people, but now we are playing to show our excellence. We can only achieve this if we maintain our family bond, that way our musical pieces will be worked out to perfection,” said Tryson.
He confirmed that he is finding it difficult to quickly realise his dreams without adequate resources, especially instruments to hold shows as and when he desires.
He however, did not disappoint last Friday when he put up sterling performance at Wedza Spaceman in Glen Norah, which also included the sungura troupe of Alick Macheso.
Tryson thanked Macheso, whom he identified as a father for holding no vendetta against upcoming artists and confessed he was still learning a lot from the sungura giant ahead of the release of his second album, which is likely to come out in September.
Over the years, musicians exhibited jealousy and animosity towards each other to an extent of composing songs that attacked others’ achievements.
A local paper recently carried a story in which the Somanje brothers — Daiton and Josphat — were sprinkling vinegar in each other’s eyes with the former saying his younger brother, Josphat ,was casting evil spirits on the family.