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He started his music career from the time he was still a juvenile and played in a number notable music bands in his formative years on the [[Copperbelt]]. He started with [[Dyna-Magic]] as an instruments handy boy in his early teens before graduating into a sensational guitarist for the same band. Keith later on pioneered and led several other pop groups, namely: [[The New Orleans (band)|The New Orleans]], [[Mac Beth (band)|Mac Beth]], [[The Rave Five (band)|The Rave Five]], [[The End (band)|The End]] and [[The Aqualung (band)|The Aqualung]].<ref name=post>[http://www.postzambia.com/news.php?id=4432 Ubuntungwa: remembering Keith Mlevu], [[The Post]], 5 December 2014</ref> | He started his music career from the time he was still a juvenile and played in a number notable music bands in his formative years on the [[Copperbelt]]. He started with [[Dyna-Magic]] as an instruments handy boy in his early teens before graduating into a sensational guitarist for the same band. Keith later on pioneered and led several other pop groups, namely: [[The New Orleans (band)|The New Orleans]], [[Mac Beth (band)|Mac Beth]], [[The Rave Five (band)|The Rave Five]], [[The End (band)|The End]] and [[The Aqualung (band)|The Aqualung]].<ref name=post>[http://www.postzambia.com/news.php?id=4432 Ubuntungwa: remembering Keith Mlevu], [[The Post]], 5 December 2014</ref> | ||
As a young musician in 1969, Mlevhu led The Rave Five into winning a contest for bands dubbed ‘The Mini Woodstock’ held at [[Lusaka Showgrounds]]. | As a young musician in 1969, Mlevhu led The Rave Five into winning a contest for bands dubbed ‘The Mini Woodstock’ held at [[Lusaka Showgrounds]]. The following year, he led another youthful outfit, ‘The End’ on a six-month tour of Congo-Kinshasa where the band was resident at a Lubumbashi club. When ‘The End’ returned home they split with Mlevhu forming a new band, [[The Aqualung (band)|The Aqualung]]. | ||
==Death== | ==Death== |
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