Dakila – Dakila
Dakila - Dakila

San Francisco-based Filipino-American Latin/jazz/rock band. Formed in the early 1970s.

Dakila (a Filipino word meaning Greatness) emerged from the melting pot of musical fusions that originated in the San Francisco Bay Area of the late 60s. They often could be seen playing at Bill Graham’s Fillmore West, SF Winterland and all the major clubs in the SF Bay Area and festivals.

Singing in Tagalog, Spanish and English, Dakila was the first Filipino-American band signed to a major label. Their sole album from 1972 combined their Filipino heritage with Latin Rock, psychedelia / acid-rock and afro-funk. The result was an explosive, hot jamming sound full of congas/percussion, Hammond, dual fuzz guitar, fuzz-bass…

Dakila – Dakila
Dakila - Dakila album cover
Label:    Guerssen Records – GUESSCD072
Format:    
CD, Reissue
Country:    Spain
Released:    2022
Genre:    Rock, Latin
Style:    
1        Makibaka/Ikálat
2        Persiguiendo
3        Make me a man
4        Gozala
5        El dubi
6        Searchin' for my soul

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