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Jojo
  • Genres: New Age
  • Representative Albums: "Grow Wild," "Twirl," "Kimiha Hitokuse"

Biography

The world music duo AO consists of singer/guitarist Nahoo (real name: Ric Gannaway) and keyboard player Jojo (real name: Jay Oliver). Both were born and raised in St. Louis, though they didn't know each other until later. Gannaway was a member of the bluegrass band Homegrown for six years before moving to Los Angeles. Oliver played in the bands of jazz musicians Maynard Ferguson and Dave Weckl, and later spent three years as a member of Jimmy Buffett's backup band, co-writing songs on the albums Off To See the Lizard and Barometer Soup. Gannaway and Oliver began living and working together in Los Angeles in the late 1980s. With guitarist Andy Georges and drummer Mike Lawrence, they formed Tiger & the Helix, which released the album Peace Face. As Nahoo and Jojo, they formed AO, self-releasing their debut album Grow Wild in 2000. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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For other uses, see Ao.

In Māori mythology, Ao ("daylight") is one of the primal deities who are the unborn forces of nature. Ao is the personification of light and the ordinary world, as opposed to darkness and the underworld. He is spoken of under many forms or manifestations, including Aotūroa, “enduring day, this world,” Aomārama, “bright day, world of light and life”. With his companions, Ata, “morning,” and Whaitua, “space,” Ao resists the forces of darkness.

References

  • E.R. Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (Lyon and Blair: Lambton Quay), 1891, 14.
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