Gary Barlow: On Her Majesty's Service Page #4

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Your father chooses you

another wife?

No, my second wife will be chosen

by my first wife.

OK.

Imagine if we could all have

three wives who builds our houses

and milks our goats.

It's job done, innit?

Who's to say right or wrong?

They're all happy.

It's been amazing

to tiptoe into this.

The tribe were keen

to be on the record,

so now it was time for them

to show me what they could do.

I felt slightly intimidated, just

because I didn't know what to do.

To try and describe the sound...

It was like a battle

between the men and the women.

This was not going to be

straightforward.

I want to record

just a few different things. Yeah.

Hopefully we can try and play it

into the song somewhere.

It's very difficult to hear, though,

because everybody sings at one time.

One, two.

He-ey-ya.

You sing.

He-ey-ya.

Yeah, so here we go.

One, two...

He-ey-ya.

He-ey-ya.

Ready? Wait. One, two...

I've no idea at all how

I can use any of that in the record.

'It was just all too much for me

to take in.'

It's been lovely,

been great seeing this lifestyle

but I'm not on holiday here,

I'm trying to make record.

So these next few days are critical

for the record itself.

The Maasai have made me realise

just how much of a challenge

I've taken on.

There's music everywhere in Africa,

and I'm determined to find a way

to make it work on our record.

I want there to be people who've

never played on a record on here

but I also want

some professionals.

I want people who are well known,

and when I researched Kenyan music

Ayub was one of the most successful

musicians in this country.

So I'm looking forward to seeing

what comes of this session today.

Oh, I loved his track. I loved it.

I could have listened to that

for hours.

The only thing missing was

I could have got a nice massage

as he was playing it.

That would've been spot on, then.

Hi.

I really hate interrupting you

making music.

I'm so intrigued

about your instrument.

The good old nyatiti. It's, er...

What's it called again? Nyatiti.

Nyatiti?

Nyatiti, which translates

into "daughter of the clan". OK.

Have you spent some time in the UK?

I busked for about four years

in London. Did you really?

It was great for me

because it gave me

four years to work through

my instrument and perfect myself.

'It's a wacky old instrument'

but we've got to get it

on this track.

'I play Ayub the piano melody,

'hoping he can add

something special.'

Working with Gary

was actually surprisingly easy.

He's very easy going, he's precise

and he knows what he wants.

It flowed smoothly.

I think the word is "save"

at this point.

'Back in my hotel, and a chance

to listen to what I've recorded.'

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