In 1961, a saxophonist, Jerry Hansen, with the help of some of the members of the famous Black Beats formed the Ramblers International Band which later turned out to be the ‘craze’ in this country during the 1960s. The band which was made up of 15 members and led by Jerry Hansen, was behind popular hits like; ‘Ama Bonsu’, ‘Ahomka Wom’, ‘Auntie Christie’, ‘Swinging Safari’, ‘Better Ni’ and a host of others. Although the original members are no longer available today, there is another vibrant and very youthful group of gentleman who are currently holding onto the legacy of the Ramblers International Band. They are taking the mantle and lessons from Jerry Hansen and three other surviving members of the original Ramblers International Band. The only surviving links that the new generation of the band has to the original band are Jerry Hansen’s nephew, Peter Marfo (Leader and trumpeter) and Fred Amewuda, (Saxophonist) and son of Mr. Amewuda, the assistant leader of the original group. The current crop of 14 bandsmen with Benjamin Okai as lead vocalist in an exclusive interview with Myjoyonline.com said the band is still alive and holding onto the legacy of the one-time ‘craze’ band of Ghanaian high life music. They said it is a shame that the current youth have lost touch with the sense and vibes of high life. “As at now most of the young ones around, when you tell them to sing one high life song, they don’t know but through us, some of them are learning how to sing some of the old high life tunes.” “Hip life was derived from high life. With high life and hip hop, it will not stay. High life is the music origin of Ghanaians, that is our trend. We believe that we should still keep the fire burning, that is, the high life ‘feeling’ should still be in us,” they said.