She played rhythm guitar, keyboards and congas.

When they first jammed, Strickland played guitar and Wilson played congas.

Before long he was playing congas and bongos with his brother Frank in calypso bands.

Dudash plays guitar, bass, congas and mandolin in addition to the five-string viola.

Randy had been an unofficial member of The Jackson 5 since 1972, playing congas onstage as part of their live act.

In junior high school he began playing trumpet and congas and jamming with local bands.

Then, in 1970, he started playing congas with Dizzy Gillespie.

"What we do wouldn't exist outside of the city," Mr. Gonzalez, who plays congas and the trumpet, said in a recent telephone interview.

He plays keyboard, congas and drums and is a vocalist.

Producer Daniel Lanois provided additional percussion for the song, playing congas heard during the song's introduction.