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Mon Amie (My Friend) – Bernard Binns
Physiognomy Of The Soul – Bernard Binns
When the Helicopters eventually landed, after having a rather fruitful 80’s with hits such as ‘Mysteries And Jealousies’, ‘Only For You’ and ‘Whisper Your Secret’, lead singer, Bernard Binns, would go on to team up with ex-Ella Mental Guitarist Adrian Levi and produced an album in the dying moments of the 20th century. The album was ‘Physiognomy Of The…
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Daar Doer In Die Bosveld – Nico Carstens
My Hartlief – Nico Carstens
There are a number of version of this song out there, most have vocals attached to them, however, I have gone back to the original instrumental piece by Nico Carstens. I say the original but am open to correction on that. It appears on Carstens’ album ‘My Hartedief’ but I have not been able to find a year for that, so there may well have been others that went before.…
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Jack Hammer Jamboree 18 July 2009
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Piet Botha, Robynne Botha, Moonshine Lee, Brian Currin, 18 July 2009
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The Moonshine Show #1
1. Evil Ways – Santana2. Something’s On The Move – Jethro Tull3. Out In The Fields – Gary Moore4. The Rocker – Thin Lizzy5. I’ll See The Light, Tonight – Yngwie J Malmsteen6. Bloodbath In The Paradise – Ozzy Osbourne7. Wrathchild – Iron Maiden8. Battery – Metallica9. Rocka Rolla – Judas Priest10. Ballbreaker – AC/DC11. Snowblind – Black Sabbath12. Rag Mama Rag – The Band13. All My Love – Led…
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Chicken Heart – Stone Jug
Chicken Heart – Stone Jug
There is not a lot of information out there about Stone Jug. The band consisted of John, Hugh and Jenny Bush along with Roger Sheppard and Trevor Turner. Presumably John, Hugh and Jenny were siblings or related. They produced a handful of singles between 1972 and 1974 and 1 eponymously titled album. The album appears to have got an Italian release as well as a South…
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#Cedric Samson#Chicken Heart#Hugh Bush#Jenny Bush#John Bush#Julian Laxton#Roger Sheppard#Stone Jug#Trevor Turner#Youtube
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'A Good Friend of Mine' Tribute to Piet Botha 25 February 2006
“… you could be a good friend, good friend of mine …”
“A Good Friend of Mine” – Tribute to Piet Botha
On Saturday 25 February 2006 the South African music industry pays tribute to one of its great legends, Piet Botha, at a festival to be held at the Foundry Fly Lounge, cnr. of Hans Strydom Drive and N4 (Witbank) freeway, in Silver Lakes, Pretoria East.
This prestigious event is being held to…
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LandMine Rock IV – Saturday 17 July 2010
Greetings Friends,
Got the post WFC blues? We’ve got just the cure for you:
Landmine Rock IV @ Wolmer Events Arena Pretoria North
Start Time: Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 2:00pm
End Time: Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 2:00am
Location: Wolmer Events Arena, PTA
Street: 20 Dale Avenue, Karenpark
City/Town: Pretoria North, South Africa
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This is a charity event, so all your money goes to a good…
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Just – Henry Ate
Slap In The Face – Henry Ate
‘Just’ first appeared as a kind of hidden track on Henry Ate’s first album, ‘Slap in The Face’. Usually hidden tracks were a bit of nonsense or jam sessions of the band and most were at best substandard songs or at worst a noise. Strangely, Henry Ate decided to put one of the strongest tracks on the album into this space.‘Just’ is a beautiful mix of guitar and voice…
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The Subterranean Rhythm & Blues Experience
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A group of 60 scuba divers from the dive school Ocean Ecstasy in Pretoria, amongst them co-owners Annerie Snyman and Andries Burger, decided to add some live music to their 1st birthday celebrations at Ponta Malongane, in the south of Mozambique. It was held in August that year and was known as “The Birthday Bash”.
After much deliberation and assistance from fellow…
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Up The Creek 2012 - Backstage with Rolling Stone: Piet Botha
Rolling Stone’s Evan Milton chats to Piet Botha at Up The Creek 2012. Camera: Simon de Haast
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Record Companies – Wild Youth
A Leopard Never Changes Her Spots – Wild Youth
Wild Youth hailed from Durban and were one of the very early punk bands to form in South Africa (the first if some sources are to be believed). Unlike some of the other early punk bands (Asylum Kids and Peach) who went for the smarter end of the genre (like The Clash in the UK), Wild Youth embraced the scuzzier side and had all the sneer and energy…
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A Million Drums – Dennis East
A Million Drums – Dennis East
‘A Million Drums’ was the 2nd of 3 Springbok Top 20 hits that Dennis East managed. It would spend 9 weeks on the charts and peak at 12 in 1977. The song was a cover of a 1964 track by a Welsh singer called Tony Sheveton.Both the original and East’s version have a kind of Spanish flamenco feel to them with the guitar capturing that kind of sound. The lyrics tell of a…
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Sobriety Friend – Old Mol
Rock The Bedsprings – Old Mol
Around the early 2000’s there were a number of bands who were playing a kind of thrashy cheeky punk music. In South Africa bands such as Tweak, Fuzigish and Scabby Annie were flying the flag for this genre. It never became massive and Tweak were possibly the biggest local band on this front. One of the smart bands who burned quickly and brightly for a short moment…
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Hellfire – Mango Groove
Mango Groove – Mango Groove
In 1968 the Crazy World Of Arthur Brown announced the song ‘Fire’ with the devil-ish intro ‘I am the god of hellfire and I bring you…fire’. Twenty years later, the hellfire was burning bright in South Africa as Mango Groove breathed life into the ashes and got it burning again. However, unlike the dense rock of Arthur Brown’s ‘Fire’, Mango Groove gave us a pop-perfect…
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Hard Ride – Rabbitt
Hard Ride – Rabbitt
This one’s for those guitar-heads out there who love nothing better than an electric guitar having a good old work out. I have no doubt that Trevor Rabin would make most lists of Greatest South African guitarists. One only needs to listen to the mastery on ‘Hard Ride’ to realise this. The song is guitar heavy and shows off his talents with an axe.If one wishes to make…
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Love Minus Zero – Dream Merchants
Love Minus Zero – Dream Merchants
The 1960’s saw 5 cover versions of Bob Dylan songs make the Springbok top 20. Of these 3 were by Manfred Mann (‘If You Gotta Go, Go Now’, ‘Just Like A Woman’ and ‘Mighty Quinn’), 1 was by The Byrds (‘Mr Tambourine Man’) and 1 was by Billy Forrest and Billy Andrews who went under the name The Dream merchants. Their cover of Dylan’s ‘Love Minus Zero’ would reach…
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Storybook Children – Sammy Brown
Storybook Children – Sammy Brown
This hit from 1975 starts out sounding like it is going to be one of those gospely kind of 70’s songs like Alan Garrity’s ‘Put Your Hand In The Hand’. But after a short introduction it suddenly takes on a reggae tinged sound and for the rest of the track, it bops along on this rocksteady beat.Lyrically the song is not too far from the aforementioned Garrity hit…
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#Alan Garrity#Johnny Nash#Nicky Thomas#Put Your Hand I The HAnd#Sammy Brown#Storybook Children#Youtube
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