Tracks As I Turn Away The Top Lamenting In The Rain One For The Angels Brown Horse Shallow Grave Anger Is Me Blues Home Devil’s Arm Diana Wasted Time All songs written by J.S. Martin & Jake Gunn, except The Top (Moonshine Lee & Jake Gunn), One For The Angels (Raymond Smith & Jake Gunn)ContinueContinue reading “New South African Music: Jack Hammer Band – Second Chapter”
Category Archives: Piet Botha
Sugar Music Recommends… 18 November 2022
Part of a series of recommended listening from the guys who bring you the South African Rock Music Digest and SugarMan.org. Some old, some new, some borrowed, some blues, and mostly South African.
The Suitcase Show: South African Music Mixes featuring Piet Botha, Koos Kombuis, Valiant Swart, David Kramer, Anton Goosen and many more
Every vagabond needs a suitcase.
New Album from Jack Hammer Band: Second Chapter
As with the trajectory of the blues and rock ’n roll tradition, revisiting comes with reshaping and maturing. “Second Chapter” is a homage to Piet Botha and Jack Hammer precisely in the way in which the band members affirm themselves and their own musical stylings.
– Jannike Bergh
Celebrating ‘Second Chapter’: Jack Hammer Band’s Tribute to Piet Botha
“Second Chapter” by the Jack Hammer Band does what it says: without any pretences, the album blasts straight into the driving rock sound that has come to define the longest-standing South African rock band. You immediately find yourself at a Jack Hammer gig, with Duke steady behind the kit, Bean towering over his black bassContinueContinue reading “Celebrating ‘Second Chapter’: Jack Hammer Band’s Tribute to Piet Botha”
South African Music History: Jack Hammer at the Whammy Bar, 11 November 1999 and 17 February 2000
Piet Botha, Johnathan Martin and Tertius du Plessis wowed the enthusiastic audience at the Whammy Bar in Cape Town…
What Am I Listening To? Crossroads by Jack Hammer!
On 22 December 2020 a live album was released by Piet Botha & Jack Hammer titled “13 Towns Vol 2”. This album had been recorded live on the road between 2017 and 2019 and followed the July 2020 release of Vol 1. There are 10 tracks on this album, ending with a cover of BobContinueContinue reading “What Am I Listening To? Crossroads by Jack Hammer!”
The Vagabond Café in Nowheresville
The Vagabond Cafe mixes melancholy music from various artists, including Johnny Cash and Leonard Cohen, capturing the essence of lost souls meeting in an imaginary bar, offering a soulful journey through diverse tracks.
An Analysis of Piet Botha’s “The Game” by Brian Currin
This biting commentary song written by Piet Botha has a bit of a convoluted recording history. The Game (original 1998 recording) “The Game” was originally recorded at Red Room Studios, Pretoria in October 1998 by Trip (Francois Scheepers & Niel van der Spuy) and featured Piet Botha and Johnathan Martin prominently. It was released on the TripContinueContinue reading “An Analysis of Piet Botha’s “The Game” by Brian Currin”
What Am I Listening To? Piet Botha and Jack Hammer!
In 2019, a little while after Piet’s passing in June that year, a limited edition retrospective double album was released on vinyl only. I have re-created this marvellous album as a Spotify playlist.