Riaan-Combrink bubble wrote Reggie was a great inspiration to us and encouraged us kids. I bet hes still encouraging youngsters in a music shop somewhere. Reg is still very active in Cape Town, performing regularly in tribute shows - most recently in a great Fleetwood Mac show I saw last month.
Hammeron Sheeesh! Wonderfull! ? And to think there are still people out there that go an and on and on and on about how the SA music scene sucks. Sod 'em!
Bambi bubble wrote Hi I remember as a kid listening to Louis at the Skyline in Hillbrow in about 1970. Later 1972 I was playing in a group called Snow at the Spur night club Cape Town during breaks I used to run around the block to a hotel to listen to Omega/Idiots . Befriended Reggie Abrams he and Louis used to come and jam with us during their breaks. Reggie was a great inspiration to us and encouraged us kids. I bet hes still encouraging youngsters in a music shop somewhere. I'm in regular contact with Reggie it that's Reggie Edwards you mean.. spoke to him this morning.. spoke to Louis yesterday ..
Renesongs spoke to Louis yesterday .. I know a whole bunch of people in CT from the Spur and the Colony days who speak very highly of Louis and would like to hook up with him again - I respect the man's privacy so I wont ask for his contact details but If you would mention it to him next time you talk to him and see if he wants to see some old faces again.
oldtelefart I'm another old toppie from those days. I played with Savvy, Dave Gomersall, Mike Pregnolato in a band called Razzle. Louis lived next door to me for few months in Loader St. When I was a kiddie we used to go to the Battle of the Bands at the Alhambra Theatre every year. I remember Dopey Reimers, the girl I was with couldn't decide whether he had better hair than Jimmy Retief! Jock DeCoito told me how Jimmy would stick his finger up his ass and then rub it under the nose of anyone who made a mistake at practise. Louis was simply worlds away from anyone else. I would love a contact address just to say hello and thank you. Can anyone help?
Scavenger What a fabulous thread I have a little book just published in SA which mentions some of these musicians. I have a line in there about Louis in the seventies when he was rocking Joburg night after night. I just googled his name, like I do occasionally, to see if he was around and this forum pops up. Very cool. I was a laaitie back then, checked out the Battles at the Alhambra in the sixties then got into the action in the 70's, playing at the Hartleyvale and Green Point battles and later played with some of those mentioned here, Hedley, Harry, etc. I once even played a couple of times as drummer with the Sisters Five. In Durban I jammed with Steve Fataar and in Joburg with a young Trev Rabin (drop a few legendary names). Drummers get around. But those were ....strange days. [post edited by moderator] Rock on Cape Town!!
Bambi Not sure where to post this :-\ A friend of mine posted the following on Facebook ATTENTION ALL MUSO'S....WE NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE. IF THERE ARE ANY BANDS THAT ARE WILLING TO PLAY FOR THE LOUIS GREEFF BENEFIT CONCERT PLEASE CONTACT ME ASAP. WE ARE LOOKING FOR 4-6 BANDS TO PLAY 29 APRIL @ KILLARNEY. WE WOULD LIKE TO ADVERTISE SO PLEASE LET US KNOW SOONEST. ANY AUCTION OR RAFFLE ITEMS MOST WELCOME.
Riaan-Combrink Renesongs wrote The Hellfire Blues Club are sure as hell going to be there Here's a link to the Facebook event page. Many other great musos (Steve Newman, etc) will be there, and the plan is for an open jam thereafter. Could be epic!
IceCreamMan oldtelefart wrote I'm another old toppie from those days. I played with Savvy, Dave Gomersall, Mike Pregnolato in a band called Razzle. Louis lived next door to me for few months in Loader St. When I was a kiddie we used to go to the Battle of the Bands at the Alhambra Theatre every year. I remember Dopey Reimers, the girl I was with couldn't decide whether he had better hair than Jimmy Retief! Jock DeCoito told me how Jimmy would stick his finger up his ass and then rub it under the nose of anyone who made a mistake at practise. Louis was simply worlds away from anyone else. I would love a contact address just to say hello and thank you. Can anyone help? that certainly is a motivator i reckon
Renesongs I've just returned from my pilgrimage to The Louis Greeff benefit concert at the Fuzzbox Cape Town. Despite having no sensation left in his fingers due to severe ill health, the man himself treated us to Mustang Sally, Cavatina, a very Hendrix like Dust my Broom and what started of as Cry for me and ended as... Tchaikovsky I. There are no words to describe this moment in history.
