“I cannot remember places that I’ve been I got lost forever out on Highway 13 but I’m not complaining by now that road belongs to me” – Highway 13 (Jack Hammer) Throughout his 45 years as a musician, Piet Botha (the Hammer) always felt most at home on the road. Along with his long-standingContinue reading “Jack Hammer launch new album for Piet Botha’s 65th birthday”
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From The Vaults: Jack Hammer at the Whammy Bar, 11th November 1999
This was when I first met Piet Botha and Johnathan Martin (that is the correct spelling for Johnathan, I found out years later!). Piet often used to say that I put them on the internet before they even knew what the internet was! — Brian Currin, 10th July 2020 SA Rock Digest, Issue #39, 21stContinue reading “From The Vaults: Jack Hammer at the Whammy Bar, 11th November 1999”
Piet Botha | Jack Hammer Double LP Now Available
Tracks: Release Information: 2LP: 2019 Wolmer Records, 199753ECD: not unreleased on CD Buy at PietBotha.bio Musicians: See separate album releases Comments: Songs were recorded at various studios across the country between 1985 – 2011 Limited edition, double LP, uniquely numbered, mixed specially for vinyl by Lanie van der Walt / Wolmer Records Review: It’s taken me aContinue reading “Piet Botha | Jack Hammer Double LP Now Available”
Jack Hammer: Handful Of Rain | Press Release
The Jack Hammer line-up featuring on Handful Of Rain has endured over the years, with Piet Botha (guitars, keys, harmonica, vocals), Johnathan Martin (guitars, vocals), Tertius du Plessis (bass) and Paul van de Waal (drums). The album also features guest artists Arthur Dennis (guitars, vocals) and Rudolph Dennis (drums, guest vocals) from Akkedis/Lyzyrd Kyngs. Piet Botha’sContinue reading “Jack Hammer: Handful Of Rain | Press Release”
Spookpsalms
Persverklaring: Spookpsalms …’n nuwe Afrikaanse album deur Piet Botha.
Na 8 jaar het die veteraan kunstenaar Piet Botha weer ‘n Afrikaanse album die lig laat sien.Die nuwe cd heet “Spookpsalms” en bevat 11 splinternuwe komposisies. “Daar was al ‘n paar liedjies maar toe die TV program “Wie lê waar” opduik het dit die hele album in ‘n ander rigting gestuur.Vanaf September tot Desember 2010Continue reading “Persverklaring: Spookpsalms …’n nuwe Afrikaanse album deur Piet Botha.”
“JACK HAMMER JAMBOREE”
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS ON THE ROCK ‘N ROLL HIGHWAY @ CAFÉ BARCELONA SATURDAY 18TH JULY 2009 FROM 15h00 TILL LATE The year 2009 sees Jack Hammer, one of the country’s finest and longest serving rock bands, celebrate 25 years pounding the Rock ‘n Roll ‘Highway’ in South Africa. The “JACK HAMMER JAMBOREE” is a musicContinue reading ““JACK HAMMER JAMBOREE””
Notes regarding the songs on, and the recording of “Highway 13”
The title track was written last April [2007] when somehow the theme first realised itself. Somehow the songs were going in the same direction. They were all about retrospection, realisation and what lies ahead …. the road … highway 13 … behind us and ahead of us. The first songs written for the album wereContinue reading “Notes regarding the songs on, and the recording of “Highway 13””
Jack Hammer …. new year, new tunes
Piet Botha and Jack Hammer will be recording a new album, “Highway 13“, in March and April 2008. There is a specific thread that runs through the whole album, as suggested by the title track. Most of the new songs will be heard live when Piet Botha and his longtime associate Johnathan Martin tour theContinue reading “Jack Hammer …. new year, new tunes”
Vloek Van Die Kitaar 1979-2001
The South African Rock Encyclopedia > Classic Albums > Compilations > Various Artists > Vloek Van Die Kitaar 1979-2001 Tracks Release information CD: May 2002, Boereplaas Plate / EMI, CDEMIM (WLM) 012 Compiled by Dirk Uys. Review by Brian Currin, May 2002 Dagga Dirk Uys first mentioned this CD in September 2001 and now at last it sees the light of day. ItContinue reading “Vloek Van Die Kitaar 1979-2001”
Piet Botha 