On 18 July 2025, a tribute concert for Piet Botha will celebrate what would have been his 70th birthday at The Daisy Jones Bar, featuring special performances and limited tickets available.
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The Blowtorch Poetry of Piet Botha
Piet Botha was a masterful poet and musician, whose honest and poignant lyrics delved into personal experiences and societal issues, enriching listeners’ lives.
New Album from Jack Hammer Band: Second Chapter
“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 bassContinue reading “New Album from Jack Hammer Band: Second Chapter”
Jack Hammer Band CD Launch LIVE at JARR Bar Pretoria
We are very proud to be launching our first album recorded since 2015 and since the loss of Piet Botha our leader and mentor for the past three decades. We dedicate this album to Hammer as our Second Chapter begins… – Jack Hammer Band.
A Piet Botha Tribute, 20th August 2021
The year was 1987 and Piet Botha had just brought out his first album. Little did he know that his path would one day cross with a wild-haired musician who, at this time, was still in his diapers. Jake Gunn was 18 when he heard Piet’s music for the first time. The album ‘Die Hits‘Continue reading “A Piet Botha Tribute, 20th August 2021”
A Piet Botha Tribute, 20th August 2021
The engine room of music is the rhythm section and these two are the soul of the Jack Hammer band: Paul ‘The Duke’ Van de Waal & Tertius ‘Bean’ du Plessis. Tertius Tertius first saw Jack Hammer at Cherry Too? in the late 80’s “het geskeem dis heavy cool…” A few years later he metContinue reading “A Piet Botha Tribute, 20th August 2021”
A Tribute To Piet Botha, 20th August 2021
Piet Botha‘s right-hand Johnathan Martin has been a part of Jack Hammer since 1996. ‘For Annette‘ was the first song that these two collaborated on and ‘Liberty’ was the first of many songs Piet and Johnno wrote together in the 2 decades they spent touring the country performing over 3000 shows and recording 11 albumsContinue reading “A Tribute To Piet Botha, 20th August 2021”
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”
Otterlake Easter Festival 2015 3-5 April
Moonshine productions in association with STRAB presents: Otterlake Easter Festival 2015 3–5 April Gauteng’s premier music festival The Otterlake Easter festival is back and bigger than ever this coming Easter! Enjoy 3 days of live music, performed by South-Africa’s top artists, in the serene bush-veld surroundings of Kameelfontein, north east of RoodeplaatContinue reading “Otterlake Easter Festival 2015 3-5 April”
The Black Sheep Rockonspiracy | Press Release
The Black Sheep Rockonspiracy is the brainchild of East German-born Kilian Nestler, who made South Africa his home in 1994. He was previously involved in the semi-legal blues-rock East German underground as a fan, photographer, manager and creator of illegal anti-establishment merchandising. This lifestyle choice led to a 14 month prison term. The band knownContinue reading “The Black Sheep Rockonspiracy | Press Release”
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