Colin Shamley
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You can find Colin jorling with the Julian Laxton Band at Julian's Place in Randburg on Sundays. For more information go to www.julianlaxton.com. From time to time Colin also plays his solo gig as well from 2.00pm. We have mastered most Colin's bonus tracks for the Born Guilty re-issue - now we are waiting for the additional liner notes & photos. All good things are worth waiting for - & we know that many of you are out there...waiting!
Photo (P)© David Marks / 3rd Ear Music 1984 / 2001

Roy Malan
In 1956 / 57 when Rock & Roll in Pretoria was an absolute no-no & Little Richard a shade too colourful for His Master's Voice up at the Union Buildings, one of Africa's great classical musicians (in training at the time) Rocked Hatfield Primary School on a little yellow plastic guitar & turned us onto a form of music we had never experienced before: - A Wop Bop A Loo Bop A Wop Boom Bang!
(P)© The Pretoria News 1960

Neill Solomon and The Uptown Rhythm Dogs played at 3rd Ear Music's Chelsea Theatre Underground on a number of dates throughout the early 80's. Dan Chiorboli & the late Tony Hunter flank Neill here. Neill & Dan are still very actively involved in music - Neill at his Passage One Studio with Otto & Linda in Johannesburg, and Dan producing his Awesome Africa Festival at the Shongweni Dam in kZN - take a look at last year's Festival
The 2001 Awesome Africa takes shape on the 29th & 30th September 2001, in Shongweni. Photo (P)© David Marks / 3rd Ear Music 1980 / 2001
Awesome Africa at www.livingtreasures.co.za

Brooke Benton in Africa 1971 - Here is with the everlasting & amiable Sowetan MC, Cocky-Two-Bull-Fall-Down Thlothalemaje & the Chris The San Schilder's Big Band - with Henry Sithole's The Drive - at Jabulani Amphitheatre, Soweto 1971. We will have a few anecdotes on this amazing tour in the next issue. The story will also feature - in full - in the forthcoming HY Story. But it's also mentioned on our back-pages.

Freedom's Children gather in Durban - 1999 - Ramsey MacKay, Ken E Henson & Fran Marks in the 3rd Ear Music Offices. The occasion was the recording of the New Freedom's Children album for Gallo at Neill's Passage One in Johannesburg. Ramsey left his Castle in Scotland - at the invitation of Colin Pratley & Ken E - to join Brian Davidson & record his new tunes. Why are we waiting? Perhaps it's for the same reason that 3eM had to withdraw the re-issue of Astra for Gallo & give it to Fresh Music?
www.freshmusic.co.za
Photo (P)© David Marks / 3rd Ear Music 1999

Paul & Andrew Tracey
Appeared at a memorable Troubadour Concert in between their international engagements with Wait A Minim - the SAfrican Music Revue that became one of the longest running foreign Revues Off Broadway & in London's West End - it ran for 7 years between 1962 & 1969 & it featured, among many, Jeremy Taylor, the Tracey Brothers & Zelda Jeppe - Time for a Hidden years Revival? Note Clem Tholet's controversial mural & the illegal Hangman's Noose on the stage - an intriguing story that will surface in the HY Book.
(P)© David Marks / 3rd Ear Music / HYMAProject 1967 / 2001

The New Christy Minstrels toured SAfrica in 1967 / 68 & did a guest spot at the Troubadour. Same mural & Hangman's noose - but this time one loop was unwound to make it all legal.
(P)© David Marks / 3rd Ear Music / HYMAProject 1967 / 2001

Maureen England - where in the Cape? A Unique Singer performer from the communal 60's; The HY has a collection of some memorable Maureen music.
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Terri Walsh & John Oakley-Smith with Boris in Bedfordview late 70's. We are glad to announce that an arrangement for the re-issue of Matinees on Saturdays & some bonus tracks has been struck between John's Riff-Raff Music & 3rd Ear Music. I know we said that last year - but the re-mastering of the old shredding analogue magnetic tape, takes time. Rick Barber in Australia donated R2 000 towards the project & we have indeed located a host of the most wonderful John O recordings. Looks as if this will be more than a double CD. We are working on it. Be patient!
(P)© David Marks / 3rd Ear Music / HYMAProject 1977 / 2001

Pete Le Roux & David Ker at The Cal De Sac, Hillbrow, December 1963. This was the venue where Leon Gluckman put Wait A Minim together in 1959 & where the Tracey's & Jeremy entertained regularly. The late comrade Joe Slovo played a few tunes there as well. The audiences consisted mainly of Johannesburg's students & the hard left - 'Red' Ronnie Kasrills & many of the progressive theatre crowd - more in the HY Story soon.
(p)© Unknown / 3rd Ear Music / HYMAProject 1963 / 2001

Johannesburg City Hall in the mid-50's featured some remarkable talent, that went on from these humble & segregated beginnings to conquer the world & eventually South Africa. These historic slides were taken by Herman Anderson & donated to the Archives...this is what the HYMAProject is all about.
(P)© Herman Anderson / 3rd Ear Music / HYMAProject 1956 / 2001

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