24/11/2023
The The Shifty 40 Oppie Weskus Koppie is now only a week away. If you haven’t got your tickets yet(https://qkt.io/Shiftyturns40), Shifty opstoker cm troubadour, Rian Malan, has a few compelling words for you:
Yo Manne and Sisters! Tired of war, inflation and load shedding? Wish you were young again and heading for Jameson’s with a song in your heart and a fat skyf in your hand ‘cos it's Friday night and the Lurchers are playing and your lungs are bursting with the great rebel cry of the time: “F**k apartheid! Let’s dance!”
If so, and you haven’t already, you need to go online right now and book a ticket for the Great Shifty Records Reunion set to take place at Steenbokfontein farm on the West Coast, December 1 through 3, starring noted subversives and betogers from back when. The Great Koos Kombuis will be there, along with the Immortal Mac and Hilton from the Genuines and His Royal Highness Hanepoot van Tonder from too many great bands to enumerate. Not to mention Lloyd “Vyfster” Ross and Warwick “Kalahari Surfer” Sony, the okes with the musical caravan, and Simba Morri, the brother with the Swahili grooves. And many others!!!
Including but not limited to the artistes formerly known as the Vermaaklikheid Bakkery Orkes. This odd little folk outfit fell on hard times when the bakery after which they were named went bust, forcing them to become Was Daar instead. Was where? Well exactly. Some of the music is from the Sinai Desert, some from the dark side of the River Dniepro, some from Fietas or even um, Van Wyksdorp. They are going to launch their debut album “The Brak Sessions” at Shifty40 Oppie Weskus Koppie, and everyone who buys a ticket, of any kind, or generously donates moolah to the musicians here: https://www.quicket.co.za/events/235366-oppi-weskus-koppie-shifty-turns-40/ #/ will receive a download code for “The Brak Sessions” months before every other disconsolate member of the human race. What those sad people will be able to see however, is the vid of Was Daar's first single, but not before you have: https://youtu.be/ts0-gsYsDVA
Yes! Can you believe it? For those who make the trip to Farmer Burger’s, just south of Lamberts Bay, you get a fat jol in a unique setting in the Sandveld, close to some cool surf spots, Bushman caves, a chance of sighting the second longest train in the known universe, a famous seafood restaurant to visit, plus loads of cool music by various Greats and Immortals, plus a free record by a band you have never heard of and might not even like!
But your heart, dudes & dudettes. Your heart will know you’ve done the right thing by going among people who give you a lekker gevoel, cos you all know what it was to be young and alive and even voelvry in a strange place like the one we grew up in, and a bit like the one we live in today. Moenie fade nie, nê!
Look out for more updates…they should be coming in thick & fast over the next week.
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