[FA Worldmusic] Hannes Coetzee

[Josh Kohn]

Hello all,

I just got off the phone with Peter McCracken over at the Centrum in
Port Townsend, Wa.  He was telling me that he is working out
finalizing bringing in Hannes Coetzee from South Africa for his slide
and steel event.  For those of you who dont recall, Hannes created a
nice buzz around the Internet with his spoon slide guitar playing.

Peter, being a busy man, doesnt really have time to go after any
additional events while Hannes is in the states June 24-30, but would
be thrilled if anybody has any events close to his mini-festival, to
facilitate getting Hannes there.  Personally, I am very jealous of
anyone who may get the opportunity to see him play.

Peter
peter at centrum.org

Check out the youtube video at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXqFqmptNQE


Spoon Slide
Hannes Coetzee was born on a farm in the Western Cape region of South
Africa and taught himself to play guitar on a three-stringed homemade
guitar built from an oil can with cat-gut strings. As a child he
quietly watched his uncle playing guitar, after which he would work
out the chords he had just heard, on his own. Coetzee has spent most
of his adult life working on farms as an aloe-tapper. The isolation
of working in the mountains, led him to develop a unique slide guitar
style, using a teaspoon held in his mouth to slide out the melody,
while playing the chords and plucking the strings with his left and
right hand. Since well-known South African songwriter David Kramer
was introduced to him a number of years ago, Hannes has performed to
sold-out crowds in all major South African cities. This will be his
first trip outside of South Africa

Joshua Kohn
Programming Manager
301-565-0654 x. 15
www.ncta.net