Matchbox full of Diamonds: David Kramer
This is one of those orphans I find in my files, a one of a kind. I looked up David Kramer, "He began his music career in the mid 1970's, singing at folk clubs and campus concerts in South Africa. David pioneered the use of Cape Afrikaans and South African English in his lyrics, often using both languages in the same song. He focused on small town South Africa and employed a gritty realism and dark satire to tell his stories and describe his characters."
This is from Klassic Kramer, a compilation released in 1996.
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September 14, 2010 at 1:16 pm
yousendit link:
https://rcpt.yousendit.com/947252033/52a9baba6083eab0ece7570eeb6ed744
September 14, 2010 at 11:51 pm
Odd voice. There are hints of his real voice in places. Without the gutterals.
September 15, 2010 at 10:33 am
Rick,
I think the gutturals are mostly when he sings Cape Afrikaans. There was just something about this song I liked.
September 19, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Kat
From memory I think this was one of the Afrikaans folkie tracks I sent you last year. There are plenty more where that came from if your orphan is looking for some siblings – just let me know.
If your readers like DAvid Kramer they might like Valiant Swart & Ollie Viljoen as well. I posted some last month:
http://27leggies.blogspot.com/2010/08/sakkie-sakkie-time.html
September 19, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Thanks, Chris, as I think you’re right about your being the generous source for this song. I really liked it and listened a couple of times after I stumbled upon it in my files. I went over to 27 Leggies and downloaded the songs from your link, but this time they went into a folder with the source labeled. I like to give credit for my downloads.