Celebrating South African Music - Legendary Band

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This series of posts on my blog: Savour the Flavour of South African Music Talent, is aimed at celebrating some of the great artists that the South-African music industry have delivered throughout the years and paying them some very well-deserved tribute, and also sharing some of the songs that got them to the charts with my Steemit community members.

My Artists & Song of the Day:

Bright Blue: One of These Days

Some Background:

Towards the end of the apartheid era, Bright Blue was on the foreground of the South African music scene, the band decided on the name Bright Blue, because they wanted to reflect the sentiment of being Bright in times of Blue
You might know the band Bright Blue a little better from their multi award winning song “Weeping” Voted by SA Rock Digest/Amuzine as "All-time favourite South African song" in 1999.

Group Composition:

• Bass & Vocals - Ian Cohen
• (First Album) Vocals - Robin Levetan
• (First Album) Percussion – Peter Barnet
• Drums & Vocals – Pieter Cohan
• Keyboards – Dan Heyman
• Guitar & Vocals – Tom Fox
• Saxophone on "Weeping" – Basil Coetzee
• Saxophone on "Madiba 1990" – Buddy Wells
• Backing Vocals ’96 – Tonia Selley
• Backing vocals ’96 – 2001 – Terri Cohen
• Saxophone “Yesterday Night” - McCoy Mrubata
• Saxophone “Time on My Own” - Scorpion Madondo
• Keyboards - Mark Goliath

Released Albums:

• Bright Blue (1984)
• The Rising Tide (1988)
• Every Now and Then—The Best So Far… 1984–2001

Bright Blue – One of these days:

I can honestly say that I am a proud South African!

See you soon with another great share of South African Talent!

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Nice post, I dont know the band but your explanation about the band is interesting and nice to know you are a South African!
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