Big Sky presents Heart & Soul [DVD]

Big Sky

Recorded live at The Little Theatre, Cape Town on 31 October and 1 November 2008.
Released on DVD in 2009 by Sony Music Entertainment, catalogue number: DVBSP3211. Recorded by Johan Griessel. Mixed by Neil Snyman. Directed by Glen Thomas and Mark Siebert. Staged by David Kramer.

Tracks

1. Pony Blues
2. Strange Room
3. Diamond Heart
4. Around Again
5. The Wind Blows
6. Hells Gates
7. Mama
8. Bound And Chained
9. Ten Men
10. Black Sun
11. Diamonds And Dirt
12. Raise Up Your Hand
13. Kathleen
14. Mr Green
15. The Road Ahead
16. Bye Bye Johnny
17. Fade Away
18. Bring The Night On
19. One Cut With A Knife
20. Waiting For The Dawn
21. Take My Heart
22. John The Revelator

All songs composed by Steve Louw except “John The Revelator” (Traditional)

Musicians

• Steve Louw: vocals, acoustic guitar
• Willem Moller: electric and slide guitars
• Tim Rankin: drums, percussion
• Jacques Steyn: double bass, electric bass, mandolin
• Simon Orange: keyboards, tea-chest bass
• Rob Nagel: harmonica

Recorded live in front of a sell-out crowd at Cape Town’s historic Little Theatre. The show captures iconic South African songwriter Steve Louw and his band performing classic material from their other albums as well as previously unreleased songs.

Reviews

Steve Louw, sanger van die groep Big Sky, is al vir 25 jaar een van die mees gerekende liedjieskrywers in die land. Die groep se langverwagte DVD, Heart & Soul het musiekliefhebbers in hul noppies.

Die Burger deur Theunis Engelbrecht

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Lyrics

Mama

Mama’s gone away
Mama, she’s gone away
She’s lying in her bed

Mama, she isn’t dead
Mama, you’re not dead
I left you lying, hyena’s bed
She stands up and walks away
Singing, we hear her today

Mama, she isn’t dead
We left you lying
Alone in that bed
I see her,
The hyena’s face
She stands up,
And walks away
Singing we hear her today

Oh sweet mama, we hear her today
Oh mama, the hyena’s face
Where we left you lying
The sun on your face
You stand up
You walk away
Singing we hear you today
Singing we hear you today
Singing we hear you today

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Bound And Chained

Roll the stones
Roll the stones
We’re bound and chained
We walk along
Bound and chained
The wagon’s song
We walk along
Bound and chained

Bound and chained
The wagon wailed
The wagon’s song
We walk along

Walked through water
Walk through water
Bound and chained
The wagon wailed

We came to
The white man’s jail
No stars did shine
In Beaufort jail

Bound and chained
We rode the night
Fire wagon wailed
Breakwater jail
Breakwater jail
Breakwater jail

We roll the stones
Roll the stones
Bound and chained
Breakwater jail
Breakwater jail
Breakwater jail
Breakwater jail

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Ten Men

Ten men, built the road
Just ten men, breaking stone
Ten men, ten men, breaking stone
For the Breakwater Road

Ten men, carrying stone
Just ten men, beating the road
Ten men, ten men, breaking stone
Built the Breakwater Road

Just ten men, carrying stone
We’re ten men, the Breakwater Road
Ten men, ten men, carrying stone
Breakwater Road