One of the gentlest of souls I have ever had the pleasure of interviewing, singer Walter Brown, died in Cape Town on Wednesday. Whilst Walter never achieved the great heights of some of his contemporaries of the Sixties, he nonetheless enjoyed great respect and high regard from all who knew him. I first met Walter […]
22 November 2020 Veteran Cape Town musician John Arthur Baron, died suddenly on Thursday. Many music lovers won’t know that name. They’ll remember him as Molly Baron, long-time drummer of one of South Africa’s best-known groups. They’ll remember a dedicated musician, a humble person, a great entertainer – and someone who had one of the […]
The Rockets. Molly Baron. There was a time when the two were synonymous. Interchangeable. But that was a long time ago. Almost 20 years ago in fact. There was a parting of the ways. Molly went on to follow his faith and do his own thing and The Rockets carried on being one of […]
It hasn’t been a good few weeks for the entertainment scene in Cape Town – in quick succession we’ve lost singers Zane Adams and Walter Brown, and drummer Vic Higgins. Now comedian Jerry Hector has left us for that big stage in the sky. The one-time funny man of stage shows in and around Cape […]
