PIET BOTHA

GENRE: Rock

DATES: 1974 to Present

BANDS: Raven - around the mid to late 70's / Catharine Wheel - late 70's to early 80's / Wildebeest - early 80's / Jack Hammer - 1984 to Present

DISCOGRAPHY: WHEEL OF FORTUNE - Raven (1979) Third Ear Music (3 EZ 013) 7 single, BUSHROCK 1 - Wildebeest (1981) Rap Records (SRLPC10) re-released on CD in 2000 by Wildebeest Records (WILD022), HORINGS OP DIE STOEP - Wildebeest (1983) Graffiti (12 Wild (C) 001), JACK OF ALL TRADES - Jack Hammer (1987) Third Ear Music (3EE 100), THE JUDAS CHAPTER - Jack Hammer (1990) GMP Gallo (BL714), GHOSTS ON THE WIND - Jack Hammer (1994) Inhouse Records (INH 160 CD), DEATH OF A GYPSY - Jack Hammer (1996) Wildebeest Records (WILD001), 'N SUITCASE VOL WINTER - Solo (1997) Wildebeest Records (WILD 005), JAN SKOPGRAAF - Solo (1999) Wildebeest Records (WILD 019), ANTHROLOGY - Jack Hammer (2000) Wildebeest Records (WILD020), BOOTLEG - Piet Botha & Jack Hammer (2001) Pofadder Records/ Intervention Arts (INT 011)( POF 001), PIET BOTHA DIE HITS - Solo (2001) EMI (CDEMIM (WLM) 010), DIE MAMBA - Solo (2003) Rhythm Records (RR042), LIVE AT THE NILE - Piet Botha & Jack Hammer (2004) Wolmer Records (F1000292) distributed by Bowline & THE PILGRIM - Jack Hammer (2005)Wolmer Records (F1000408) distributed by Bowline.

SINGLES TO REMEMBER: Codename Ruby and many many others

HIGHNOTES: One of the longest surviving rockers in South Africa and son of the legendary foreign affairs minister Pik Botha. One line up of Jack Hammer featured actor Billy Bob Thornton.