If they already hadn't won me over with their album, and fun interview - we forgive you for being late Ramblin Bones, rock stars and all - I was resolutely smitten by the trio's performance at the Sky Bar at The Granddaddy Hotel last Saturday. What a great intimate spot for this band. Heard live, the songs really take on a life of their own and the band are such great entertainers that, for a sit-down acoustic gig, one's focus hardly ever wonders from the performance.
They are uniquely and recognisably South African without sounding forced or twee. In fact, the whole album and band, for that matter, are so free from pretence and poserdom that you just want to give them all a great big bear hug, link hands and play Ring Around The Roses. It's an album that comes across as three good mates just jamming and having fun; it lacks polish, but that's how it should be.
