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16 February 2010
The rain fell in sheets this morning. I saw the neighbourhood tomcats skulking home like drowned rats, feeling very sorry for themselves. It’s grey, moody and cool, and just right for a Lazari breakfast, but that’s not important right now. What is, is that being Cape Town and summer, it’s going to be bright and sunny by about 2pm, just in time for you to feel like going out tonight. And The Waiting Room’s the spot, where you’ll see me do a set with Lindi Suttle... the girl who definitely isn’t living in her mother’s shadow!
(pic Shanna Jones)
And speaking of rain, in two weeks I’ll be in the land of gold and mid-afternoon storms: Wed 3rd March at Kitcheners with the wonderful Shannon Hope and Naming James, Thurs 4th in Pretoria at Café Barcelona, Fri 5th at Tanz Café in Rivonia with Son of a Thousand Blues frontman Federico Fernandez, who’s launching his solo project F.Spot that night (and Shannon again), and Sat 6th at the historic Radium Beer Hall with Laurie Levine. All the details at http://www.ianhenderson.com
There’s a kind of pretty symmetry to performing with Argentine Federico on my first jozi tour of 2010, cause I’m just back from two months writing, performing and day-dreaming in Buenos Aires… city of cafés, Juana Molina and the widest main street in the world, which I once crossed like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amHV-VczU0I
But (probably somewhat disappointingly) I won’t be playing any tango, just in case you were wondering!
Seeya on the road,
Ian
