Having always been a fan of South African music over the years, here is a list of some of my best albums from the 70's – 00's, in no particular order.

• Circus – Circus
• Tananas – Time
• Hawk – African Day
• Rabbitt – Boys will be boys
• Paul Hanmer – Trains to Taung
• Tony Cox – China
• Greg Georgiades & Ashish Joshi – Skins 'n strings
• Juluka – Scatterlings
• Karen Zoid – Poles apart
• Baxtop – Baxtop
• Sankomoto – After the storm
• Sons of trout – Odd times
• Urban Creep – Tightroper
• Otis Waygood – Simply
• Syd Kitchen – Africa is not for sissies
• Freedom's Children – Galactic vibes
• The Lurchers – Sunny skies
• Sweatband – Lank sweat
• Greg Georgiades – Mutant harmony trio
• Tananas – Live
• Edi Niederlander – Hear no evil
• Neill Solomon – Magic man
• Just Ginger – Greatest hits
• Jennifer Ferguson – Hand around the heart
• The Usual – Born in a storm
• Dave Ledbetter – Scorpio rising
• Abstract Truth – Abstract truth
• Gito Baloi – Na ku randza
• Deepak Ram – Searching for Satyam
• Ella Mental – Uncomplicated dreams

Having grown up being a drummer and a lover of all percussion (barring anything electronic), I also have a strong affinity to the guitar – from a fan's point of view! Here is a list of some of my favourite guitar–orientated songs / solos...

• Humble Pie – "I wonder" from "Smokin"
• Babe Ruth – "Fascination" from "Stealin home"
• Little River Band – "It's a long way there" from 1^st album
• The O Band – "Smile like a diamond" from "Within reach"
• Frank Zappa – "Black napkins" from "Zoot allures"
• Rolling Stones – "Stray cat blues" from "Get yer ya-ya's out"
• Thin Lizzy – "Still in love with you" from "Live & dangerous"
• Ten Years After – "Woodchopper's ball" from "Undead"
• Allman Bros – "In memory of Elizabeth Reed" from " 2^nd set"
• Little Feat – "Day at the dog races" from "Time loves a hero"
• Eric Clapton – "Double trouble" from "Crossroads 2"
• Robben Ford – "It's my own fault" from "Discovering the blues"
• Grateful Dead – "China cat sunflower" from "Europe 72"
• The Outlaws – "High tides & green grass" from "Bring em back alive"
• John Mayall – "Lookin for Willie" from "82 reunion"
• Aerosmith – "Train kept a rollin" from "Pandora's box"
• UFO – "Rock bottom" from "Screaming in the night"
• Jimi Hendrix – "Machine gun" from "band of gypsies"
• Steely Dan – "Midnite cruiser" from "Can't buy a thrill"
• Rare Earth – "What I'd say" from "in concert"

I have a list twice as long of great acoustic & light rock music from all genre, that I love, here is a sampling of some of the artistes.

• Fairport Convention
• Ani di Franco
• Bread
• Poco
• Pentangle
• Elton John (first 5 albums)
• Van Morrison
• Tom Waits
• Lindisfarne
• Audience
• The Band
• Bruce Cockburn
• Bob Dylan
• Willy Porter
• Patty Larkin
• Strawbs
• Bert Jansch
• John Renbourn
• Tom Rush
• Graham Parker