(Steve Hofmeyr)
Steve Hofmeyr will launch
his country collection album, If You
Could Read My Mind, to Durban audiences at The Barnyard Theatre on May 5
and 6.
Steve
Hofmeyr's country tribute, If You Could
Read My Mind, is this versatile artist's 27th album release. Over a career
that spans more than 25 years, Steve's creativity knows no bounds and he is
well known for his songwriting, local and international music performances,
local film roles (among others Platteland,
Pretville and Treurgrond), his
acclaimed books and his strong social commentary on many forums.
With the
release of If You Could Read My Mind,
Steve renews himself again as a singer and after seven years he returns to one
of the most popular music mediums in the world: country. The album comprises 15
of the most beautiful country songs including a moving adaptation of the song Teach Your Children, which Steve
recorded with the popular Coleske brothers, Ewald and Arnold.
Hits that
fans can look forward to in the show and on the album are Steve's versions of
The Eagles' Heartache Tonight, The Gambler (popularised by Kenny
Rogers), Creedence Clearwater Revival's hit Have
You Ever Seen The Rain, Steve Perry's Oh
Sherrie, Joe South's Games People
Play, Photograph by Ringo Starr, Hey Mr. Dream-Maker by Cliff Richard,
The Bellamy Brothers' If I Said You Had A
Beautiful Body, If You Could Read My
Mind by Gordon Lightfoot, Dobie Gray's Drift
Away, Gypsy Woman by Don
Williams, To Make You Feel My Life by
Bob Dylan (and later Garth Brooks), Glenn Campbell's Rhinestone Cowboy (also a hit for Dolly Parton) and Cry To Me by The Staccato's.
The
performance takes place on May 5 and 6 at The Barnyard Theatre at Gateway. Tickets
R160 pp and seating will be as for normal
shows, with no standing room. For bookings and
enquiries, phone The Barnyard Theatre on 031 566 3045 or visit www.barnyard.durban
For
further information, e-mail gateway@barnyardtheatres.co.za or visit www.facebook.com/gatewaybarnyard
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