Cape Zeebra - part 2

In the early 1980s the Cape Town based songwriters Louis Ribeiro and Brian Sepel were a pretty active team. They wrote songs together, they also performed live and in the studio together.

Both artists have since passed away. The last album they did together under the band name Zeebra was a little surprise for the local music industry. Actually it was also their only full length album. Titled Uncertain Age it won a SARIE Award (the South African Grammy of the day) for the best rock album recorded in 1983, to the envy of many of the old hands in the game then.

Cover art by Pat Humphreys (c) Songwrights Publishers

As the duo Beanstalk they released two singles on the Mountain Records label. Louis was not only a writer, he was a powerful ballad singer. This talent is very clearly illustrated on the Uncertain Age album.

They recruited Phil Smiedt on bass, Savy Grande on Drums, Gary Horn on saxophone and one or two guests and booked into Jerry Barnard's B&S Studios. Murray Stewart was one of the resident engineer/producers and he started the tracks, with Jerry taking over the final mixes.

The late Louis Ribeiro (c) SONGWRIGHTS PUBLISHERS

Following the reaction to the re-issue of the recent single version of Wake the Day 4 months ago, we have searched for more of the music by the duo. Sadly only a part of the sessions from the original full LP are still available in the Mountain Records archive, and we are happy to release these songs again. One of the featured guest performers was guitarist Jonathan Butler.

Louis had several side projects after the Zeebra album including recording under the name Jive Nation, for Andrew Brel's Bridge Recordings label in the UK, to where Louis had re-located.

We are making this EP available under the band name Cape Zeebra due to the fact that since 1983 another act has come to the market using the band's original name. We present Uncertain Age Part 2 for digital release on the 24th of June 2022.

Mountain Records

Music Links after release >>> https://orcd.co/rp5zqr7

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