The Bootleggers

Location: Based in Cape Town

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Biography

The Bootleggers Blues Band consists of six semi-professional musicians with decades of recording and performing experience between them.

This Cape Town based band has been playing clubs, festivals and music venues around the Cape Town music scene for a number of years. The band currently features Lead vocalist and harp player Terry Porter and the fabulous Miss Marguerita Freeks with years of entertainment experience, a huge voice and a scintillating stage personality. This duo make a performance by the Bootleggers a memorable experience.

The band’s stellar line-up also includes guitarist/vocalist Hallam Lewis, guitarist Ralph Buddle, Dieter Stutz on bass, drummer Brian Mansell and keyboard player Trevor Perrins.

The Bootleggers exhibit levels of professionalism and musicianship that makes it easy to become a dedicated fan. The band is well versed on what it takes to please a crowd and are equally at home playing concerts, festivals, music venues, functions and private parties. The Bootleggers Blues Band takes the traditional influences of blues and creates a rocking up beat sound that respects the tradition of the blues whilst providing the audience with an entertaining and danceable mix of blues classics along with a variety of songs that showcase the talents of all of the band members.

The Bootleggers are equally comfortable playing large corporate events, festivals, weddings and at discerning venues in and around the Cape Town area.

The band occasionally receive radio airplay on Smile Radio and have taken part in a documentary filmed in SA for an Israeli TV show

Noteworthy Performances

CORPORATE

  • Woolworths annual financial awards – Bloemendal Wine Estate
  • Woolworths Triathlon event – Paul Kluver Amphitheatre.
  • The South African Institute of Physics Conference - Jameson Hall UCT.
  • Mount Nelson Hotel – Annual International School dinner and dance
  • Diamond Warehouse Grand Opening - Cape Town CBD

FESTIVALS / CONCERTS

  • Camphill Festival,
  • Little Known Blues Festival
  • Hilcrest Quarry Blues Festival
  • Hazendaal, Paarl and various winelands estate festivals
  • Blisters for Bread Festival – CT Stadium
  • Kommetjie Blues Festival - Kommetjie
  • RAEL Orange Friday Awareness Concert - Rawsonville

Notable venues

  • The Crypt – Cape Town CBD
  • Die Boer - Durbanville
  • Perigators Restaurant – Pringle Bay
  • KWV Sound Stage - Hout Bay Market
  • V&A Waterfront - The Open-Air Amphitheatre, Quay Four and Ferryman’s
  • The Blues Town Sessions – Mercury Theatre, Cape Town CBD
  • Straight No Chaser – Cape Town CBD
  • Blah Blah Bar - Cape Town CBD
  • Root 44 – Stellenbosch
  • ROCA Restaurant – Franschoek
  • The Station Pub Restaurant – Franschoek
  • The Brass Bell – Kalk Bay

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BUDGET INDICATOR

Budget Range for The Bootleggers is

R3000 - R5000

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