If you are from the USA I bet you have never heard Willie Nelson like this :) That is because his South African namesake is actually a concertina player -- and a darn good one to boot. So, now that we have cleared up the confusion surrounding Willie, here is another one: This tune appears on the CD “As die Oulande Blom“ (When the old land is in bloom), by Willie Nelson. According to the CD it is called the “Henningshoek Seties“ and it is written by Hendrik Lotter. Now the same tune also appears under the same name on another CD I have from “Die Twee Ooms“ (The Two Old Guys), which is Gertjie Claassen and Hendrik Lotter. So far, so good. Now in the 1980s I recorded the same tune from a radio program in South Africa. According what I wrote on the tape, the radio commentator announced the song as the “Cradock Setees“ by the “Vier Ooms“ (Four Old Guys). It took me a while to realize that this recording was identical to the “Henningshoek Setees“ by the “Twee Ooms“, but when I did the answer was clear - eith
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