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terrace and so I couldn’t go up there}() But I’ve met personally Al Green, Solomon Berg, um,
Katie Melua , um
80. Clarence: Joss Stone.
81. Suster: Joss Stone.
82. Clarence: Jamie Callam.
83. Suster: Jamie Callam. I mean personally met them.
84. Clarence: George Jack, Stanley.
85. Suster: Verstaan jy {You understand}? Wie, wie’s (wie is) ek {Who, who am I}? Ek, ek, ek is
Suster van ’ie (van die) Kaap en hier staan ek en hulle staan so rondom my en praat,
verstaan jy {I, I, I am Suster from Cape Town and here I’m standing and they’re all standing
around me and talking, you understand}? Stanley Clark, vir my kom dink ek is een van ’ie
(van die), van ’ie (van die) sound engineers op ’ie (op die), op ’ie (op die) stage daarso en toe
ko (kom) hy nou discuss sy sound problems met my en ek kyk oek (ook) vir hom net so en
ek ,um, antwoord oek (ook) maar net, verstaan jy {Stanley Clark thought I as one of, of the
sound engineers on the, on the stage there and so he came to discuss his sound problems with
me and I also look at him just like that and I, um, also just answer, you understand}? En hy,
hy lawaai net daar en toe het een van die regte sound engineers nou uitgevind {And he, he
just makes a noise there and then one of the real sound engineers found out}. Mmm, die man
praat met die verkeerde man {Mmm, this man is talking to the wrong man}. Toe touch hy
so vir Stanley Clark {So he touched Stanley Clark like this}. “You’re supposed to talk to
me.” Verstaan jy {You understand}? En ek sê net, “Mmm, ja” en ek {And I just say,
“Mmm, yes” and I} () [laughter]
86. Clarence: So you got really close to some of the big names?
87. Suster: Ja {Yes}. No, no, very up close and personal, but ek is nie so, ek is nie {I am not like, I am
not} like a autograph hunter () But it was just nice to… een van die ouens wat ons saam
gevat het, wat ons saam, wat op die tour was, wat ons backstage toe gevat het {one of the
guys that we took with, that we took with, that was on the tour, that we took backstage}. Hy
het amper vir hom laat {He nearly let himself} ()… sy ovaries het deurmekaar geraak toe
hy langsaan Stanley Clark staan {His ovaries got twisted when he stood next to Stanley
Clark}. Sy {his} hero, sy {his} idol, en hy kan nie eens {and he can’t even}… hy kan nie
eens asem haal vir vyf minute nie {he can’t even breathe for five minutes}. Ek sê {I say},
“Hallo, jy moet ‘n bietjie asem ook haal hierso, verstaan jy, voor jy omval hier langs die
man.” {Hello, you must also take breathe in a bit of air here, you understand, before you fall
over next to the man} () En vir die hele weekend na daai, daai was sy {And for the weekend
after that, that was his} highlight. I stood next to Stanley Clark, verstaan jy? () soes (soos) daai
goeters {like those things}. Um…
88. Clarence: You met, you met Al Green as well?
89. Suster: Ja {Yes}.
90. Clarence: Still got a lot of life hey?
91. Suster: Mmm.
92. Clarence: Pack some, pack some punch there still.
93. Suster: I mean, daai hall van agtienduisend mense was gepak vir Al Green {that hall of eighteen
thousand people was packed for Al Green}. I mean, and hy, hy’s (hy is) met ‘n suit op daai
warme stage met ‘n tie aan en, hy {and he’s wearing a suit on that warm stage, with a tie on,
and he} = =
94. Clarence: = = en {and} sunglasses
95. Suster: En {and} sunglasses en hy het laat waai {and he lets loose}. Hy, met, met, met sy {He,
with, with, with his} music. I mean those of you who know the music of Al Green um, the soul
music of Al Green of, of the seventies, um that man still has got it with him and Solomon
Berg.
96. Clarence: Who stands out for you as, as, as, as a real great musical experience this year?
97. Suster: Um, man, I went to … Solomon Berg, right, en hulle’t (hulle het) vir hom gebring met ‘n
rolstoel op daai {and they brought him with a wheelchair on that} stage daarso en, en
Clarence, agter {there and, and Clarence, behind} closed curtains.
98. Clarence: On his throne.