Sout is an attempt to reconcile my English/Afrikaans roots. It is Peopled by Lonely Travelers, Rogues, Heroes and Vagabonds. Part Myth, part Reality, part Present, part Past. These are Songs for the Fallen, the battered, the bruised but somehow hopeful. The tattered remnants of a faded band of Partisans who have had every value challenged, so many battles lost and so many fallen in the line of Duty, and who have nothing left to hold onto but the Love for each other. Salt for the blue sea, Salt for the Souties, Sunset on a saltpan, Salt for the Flavour, Salt for the Mengsel, Salt in my hair, Salt in the blood, Salt in my tears, Salt for the Healing. Sout is for you, Gentle Listener, faithful Friend - Salt of the earth.
[Bill Knight, November 2007]
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