Boet Faber

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Boet Faber is a musician from South Africa. He started his musical career in 1977 as the guitarist in the heavy rock band Raven. The other band members were: Doc Barendse, Derek Riley, Dino Salvatori and Piet Botha. He followed this up in 1980 as part of the band Catherine Wheel with band members Piet Botha and Karlien van Niekerk. This band became one with Wildebeest, a South African rock band formed in 1981 in Pretoria with members Colin Pratley, David Tarr, Piet Botha and Karlien van Niekerk. He was a founding member of Jack Hammer, started with Piet Botha, Jan Maloney and Eric Birckenstock in November 1984. As session guitarist he performed with various artists such as Anton Goosen, Lucas Maree and projects like Herstigte Kommissie van Ondersoek. Of late Faber performed mostly as a solo blues rock artist. He was well-known for his raspy voice. Faber passed away on June 2, 2023 at the age of 68 after a heart-attack. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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