"Summertime.... and the livin' is easy. Fish are jumping, and the cotton is high...."
Growing up, this was one of my dad's favourite tunes to strum (and sing along to) on the guitar. My dad likes to sing pretty loudly, probably harking from his days as lead singer in the band "Skonkie, Tommy & Ek" ("Ek" means "I" in Afrikaans). At least that was the title scribbled in pencil on the tape* that him and his two friends recorded one summer. Summertime featured twice on this tape (side A & side B) and was clearly a firm favourite of the wannabe musicians. Perhaps the temperatures were as high as their aspirations when they recorded it?
