{"id":49958,"date":"2021-11-18T14:52:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T12:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/woorde-was-sy-liefdestaal-20211110-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T17:11:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:11:33","slug":"woorde-was-sy-liefdestaal-20211110-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/woorde-was-sy-liefdestaal-20211110-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Plaaslike liedjieskrywer van menigde Afrikaanse treffers sterf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plaaslike liedjieskrywer, Kobus Bezuidenhout, ook bekend as Koekoes, is onlangs oorlede. Hy het liedjies geskryf vir onder andere die bekende Afrikaanse kunstenaar, Adam Tas.<\/p>\n<p>Adam het sy herinneringe van Kobus Bezuidenhout met <span><em>Kouga Express<\/em><\/span> gedeel. \u201cKoekoes Bezuidenhout was een van my dierbaarste vriende, ons was soos broers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOns het saam geskryf. Van Suid-Afrika se grootste Afrikaanse treffers soos &#8216;<span>Is dit hoe die hemel lyk&#8217;<\/span>, &#8216;<span>\u2019n Man soos my pa&#8217;<\/span>, en &#8216;<span>In die huis waar stilte woon&#8217; \u2013<\/span> liedjies wat multiplatinumstatus in Suid-Afrika bereik het \u2013 is uit sy pen gebore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hy het verder bygevoeg, \u201cKoekoes het vriende regoor Suid-Afrika gehad. Oral waar hy gegaan het, het mense vir Kobus Bezuidenhout geken. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOns gaan hom terde\u00eb mis en ons kan vandag met hartseer s\u00ea op \u2019n riempiesbank in \u2019n rietdakhuis sit Koekoes saam met sy pa (lirieke uit <span>Is dit hoe die hemel lyk<\/span>).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nabye vriendin van die familie, Dedre Breitenbach, het ges\u00ea, \u201cKoekoes was net \u2019n goeie ou, altyd dieselfde en reg met \u2019n grappie. Woorde was sy liefdestaal en hy kon s\u00f3 mooi speel daarmee. 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