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Esté and Lourens Rabé have gone where few married couples dare to venture – sharing a career. ‘It’s funny; so many married couples come up to us after a show to ask how we manage,’ Lourens says.
‘But it’s deepened our relationship and taught us so much about each other,’ Esté says. ‘It’s very fulfilling.’
They’ve been performing together as Bottomless Coffee Band since their days at Stellenbosch University, where they met. They each play a range of instruments, and their full, foot-stomping, energetic sound belies the fact that it’s just the two of them.
‘We didn’t want to sound like a duo, so we just kept adding more instruments to our repertoire,’ Esté says. ‘Lourens plays a Farmer FootDrum – basically a whole drum kit built into a box that you play with your feet. He also plays electric and acoustic guitars and harmonicas, and he sings. I play bass guitar – I have a very tiny, cute ukulele bass guitar that always surprises people because it’s so small but produces such a significant, outright bass sound. I also play the regular ukulele, piano,
