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1) The Drs Sellers took the Link
down to Somerville 2) A surprise appearance by Stephen
May
gig
report
Fri.
22.2.13 Vesbar Wine Lounge
Another
warm one at the Vesbar
23.2.13 - We've had a run of warm days
here in Victoria and we'll remember tham fondly
or otherwise in the wintery bits I suppose. I arrived
at the Vesbar Wine Lounge early - far too early
really - but it gave me more than enough time to
set up (with the added complication of the JamMan
pedal) and enjoy an Indian feast with Bev
and Leigh before launching into the first set.
I'm going to have to invest in a solo performance
stool. The Vesbar's complimentary artist's stool
is quite tall and I found it difficult to locate
the new pedal, which led to a couple of inadvertent,
shall we say, ejaculations. Having said that, it
was a vast improvement on The Famous Blue Raincoat
and I actually got warmly applauded for the recorder
solo in Superbody and the harp solo in
Confessions of a Psychopathic Cowpoke where
I used the loop pedal to take the rhythm parts.
Lots of mistakes still and I'm going to experiment
with the string gauge on George Martin again, but
it was a forgiving crowd and Beverley and Leigh
make me feel so welcome.. The next Vesbar is on
Sunday the 24th of March. (arvo)
(Nice to get a bunch of real photos taken
on the night by Peter Koryn, so I've published a
couple below..)
3)
There's a hint of Norman Rockwell in this shot by
Peter Koryn 4) A hint too of early Spectrum in this
shot.. (Koryn) |
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Mike
looks like the CTATC with Jennie Juch and Diana
Wolfe
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gig
report
Sat. 16.2.13 Lomond Hotel East Brunswick
The
Lomond goes one or two better
17.2.13 - By the time we started
the first set, the room was absolutely chocker,
so that was a good start. It was as warm as outside
and the air con' restored some desperately needed
energy, (I've been doing some casual days with Rackman
helping set up a bridal fair), so for once I didn't
complain about it blowing on me.
Resident stage manager-cum-pianist Tony joined us
for a few tunes in the blues set after most of the
crowd had drifted off home, which was a late night
bonus. The retro-Spectrum set went down a treat,
which augers well for the upcoming SA trip |
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1)
Former Mike Rudd Quintet keyboardist Cres Crisp
2) Robbo's old neighbour and footy kickerer mate,Terry
gig
report
Fri. 15.2.13 The Ivy Lounge Bar Olinda
Spectrum
climbs The Ivy
16.2.13 - Admittedly
not quite as busy as last time, but still a lovely
night. I didn't know Cres Crisp (pic 1) was
even in the room until we finished the last set
and it was nice to catch up with him again. Ron
Glover and Heather were there again, (waiting to
be the only two in the audience) - and because they've
seen us a few times they look forward to hearing
some variation in the set-list - and there were
a couple of wrinkles in our song choices last night.
The pizzas were excellent again.. |
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Maree
and Dave put in an appearance at the Famous Blue
Raincoat |
gig
report
Thurs. 14 2 13 The Famous Blue Raincoat Kingsville
Home
(away from) alone at last
15.2.13 - The first thing
I noticed when I arrived last night at The Famous
Blue Raincoat was that it had had a major makeover
and looks, well, damn classy.
It was good to see Jude Ocean, Rob and Wendy Rowe,
Terry and Phoebe as well as Dave and Maree (pic).
I chose last night to debut my new JamMan loop-pedal
- and I made a complete and utter hash of it. It
did sort of work OK on Superbody and I
was able to play the recorder solo for the first
time in about forty years! A work in progress.. |
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The
Scallops, Maree, Di, Heather and Lyn with some stray
blokes |
gig
report
Sun. 10.2.13 St Andrews Hotel
St
Annies goes off a treat
11.2.13 - A perfect day weatherwise
and there was a sense of anticipation, in the band
at least, for the first full Spectrum gig of the
year. There was quite a reasonable crowd on hand
too, including Barry Murnane, who made his usual
request for Healthkick. I forgot the first
verse, so Barry came up to the mic to prompt me.
I felt better when he couldn't remember it either.
Almost everybody in the room was up dancing for
the last set and Cameron declared it to be 'the
best Sunday arvo of the year!' Read
Kieron
Lynch's thoughts on the Correspondence
page
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