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Daz
is a picture of concentration as Spectrum plucks
out another blues tune |
gig
report
Sat. 26th the trio at the Vesbar Sun. 27th Spectrum
at the St Andrews pub
Spectrum
oscillates mildly..
27.4.14 - The trio
had a lovely night at The Vesbar in Somerville last
night (see Beverly's iPhone video on FB) but it
was hard yakka at St Andrews today as Daz wrestled
with the intricacies of his new Hammond without
the ameliorating influence of the Leslie as supplied
at the 303 Bar on Thursday night.
Still, it wasn't bad by any means and it
was very nice to hear some refinement in the organ
dept. It can only get better.. |
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1)
Robbo sets up the Gretsch kit 2) The band in full
flight with Capt. Roberts at the Hammond (Maree)
gig report
Thurs. 24.4.14 Spectrum at the 303 Bar Northcote
The
Hammond Sessions at the 303 Bar
25.4.14 - Anzac Day Eve - but
there was no-one at the 303 Bar apart from the barman
when I arrived. I suppose I've played the 303 two
or three times over the years and the attendances
have been uniformly disappointing so I was hoping
this wasn't a sign of things to come, but happily
there was an expectant atmosphere and standing room
only by the time we'd set up. Daz has done this
before with the Gringos, but now he has his very
own version of a Hammond to flaunt with Spectrum
the 303 Bar's Thursday night Hammond Sessions, where
the guest keyboardist gets to use the 'house' Hammond
and Leslie, seemed an appropriate move.
We'd done some work on Superbody, The Crab
and Make Your Stash over the week in an
effort to augment the Spectrum Ancient & More
Ancient repertoire and our efforts, as flawed as
they occasionally were, were obviously very much
appreciated by the knowledgeable audience. From
my personal perpective having the Hammond back at
the epicentre of the Spectrum sound was a very welcome,
if overdue development.
Perhaps most importantly, the evening's organiser,
Gary Jones, was effusively enthusiatic and asked
me if we'd like to do another Hammond Sessions night
in about six months time. I reckon we will.. |
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1) Jen Cloher at The Basement Discs on Saturday
arvo 2) Robbo with Brian Pieper and a presenter
friend from Inner FM
gig report
Sat. 19 Mike at the Basement Discs (arvo) and Spectrum
at The Lomond Hotel
An
energising Easter Saturday
21.4.14 - I decided
to go into the city on the train rather than take
the van and it was a good move - I arrived at The
Block Arcade in plenty of time, pushing my way through
the crowds waiting outside the Hopetoun Tea Rooms
(what's that all about?) and descending
into the depths of The Basement Discs to find Jen
Cloher preparing to perform. I watched, well,
listened to most of her set too, emerging from behind
the infamous pillar at one point to take her pic,
(pic 1) and thoroughly enjoyed her music.
In one respect it depressed me though as I was flooded
with feelings of redundancy, which is hardly the
way you want to walk out onto a stage, even a tiny
one with a big pillar directly in front of it. I
made a mental note to add some new chords to my
repertoire - Jen used a host of crafty chords in
her thoughtfully conceived songs.
In the event there were plenty of people who stayed
for my set who gave every indication they enjoyed
it too, so I felt reasonably satisfied as I trained
it home with a Basement Discs' showbag of goodies
to prepare for an evening with Robbo and Broc at
The Lomond Hotel.
The Lomond was very quiet when I arrived to set
up, which I'd half-expected given it was an Easter
weekend and quite chilly to boot. Thankfully it
filled up as the evening progressed and ended up
being a fun night, with Tony Hargreaves commandeering
the piano for the blues' set. I'm usually exhausted
by 12.30 but I felt quite energised and actually
enjoyed the drunk-guy-wearing-a-kilt's potentially
alarming confrontation with a reluctant cab driver
as I left for home. |
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