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Beyond
the fridge..
1)
The Bridgeway Hotel on Sunday was steaming hot 2)
Mike and the chaps induulge in some serious groanin'
3)
Matt Taylor gives me a man-hug after Black &
Blue 4) Broc takes over Frank's bass for a bar (pics
MacFarlane)
gig
report
Fri.20.2.15 Semaphore
Workers Club with Matt Taylor's ChainSat. 21.2.15
Spectrum at Lyndoch Hill Estate (arvo)
and
Woodcroft Tavern with Matt Taylor's Chain Sun. 22.2.15
with Matt Taylor's Chain at the Bridgeway Hotel
(arvo)
Spectrum
too darn hot in Adelaide
25.2.15 - The drive home from Adelaide on
Monday undid all the good work done on my hip and
I've had to seek the help of (Dr) Stormin' Norman
Gowers today and start the healing process all over
again. We did toy with the idea of all flying over
this time and hiring a backline but there were too
many unknown variables so I opted to drive the van
one more time..
This trip promised something of a bonus as we were
slotted to play three of the four gigs over the
weekend with Matt Taylor's SA version of Chain,
(with the enigmatic Trevor 'Trapper' Draper on drums,
the indefatigable Ewok Chris Finnen on an endless
array of guitars and the affable man-mountain Frank
Lang on bass guitar), broken up by a solitary full-metal
Spectrum gig for SA Variety at the Lyndoch Hill
Estate on the Saturday arvo. The temperatures remained
at about 40 degrees all weekend, so you can assume
it was hot and sticky for the entire time we were
there.
The first show was at the Semaphore Workers Club
and was jammed with happy supporters of both bands
or perhaps simply the era. Whichever the case, everybody
had a rip-roaring time and went home happy, including
the bands.
The next morning we drove as far north as we dared
before falling off the edge of the world and set
up in the salubrious Barossa Chateau at the Lyndoch
Hill Estate in preparation for a 2.00 start - before
Kerry Philcox informed me the posters were advertising
a 1.00 start. We did eventually grind into action
at about 1.30 and nobody complained. It was good
to have total control of our sound - the sound in
the room was pretty nice too - and the opportunity
to choose from the entire repertoire and by 5.00
we were tired and sweaty but satisfied.
Of course we then had to pack up and head to the
deep southern suburbs of Adelaide to join Chain
at the Woodcroft Tavern.- and we made it too with
time to spare to open the evening's show. The tour
concluded on Sunday arvo with a show at the Bridgeway
Hotel in Pooraka - you can see some of the action
in Stewart MacFarlane's pics.
I don't think I'm alone in thinking the combination
of the two bands worked very well and I'd like to
see it happen again - and sooner rather than later. |
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1) I don't know what I was singing
- and I still don't (MG) 2) Rob MacKenzie has yet
another theory
gig
report
Sun.
15.2.15 Mike & Broc at the Elwood Food &
Wine Bar
Mike
& Broc at the Elwood Food & Wine Bar
16.2.15 - It was a steamy day yesterday but the
crowd at the Elwood Food & Wine Bar was very
receptive - not to mention sprinkled with celebrities.
(pic 2) I was a little bit apprehensive as I'd done
very little preparation for the third in the series
of Mick & Broc's duo gigs - but I was reassured
when Broc told me he'd done very little prep either.
The negligible amplification imposes a certain singing
approach but I quite enjoyed the challenge and it
generally sounded more together than the last time
we played.
After an encore Pete Newson rushed up with a request
from Ken Murdoch and his wife Vicki for a solo version
of Kneedeep from the Living on a Volcano album.
I managed to stumble through a couple of verses
before giving up - and even that brought the house
down! I'll let you know when we're back there. |
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The
Spiegeltent (or Salon Elegance) sweats in Wonderland |
Doc
White's Hokum at Wonderland
8.2.15 - Remember
the original Spiegeltent camped outside the Arts
Centre? This aint it. This version (pic)
is hidden between the dodgems and the roundabout
next to the observation wheel in Wonderland, the
Docklands' 'entertainment precinct'.
Anyway, this Spiegeltent still has plenty of atmosphere
to compensate for its dodgy wiring and cluttered
sightlines and Doc White's outfit made the most
of it with the addition of sax (and clarinet)
meister Paul Williamson to the band's lineup
and an actual stage director to oversee the re-imagined
narrative. The sound was clean and the dancing was
dirty and everyone had a very warm evening's entertainment |
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