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1)
Enza at the sound check 2) Me and Robbo on the Palms'
stage playing the song for the umpteenth time
gig report
Sun. 25.5.14 Palms at Crown Myeloma Foundation Masters
of Rock concert
Best
yet Masters of Rock benefit concert
26.5.14 - This is
the first Masters of Rock concert I've done without
Bill Putt and I think even he would've been impressed
with developments. For instance, the venue's been
relocated from the rather downbeat Hi Fi Bar to
the plush address of Palms at Crown, probably due
to the good offices of Ted Lethborg who was instrumental
in organising the Rock of Ages concerts there for
Aztec Music in happier times. While I'm not a big
fan of the Casino ambience in general, the Palms
room has very comfortably appointed amphitheatre-like
seating and the wonderful stage, sound and lighting
is appreciated by the performers and audience alike..
Having Brian Nankervis as the emcee was a stroke
of genius and gave the show the appearance of moving
along smoothly, which was no mean feat given the
number of acts.
Unfortunately we missed Enza Pantano (pic 1)
and Ronnie Peers' opening spot (with Broc on bass)
but I was lucky enough to hear them at the sound
check earlier in the afternoon and Enza is still
singing beautifully. I was very struck with Darren
Percival's voice too - I hadn't seen him before
- and all the other acts looked and sounded splendid.
Jim Keays and his band of mercenaries (including
Ted Lethborg on bass) finished off the night and
Jim even managed an encore, which despite obviously
exhausting him thrilled the audience. Ted, Pina
Civitarese and Steve Roach should be very proud
of their efforts in putting together such a fine
show and Spectrum would be only too pleased to be
involved again next year. |
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1)
Ben Rogers and the band take liberties with the
instrumentals' catalogue 2) Bernd Rohrmann lights
up metaphysically |
3)
Jimi Hocking and mando 4) Chris Pearson and T-shirt |
gig
report
Wed. 13.5.14 Mike at the Clifton Hill Hotel
Into
the mild blue yonder..
14.5.14 - There was as party
going on in the back bar, but the Clifton Hill Hotel's
front bar was even quieter than usual for Rodney
Claringbould's Acoustic Sessions. Ben
Rogers' Instrumental Asylum (pic 1) was
trying to surprise with an eclectic mix of instrumentals
when I spied Bernd Rohrmann (pic 2) and
accepted the offer of a soda water. I took to the
stage more or less on time and stumbled through
my own singular selection before surrendering the
stage to the irrepressible Jimi Hocking. (pic
3)
Then it was down to 3PBS to say a few words for
the radiothon on Chris Pearson's (pic 4)
show. Busy! |
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The
world's most intimate gig made even more intimate
with Daz and the Hammond |
gig
report
Sat. 3.5.14 Wild Thyme Café Warby
Spectrum
at christening
4.5.14 - It was cold and miserable
when we arrived at the Wild Thyme Café last
night, so it was quickly decided we should play
indoors. Some cakes were needlessly sacrificed in
the process of making the front window band-friendly
and there were moments when it didn't look like
having the full band set-up
was going to be physically |
possible
- but in the end we arrived at a workable compromise.
(pic) None of my Warby buddies made it
to the show so there was a very modest
crowd in the room for the first set, which undoubtedly
set the new owners' teeth on edge, but to their
credit they recovered their optimism and booked
another Spectrum date (for August) at the end of
the night.
Daz had a much better time on the Hammond and the
music was fun for us to play despite the confined
circumstances - and the audience got more into it
as the night progressed. Speaking of the audience,
Mick brought his impeccably groomed Russian friend
Svetlana to the Wild Thyme to have a gander at what's
left of his fave 70s' band. She remained impassive
throughout most of the night but then gushed superlatives
(You guys are amazing, amazing, amazing!!) as we
were packing up and chatted happily to Maria, who's
actually visited Russia, about the Kirov Ballet
and The Hermitage.
*Listen to a couple of tunes recorded by John Murnane
at the end of the night at the Wild
Thyme |
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