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1)
The prize - Bill's fabulous old Precision bass guitar
2) Real Guitars' Brenden Mason hands over a wad
of notes
Bill's
Precision sold
27.9.14 - I missed a couple
of calls from Brenden on Thursday evening and when
I got back to him he told me that the young guy
he'd observed over a number of days in the shop
playing Bill's bass guitar had just given him an
envelope stuffed with notes by way of an offer.
I rang Rosemary and she said as long as it was going
to somebody who really wanted to play it she was
happy, so I gave Brenden the go-ahead to accept
the offer.
That just leaves the Sutton lap-steel. I suggest
that you pop down to Real
Guitars if you're interested, because next thing
you know it'll be sold too.. |
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1)
Mike snaps Daryl in his solo spot at the Clifton
Hill Hotel 2) Daz snaps Mike during his set
gig
report
Wed.24.9.14 Clkifton Hill Hotel Acoustic Sessions
Homecoming night at the Clifton Hill
25.9.14 - On a whim, just before
I left home I picked up the Jamman pedal and slipped
it into my plastic gig bag. I pulled up over the
road from the Clifton Hill and when the rain showed
no sign of abating I manned-up with my jacket over
my head and made a dash for it. Daryl (pic)
was playing the opening set when I walked in and
I was pleasaantly surprised to see him using the
Hammond - it sounded good too.
My solo set started off alright, but I'd inexplicably
forgotten to check the Jamman during my set-up and
when it came to its moment in the spotlight it dismally
failed to respond. It took a good few minutes of
stuffing around before I got it to work, so I trust
I've learnt my lesson this time.
My one gig of the month was light-on in the attendance
dept but it was gratifying to see Lyn and Maree
there as well as Lex and his daughter Rachel, who
were joined later by Petrina and Hard Yards' John
MacKinnon. Choclatte's Adam and Kerri Stevens made
the trip from their new city apartment and were
my surprise guests for the evening. Miss Vicki,
back from Edinburgh, was on sound. |
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You
are seeing it right - SPTB playing in Sydney soon!
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Spectrum
in Sydney for a change..
22.9.14 - As regards
the Sydney Blues & Roots Festival (pic)
read Spectrum Plays the Blues rather than Spectrum,
but that just makes it all the more rare, because
that unit's never played in Sydney! As Spectrum
we've made the odd sortie over the decades but not
this century by my reckoning, so you'd think a few
of our erstwhile legions of fans would sit up and
take notice.
BTW, and not entirely unrelated to the above, I
took a call from Mario Millo yesterday. Some of
you will remember Mario as the meister
guitarist in the almost mythical Sebastian
Hardie and, although we've never met before,
we thought the two bands should join forces and
put on the most legendary Oz prog rock show ever! |
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Hold
on a minute - a CD release?
22.9.14 - With nothing else
on the horizon, a CD release with us on it is worth
a mention. It seems the majors are taking more notice
of their back catalogue (and everybody else's) now
that they've tumbled that people of our vintage
are the only ones actually buying music
these days. This Sony Music release is volume 5
in an apparent series and is a double compilation
set featuring all original recordings of 'Australian
Pop in the 70s' called, Keep On Rockin', named
after the opening track by Brian Cadd.
Of interest (to me anyway) is the Lotus single,
Lotus 1 (I'll Be Gone), which I mentioned
in a P&W a little while ago, but there is a
diverse selection of material, (including Ariel's
Jamaican Farewell) drawn from the rich
tapestry that is Oz Rock. |
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