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Mick
& Broc really concentrate backing up Bev Fraser
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gig
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Fri. 22..5.15 Mick & Broc at the Vesbar in Somerville
Winter
kicks in at the Vesbar
23.5.15 - Crikey!
A gig on a Friday night. What could possibly go
wrong? This is the first time we've officially appeared
under the Mick & Broc banner and as I've never
enjoyed being called Mick it's a bit of a piss-take
I s'pose. Anyway, the repertoire is quite varied
and Broc is such an effortlessly lovely player that
we can't help but have fun. The audience obviously
enjoys the eclectic mix of songs as well..
We shocked Bev by asking her to join us for Summertime,
(pic) but, ever the consummate professional
she carried it off with aplomb. |
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Ronnie
Charles gets my vote for hip crooner - with Robbo
and Nic |
gig
report
Sun. 17.5.15 Spectrum at Masters of Rock Palms at
Crowm
Robbo's
in everything!
18.5.15 - Experience
told me that little would be gained rushing to a
sound check, so most of Spectrum arrived at a fairly
civilised hour - except for Robbo, who was booked
to join the Ross Ryan band for their set. Somehow
he also managed to volunteer for Ronnie Charles'
set (pic) and he, Nic Lyon and Brenden
Mason (see Badlands)
were in the contest for the most ubiquitous player
of the night.
Spectrum's set was a bit squeezed for time but we
enjoyed our three numbers - Nic Lyon joined us for
Silicon
Valley
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M&M
with the Drs Sellers on Saturday at the Winelarder
- or is that Wine Larder?
gig
report
Sat.9.5.15 Mike at the Wine Larder in Brighton
Mike
breaks a G string!
10.5.15 - It's a headline
'cause it doesn't happen very often. You know what
I'm talking about when I say G string - it's the
third string on a guitar, in this case my 'amusing'
companion Mr George Martin, who requires that I
supply him with a wound third. (It's too complicated).
Anyway, this was also the third in my series of
appearances at the Winelarder and probably the most
comfortable - apart from busting a string of course.
Even the crowd is becoming familiar with and to
us. Maria and I (and the Sellers') were seated next
to a table who had seen me there a couple of times
and this time brought some albums to sign! (And
took the photo incidentally).
Christine tells me my next date at the Winelarder
will be on Sat. June 8th. Highly recommended gig.
Speaking of highly recommended gigs, the Masters
of Rock concert has a special promo for Sunday night’s
show - a two for one offer through lasttix, which
means that anyone buying a ticket through the link
below will be able to purchase two full price tickets
for the price of one. Hope to see you there!
http://lasttix.com.au/buy-discount-tickets-masters-of-rock |
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Everything's
ready at the S, S & A Club - all we need is
the band. Anybody seen the band?
(Broc)
gig report
Sat. 2.5.15 Spectrum at the S, S & A Club Albury
Band
disappears in Albury club carpark triangle!
3.5.15 - Kenny from
Westside Talent rang me unexpectedly last December
and booked Spectrum for another gig at the Albury
S, S & A Club for May, which seemed a long way
off then. There seemed no particular rhyme or reason
for the booking but Robbo said he'd been to Albury
recently with Stars (that's a whole other story)
and said the stage had been moved and so the load-in
wasn't nearly as painful now, so at least that was
something to look forward to.
Nathan and Jeremy from Albury Sound & Lighting
were waiting for us when we arrived and the sound
check was conducted pretty efficiently so we had
plenty of time to wander back to the motel before
returning to the club for a meal. The motel is conveniently
located just on the other side of the club's carpark
so you wouldn't expect any drama - but, maybe because
three of us were on our phones we still managed
to lose our way and Broc had to resort to Google
Maps - again!
The actual gig wasn't too bad. There was a regulation
crowd in attendance and they were very polite, ocasionally
bordering on enthusiastic, so we incorporated a
ritualistic encore and got maybe four people up
dancing.
At the end of the night our local Albury Spectrumite,
Chris Ferguson, handed me a mysterious package,
which I'm looking forward to checking out. I also
witnessed the exciting conclusion of the Rebels
/ Chiefs rugby match in the sports bar whilst sipping
a complimentary G&T, so I guess it was a pretty
civilised night, all things considered.. |
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