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Mike
has a cack-handed moment on the Strat at the Lomond
(MG) |
gig
report
Fri. 28.8.15 Spectrum trio at the Lomond Hotel
Trio
almost foiled by tramstop
29.8.15 - After
enduring paralysing traffic on the Eastern freeway
we found that, since we were last at the Lomond,
Yarra Trams have constructed a monumental tram stop
right outside the front door rendering street parking
and loading-in almost impossible.
Nevertheless, there was a good crowd of dedicated
Spectrumites on hand to enjoy the earlier starting
and finishing times negotiated by yours truly and
we had an interesting night's ramble together. |
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1)
Mike and Third Verse's Vincent Donato snuggle up
for a snap 2) What could possibly go wrong?
The launch of the Rudd catalogue is at hand
27.8.15 - These sorts
of things never go smoothly and there still some
bugs to be ironed out, but most of the Rudd oeuvre
is now accessible on Spotify
- and now it's up on iTunes
as well! Anyway, last Wednesday evening Third Verse
founder Vincent Donato (pic 1) invited
Maria and me to sup with him and his wife Therese
at the Camberwell eatery Café Paradiso by
way of celebration, which was a fun evening despite
being very noisy.
Next week's Spectrum retrospective (with Hey Gringo)
at the Way
Out West Roots Music Club (the Willy RSL) will
mark the successful inception of the Rudd (and Crudd)
catalogue on the Web. There'll be lots of embarrassing
photos of nearly all the Rudd bands dating from
the '60s and maybe even a Q&A segment as well.
Only $15.00 or $10.00 for members.
(See the Gigs page for more details).
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1)
Dr Wazz captures a St Mike the Baptist moment
at the St Andrews Pub 2) Kathy photo-bombs the
Rudd bros
gig report
Sun. 9.8.15 Spectrum at the St Andrews Pub
Spectrum's
happy return to St Andrews
10.8.15 - There
was already a mighty crowd in for lunch when we
arrived which augered well for the rest of the
afternoon. Cameron and Robyn Wilson are back in
charge and one of the first things Cameron did
was to give me a call and book a couple of dates
for Spectrum - gigs at St Andrews have been absent
from our gigs list for too long. We haven't played
together since the 303 Bar back in June so I was
a tiny bit apprehensive that the on-stage rapport
may have diminished, but I needn't have worried.
Our good friends in the audience reported back
to us we were 'on fire' and they couldn't remember
us sounding better. Daz is certainly making the
best of the Hammond these days and there were
moments when I flashed back to somewhere when
something or other was happening.
Next!
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1)
Who's that blurred figure striding through Winelarder
last night? 2) Why, it's none other than Ariel's
Tim Gaze
gig report
Sat. 8.8.15 Mike at the Winelarder Brighton
Winelarder
springs a couple of surprises in the present tense..
9.8.15 - OK - so I'm
on the way to Winelarder and just a little bit edgy
'cause I think I'm running late - which is when
I look a the clock on the dash and discover I'm
actually an hour early! Despite this surplus of
time I still manage to leave one non-essential item
at home. (Sigh!) Anyway, as a result I
have an unhurried load-in and set-up and even manage
a sound check and get my balances sorted as I'm
experimenting with the nylon-string again tonight.
There are people starting to drift in as I do so
and it looks like it's going to be a good night.
It's near the end of the first set and I'm singing
Esmeralda and the crowd's joining in when
four guys walk in the door and the last one is Tim
Gaze, who's in town helping out on the VASE stand
for the Guitar Show at the Caulfield race course.
I finish the song and take a snap of the room for
this gig report (pic 1) just as Tim's heading
for the exit to make a call to his family.
I join him outside and Jake takes a pic of us thumbs-upping
(pic 2) and Tim tells me it's his birthday
- he's laughably young still of course. I chat out
on the footpath with VASE's Butch and Jake as Tim
rings home, then they say they're heading over the
road to the Greeks' for something to eat. The rest
of the gig goes alright, until I break the D string
on the Canora and have to retrieve George (Martin)
from the van to complete the set. Oh, and I forget
to do the hit version of I'll Be Gone but
nobody seems to mind too much. |
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