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Bill
poses with most of the crowd - Bill is most of the crowd.. |
Well..
25.7.05 - It pays to have a sense of humour in this
so-called business. Yesterday, (Sunday), was Mike & Bill's
inaugural performance at Wellers of Kangaroo Ground. I arrived
really early, which was my first mistake. Then I discovered
one of the knobs from my duo special Fender Champ had been
snapped off. Bugger! (I blame Bill). Then, after the healthy
lunchtime crowd had dispersed, there were only half a dozen
people left to take in a mesmeric performance from the dazzling
duo. Crap! And then it rained on us as we loaded out. Double
crap! Ah well, we had fun anyway. It's a nice venue
- be sure to come on up, next time..
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Wild
Thyme indeed!
24.7.05 - The
pic (left) was taken through the front window of Wild
Thyme in Warburton, where Spectrum played on Friday night,
and gives you some idea of the intimacy of the space. Space?
I actually considered setting up al fresco on the pavement,
but it was a little too fresco for that. It would have
been more sensible as a duo really, but it was great fun to
play with Robbo again after a too long an absence, and I'm sure
we'll do it as the threesome next time we're there. |
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Spectrum
and the duo sniff the fresh country air on the weekend
21.7.05 - We haven't played Wild
Thyme in Warburton for a while, and so it'll be fun
catching up with the audience there, not to mention Robbo. And
then there's the virgin territory of Mike & Bill at
Wellers of Kangaroo Ground on Sunday arvo, which should
be fascinating on several counts. I already had an e-mail from
some peeved Robbo fans saying how disappointed they were that
he isn't playing with us there. |
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Wanna
touch my chainsaw? |
Bill's
Twang set to go
18.7.05 - Yesterday, (Sunday), my son Chris
and I set off to visit Rose and Bill at Rosewood in Strathewen,
not far past the St Andrews pub. Bill had left a fridge and
desk at my place, so I took the opportunity to deliver them
to his relocated studio. Bill's become a bit of a chainsaw addict
since he's been on the Rosewood property, and regails anybody
within hearing distance about his chainsaw adventures. The good
news is that just today he had the Bill's Twang CD
mastered. We're all now waiting breathlessly for the next step.
the
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The
members discuss the finer points of the flukey breezes on the
pond |
Mike
& Bill at the Yacht Club
9.7.05 - What is it with yacht clubs? First
it was the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron, now the Albert Park
yachties. Top night, too. Bill said he was feeling a little
trepidatious beforehand, wondering how we would fill out the
evening, but both the audience and ourselves had a lovely time.
Our thanks to Cliff and the members for making us feel welcome
- see you next time! |
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Ross
Ryan cancels
7.7.05 - Ross Ryan's umbrella organisation,
Coathanger (!), has cancelled at least the next two Fridays
of Ross Ryan & Friends at Hardimans (July 8 &15), due
to the upgrading of Ross' flu condition to pneumonia. At this
stage the projected tour with Doug Ashdown remains unaffected.
I'm sure you'll all join with me in wishing Ross a speedy recovery |
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Hester
Park? National
Nine News
7.7.05 - Crowded House drummer
Paul Hester could be immortalised in the name of a reserve he
loved. A Melbourne council has called for public submissions
into a plan to name the unnamed reserve, along Elwood Canal,
after the late local resident. The City of Port Phillip last
week began a formal consultation process to decide whether to
name the stretch of land, between Glenhuntly Road and Wave Street,
the Paul Hester Reserve. read
more |
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Spectrum's
smoke dreams |
Ian
McCausland site launched
3.7.05 - I got a nice e-mail today from
an old buddy, graphic artist Ian McCausland, advising me that
his website was up and running. He's done some fine re-workings
of some old themes, including Daddy Cool, Chain
and Billy Thorpe, as well as a brand new Spectrum
/ Murtceps poster. (pic) While Ian was responsible
for the Milesago album cover-art, he never created a poster
as such for Spectrum, so this is a unique opportunity to own
an attractive piece of poster art of your favourite band. Just
go to Ian's
site to purchase it, or any other of Ian's highly acclaimed
posters, direct from the artist. |
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1)
Bill Dettmer knows his picking 2) Derek Guille, Bob Spencer,
his guitar and and me |
3)
Maria Forde asks Keith to lighten up and play 'Ruby'. |
The
party you have when..
3.7.05 - Bill Dettmer invited me over to
his place in Frankston North last night for the party you have
when you have to cancel your concert. Make that a postponement
rather than a cancellation, 'cause Bill is determined to pull
the pieces back together for a mutually compatible date sometime
in the near future. Also in attendance were Bob Spencer,
Maria Forde and your local ABC's Derek
Guille. Much excellent shiraz was consumed and Bill
cooked up a storm. Later in the evening the inevitable guitars
were produced and Maria previewed a few of her new Trentham
songs, then Bill played a couple of his new songs.
I stumbled through a couple of fragments and made a complete
prat of myself. |
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Mike
& Bill are a heavenly duo |
The
gigs of our lives
2.7.05 - A casual look at our upcoming
gigs shows that a) we're not necessarily doing more
of 'em, but b) there's a trend to the new and untried
variety of gigs, albeit largely undertaken by the Mike &
Bill combo. OK - so we've been to next Friday's venue before
as Spectrum, the Albert Park Yacht Club (Fri.
8), but we've not done Wellers of Kangaroo Ground
(Sun. 24), and we've certainly not travelled to Echuca before,
check us at The Winter Blues Festival (Sat.
30 & Sun. 31). I think you'll find another dimension unlocked
in these performances, with a number of songs revived that we
don't usually play at yer average Spectrum gig. Should be fun. |
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