Played a very relaxing set of my songs at The Rec Hall at Parramatta UWS today. It was sunny and sounded pretty good due to a set of new mic cables. On my way home I dropped my guitar into The Guitar Factory for a few weeks. Ouch! The neck had split at the top near the head, due to rough handling on the plane. Luckily I have a Hiscock flight case! I'm going...
Lenni has asked Simon and I to join her for her set of songs as part of an all female line-up at The Basement on Monday the 17th of August. It's going to be fun and I'm looking forward to joining her on her songs. Speaking of working with Lenni and Si, there is word that we will be work shopping The Chronic-Ills of Robert Zimmerman at the end of September, so that is...
Steve asked me if I could record all my songs in a pretty basic way for him to have a copy of so he could work on his violin parts. I thought that was a great idea, and after about a week of recording I gave it to him yesterday. It was a satisfying process to have them all down in one place. We are working on our gig at The Old Fitzroy in...
Just had a great night at Iku Wholefoods. Some friends and a great singer and guitarist that played there last night dropped in and stayed for the set. There was heaps of yummy food, chai tea and magic tricks by the kids. It will be fantastic to put the word out in the next few months when it starts getting warmer and lighter and the whole outdoor area can be used. Can't complain about...
We had a great night at The Vanguard last night. Everyone was really relaxed and just enjoying the music of Nick Drake. If you would like to hear Saturday Sun, that Steve and I played, I've posted it below. If you are a fan of Nick Drake as well and want to get yourself a double CD of some great singer/songwriters from Australia playing his songs, Acoustic Caravan has some available for $20. Here...