Howdy all!
Back again briefly to whinge about not going to Tamworth and to post a few reminders of gigs coming up this weekend in ol' Sydney town.
FRIDAY JAN 30:
* The Hunter & Suzie Owens Band as usual at the Orange Grove Hotel at Rozelle from about 9 pm onwards. Guitarist Jake Lardot is back from Tamworth and pedal steel supremo, Tommi Graso, will be the special guest for the night. Can't say too much about any line-up of this band, so get yer post-Tamworth medicine with a night of toe-tappin', slippin and slidin' country/bluegrass music with the gang at the OG.
* If you find yourself out at Penrith you could do worse than drop in to Crawdaddys to catch the Victorian honky tonkin'/rockabilly outfit,Gatorbait from 8 pm. $5 cover.
SATURDAY JAN 31:
This is the night which is gonna tear at the heartstrings because I can't work out a way to get to all of the below:
* The LONESOME HIGHWAY SESSIONS at the Bridge Hotel at Rozelle sees Victorian line-up Gatorbait (see press release at the bottom of this post) with Reno Nevada (Chris Flynn) supporting. $15 cover.
* Meanwhile, fresh from an oustandingly successful Tamworth tour, Leslie Avril and Rob Luckey & the Lucky Bastards are doing a special show for those other (poor) bastards who didn't get to Tamworth! At the Botany View Hotel from 9 pm. Free.
* And if yer a dead-set Dylan tragic you can get on over to the Coogee/Randwick RSL Club to see a band of unknown cover-band talents put on a Dylan show. $15 cover.
SUNDAY FEB 1:
* Mark Lucas and the Bad Hats start the afternoon off from 12 to 3.15pm at The Rocks Square Stage, The Rocks.
* After that, catch a ferry up the harbour and join Rob Luckey and the Lucky Bastards at the Riverview Hotel at Balmain from 5.30pm.
FOR YOUR DIARY:
Sunday 8th February - The Cartwrights with Hogstomp and Kitty Adams at the Erskinville Bowling Club - 3 - 8pm - $10.
Saturday 14th February Botany View Hotel - The Cartwrights after 8.30 pm.
The "real" Dylan spectaculars are in the planning stages and the word is the first of these events will be a night emulating The Band's Last Waltz show and another to celebrate Dylan's 63rd birthday in May. Expect to read much more about these gigs here in the near future.
GATORBAIT PRESS RELEASE:
These four chain gang escapees, bound together not only by chains but a zombified faith in the slap back and twang of real rockin' hillbilly, of a time when drums were used for parades only! Gatorbait are - Noray Gulian? strummin' and singin' mightily.? Former king of The Kingbillies, one of Melbourne's favourite and well known rockabilly bands.
With a full supporting cast of "Doghouse" Dave Philpots slappin' and crackin' the mighty bull fiddle bass with fellow Detonator Paulie "The Kid" Bignell? twangin' and twistin' the full bodied guitar and featuring the lovely Miss Glenny Rae from the Toe Sucking Cowgirls on countrified fiddle. Bringing the Sun sound to the new millennium. From Johnny Cash to Wayne Hancock, with a touch of Hank Williams and Johnny Horton thrown in for good measure.?The band's new self-titled CD attests to the authenticity and expertise of this seasoned quartet.?
RENO NEVADA
Reno Nevada has been causing some excitement over at the Duke Hotel at Enmore on Sunday arvo/evenings for quite a while now and is working on a CD of originals (due for release later in 2004).
Meanwhile enjoy your live music and live it up!
Ray.
Posted by rayzon1
at 11:06 PM EAST
