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This afternoon I went to Kedron Wavell to see legendary Australian singer-songwriter and Redgum member John Schumann and the Vagabond Crew which was my second time seeing John as my first time seeing him was at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre for the Countdown Spectacular 2 Tuesday August 21st 2007. Dad picked me up from church, took me to Cannon Hill, caught bus to the city, went to the bus stop, caught bus to Chermside and walk to Kedron Wavell. Went to the Café, rang home, had Fettuccini Garlic Prawn for lunch, drank Coke Zero, had brownie sundae for desert, saw Paula who works there, went to the Blue Pacific Room and write notes. The show started @ 2pm with John Schumann and the Vagabond Crew coming on stage which matching army shirts with John Nutting doing the narrating and John performed the songs which among the ones he did in the first set which Anzac Biscuts, On Every Anzac Day, Khe Sahn, the classic I was Only 19 and finished off the set with Waltzing Matilda as well a

Last night I went to the Balmoral Cinema with my Mum to see the movie The Chaperone. It's 1922 and 16 years old Louise Brooks(Haley Lu Richardson) is going to New York to study dance and Norma Carlisle (Elizabeth McGovern) from Kansas offers to take her as an chaperone which she does and goes to New York where Louise goes to the dance school which it's run by Ruth St John(Miranda Otto) and her husband Ted Shawn (Robert Fairchild)as well as Norma wants to find out about her birthparents as well as meeting an guy named Joseph (Geza Rohing) while Louise is enjoying the New York life and it gets interesting. It's Fantastic and excellent with top, impressive and excellent acting by Haley Lu Richardson, Elizabeth McGovern, Miranda otto, Robert Fairchild, Geza Rohing, Blythe Danner and Campbell Scott son of actors George C Scott and Colleen Drewhurst. Elizabeth McGovern was one of the producers along with Victoria Hill who played Louise's mother Myra, Rose Ganguzza, Greg C

Last night I went to see legendary Australian duo Air Supply @ QPAC Concert Hall as it was my first time seeing them and they were supposed to play on Tuesday night due to some circumstances it was cancelled but at least it happened on Anzac Day. Dad took me to Carindale, caught bus to South Bank, went to Kitchen Next Door Bar which I had Grilled Chicken for dinner, did some writing and Walk to QPAC. Bought poster and Hat, ate Crunch, Drank Coke Zero, saw Dr Lu from my work, went inside, saw John an man I know from the gigs, write notes and waited. The show started @ 8pm with Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell coming on stage backed up by an 5 piece orchestra and 5 musicians with Aaron McClain (Guitar and Musical Director), Aviv Cohen (Drums), Doug Guild (Bass) and Mirko Tessandori (Keyboards) which they did 2 sets doing the classic hits they made famous in the 70's,80's and 90's as well as doing Without You the Badfinger song which Harry Nilsson had an big hit with in

This is about the Australian record label Sunshine Records and it talks about the creator of the label Ivan Dayman about his start in show business as well starting Sunshine as well as managing people like Normie Rowe and Tony Worsley as well as the bios about the acts who recorded for the label including Normie, Tony, Bill and Boyd, The Atlantics, The Sounds Of Seven, The Escorts, Mike Furber and many others as well as an listing of every release on the label as well as the chart achievements throughout Australia. It's AWESOME , BRILLIANT and SUPERB with great info about the label as well as Ivan Dayman which parts I never knew before and Graeme Brown has done an Brilliant job putting this together which he has made an great effort indeed. This is an must for Australian 60's music fans and I give it 5 stars which you have to get on through Moonlight Publishing online so do yourself an favour and BUY IT which you will love it and be impressed.

This is the new compilation of Legendary American group Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and it has recordings that he did with the Heartbreakers as well as solo and Mudcrutch from 1976-2016 as well as an unreleased song and an alternate version of The Best Of Everything. It's FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT and SUPERB with FANTASTIC songs that has stood the test of time and sounds as fresh and great today as it did back then which these songs you can never get tired of. Cameron Crowe did the liner notes and great effort of having these songs together on this double CD as well as an great representation of Tom petty. This double CD went to number 16 in the USA, number 38 in the UK and Number 73 in Australia. It's been nearly 2 years since Tom Petty passed away but the great music he made will live on forever and you will always hear those songs. This is an must for Tom Petty fans and I am giving this 5 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT.

This is the new CD compilation by the Rolling Stones and what I am reviewing is the Deluxe Edition which it's the 3 cd version. On the first 2 CD's it has the recordings of the Stones between 1971-2016 including the classics Start Me Up, Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, Angie, Miss You, It's Only Rock and Roll, Love Is Strong, Harlem Shuffle and others and on the 3rd CD has the live recordings between 2015-18 including Beast of Burden with Ed Sheeran and Wild Horses with Florence Welch. It's AWESOME,ROCKIN and SUPERB with AWESOME songs that has stood the test of time and still sound as great today and the live tracks are just AWESOME too particularly with some of the artist I have mentioned which it's great to hear that. It's 57 years since the Stones was formed and are still going strong which it's great to see as they have survived the changes in the music scene to be where they are today. They have just cancelled dates on their tour as we all know that Mick

Last Saturday April 13th I went to Carina Leagues to see local group Buddy Love and the Tremors which it was my second seeing them. Dad took me to the club, had Lamb Shanks for dinner, drank Coke Zero, ate Cake and Cream and did writing. The show started @ 8pm which they did 3 sets doing an mixture of classic rock and roll and country by Elvis, The Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry, Stray Cats, Eric Clapton and others as well as everyone enjoying themselves on the floor and there was an CD on sale but no one bought it and I see them again next time I will buy one. The show finished at 11.30pm, thanked one of the guys, saw Dad and came home. It was an FANTASTIC show which everyone had an great time including myself and the band played great and sang great too as well as entertaining the crowd and I enjoyed their show which I look forward to seeing them again soon. set 1 Boogie Woogie Cho Cho Train Ride With Me My Girl Josephine A Fool Such As I I Just Wanna Dance With You Neon Blue Stra

This afternoon I went to the Balmoral Cinema to see the advance screening of Gloria Bell. Gloria Bell(Julianne Moore) is in her 50's an fee spirited lady who has an office job as well as going to the clubs where she spends her nights on the dance floor around LA as well as divorcee with 2 children and an grandson and she meets Arnold (John Tuturro) who is divorced they become an couple which gets interesting , It's FANTASTIC and excellent with great acting by Julianne Moore, John Tuturro, Michael Cera who plays her son, Caren Pistorius plays her daughter, Holland Taylor plays her mother, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Sean Astin. it's directed by Sebastian Lelio who also produced it with Pablo Larrain and Juan de Dois Larran and did the screenplay which it's an reimaging of the 2013 movie Gloria that he did and this is one of Julianne Moore's finest acting performances as any roles that she has played she does it so well. I am giving this 4 stars and it will be release

In 2012 legendary Australian group the Seekers celebrated 50 years when they started singing together in Melbourne in an coffee shop which in an few years would achieve great success overseas as they would become the first Australian group to achieve chart success internationally which would last until 1968 when they broke up and fast forward to 2013 would do the Golden Jubilee Farewell tour of Australia and New Zealand and UK in 2014 which was an great success. It was filmed and recorded capturing this special moment for posterity and it is out now on CD and DVD which they performed their classic hits from the 60's as well as songs that was part of their stage act as well as their version of Silver Thread and Golden Needles and also on the DVD has tributes from people like Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton John and the Wiggles as well as clips on the stage of them in the 60's as well as the videos of them doing In My Life and Silver Threads and Golden Needles. It's BRILLI

Tonight I went to the Balmoral Cinema to see the movie the Aftermath. It's after World War 2 Rachael Morgan (Keira Knightley) arrived in Hamburg Germany meeting up with her husband Lewis (Jason Clarke) who is an British Colonel going through the ruins of Hamburg to the grand house they are sharing with the former owners Stefan Lubert (Alexander Skarsgard) an German widower with an troubled daughter Freda (Flora Theimann). there is tensions between Rachael and Lewis as she has been through the loss of her son which Lewis is more focused on moving on with his life and Stefan and Rachael take an liking to each other which gets interesting/ It's interesting and excellent with great acting by Keira Knightley, Jason Clarke, Alexander Starsgard and Alexander Scheer. It is an great story but kind of lacks in other parts but it well worth seeing anyway. It's directed by James Kent, produced by Ridley Scott, Malte Grunet and Jack Abruthnott and screenplay by Joe Sharpnel and Anna

This is the new album by Status Quo member Francis Rossi and Hannah Rickard an singer and fiddle player who worked with Status Quo on the Aquostic projects as well as singing with the Relatives doing rock and roll from the 50's and this album was recorded at Arsis Studios. Francis produced this album and he wrote most of the tracks with Hannah and 4 with Bob Young who has worked with the Quo since the late 60's as well as writing 1 song with Bernard Frost and Hannah writing 2 with Howard Rickard her Uncle. It's an Brilliant and FANTATSIC album with FANTASTIC songs which had an great country flavour with FANTASTIC singing by Francis and Hannah and it's great to see an different sound by Francis who we all know for him doing the rock and roll with the Quo which it's wonderful as well as Hannah who I have heard not heard of until this album which she sang and played great too and I hope we Australians can get to know her. It has gone to number 1 in the British co

This is the new album by legendary Australian singer-songwriter Russell Morris and it was recorded at LaCueva Recording in Byron Bay. All songs on the album are written by Russell Morris and it was produced by Bernard Fanning of Powderfinger and American Nick DiDia as well as Russell sang of the tracks when I saw Him with Brian Cadd at Kedron Wavell on Friday February 1st this year. It's BRILLIANT and FANTASTIC with FANTASTIC and AWESOME songs as well as great singing by Russell Morris who is still sounding better than ever at age 70 and after the blues albums that he did 7 years ago which had Australian stories on those 3 albums he has come up with an FANTASTIC rock album which it's an sure fire chart hit which I hope it will be an big one. He is currently on the road at the moment as doing the APIA Good Times tour in May and June with Brian Cadd, Ross Wilson, John Paul Young, Kate Cebrano, Vika and Linda and Joe Camilleri. It has been 50 years since he came on the scene wi

This is the new album by legendary Australian singer-songwriter and member of the legendary Australian group The Sports Stephen Cummings. This was recorded at Hyde Street and it has songs written by Stephen Cummings as well as a song he wrote with Billy Miller of the Australian 70's band the Ferrets and Andrew Duffield. It's an excellent and an great album with great songs as well as great singing by Stephen who is still sounding great at age 64 and is currently on the road as he has just done an show on Friday in Brisbane and also he and Billy produced it. This is an must for Stephen Cummings fans and I am giving this 4 stars as it's in the shops now so do yourselves an favour and BUY IT.

In 1988 Rolling Stones guitarist and songwriter Keith Richards released his very first solo album Talk Is Cheap which went to number 37 in the UK and number 24 in the USA and it was at the time when the Rolling Stones had a few years off as there was some tensions between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards so Mick did his solo work and Keith recorded this album. It was produced by Keith and American drummer Steve Jordan as well as writing the songs that were on the album and among the musicians who played on the album were ex-Rolling Stone Mick Taylor, Sarah Dash of Pattie LaBelle and the Blue Belles, Charley Drayton who now plays with the Divinyls, Bootsy Collins and others. It is now out on CD and what I am reviewing is the deluxe version as there is 6 unreleased songs which includes covers of My Babe and Big Town Playboy which Keith Richards and his manager Jane Rose were the executive producers on the reissues. It's AWESOME, ROCKIN and SUPERB with AWESOME songs which sounds gr

Last night I went to the Balmoral Cinema to see the movie Dumbo. It's 1919 and Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) an equestrian performer returns after being in the war which he lost his arm to the Medici Brothers Circus which it's owned by Max Medici (Danny De Vito). It's been going through financial troubles which Max had to sell the circus horses after the passing of Holt's wife Annie and Holt has been assigned to be the caretaker of an pregnant elephant named Mrs Jumbo who gives to an calf with unusual large ears. After an slow start Dumbo starts to make an make impression by flapping his ears that makes him fly as well as feathers that also plays an part for Dumbo to fly and then an man named V A Vandevere (Michael Keaton) who is an entrepreneur and owner of Dreamland an amusement park which he offers Medici an collaboration as he and Max would be partners as well as the Medici Brothers Circus troupe would perform as well as wanting Dumbo to perform with Colette March