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Last night I went to Morningside Services CLub to see the Swedish Rockabilly RAge show which was put together by Lori lee Cash. The show started @ 8.15pm with Miss Teresa and her Rhythmares with Dan on guitar, Jon Flynn on Double bass and coojee Timms on drums which they did an 45 minute set doing an mixture of originals and covers with great singing by Teresa, great and Brilliant guitar playing by Dan, great bass playing by Jon and excellent drumming by Coojee and during the set they did an song for Nina whose birthday was yesterday. There was an interval which I had an drink of water and the first of the 2 Swedish bands that came on stage was the Domestic Bumblebees which they did an AWESOME set doing an mixture of original songs as well as covers including an instrumental version of California Sun and during their set another guitarist played an few songs as well as an piano player which sounded so good. There was another interval where I had an drink of water and bought the Harmon...

On Saturday April 20th I went to Carina Bowls Club to see West Texas Crude which I had not seen them live since November 17th last year where i saw them @ Morningside Services Club and had been to an show @ Carina Bowls Club since Saturday October 20th 2007 but was last there on Wednesday July 20th 2011 for a wake after my Aunty Margaret's funeral who had died an week and an half before on Sunday July 10th 2011 where I said an speech. The show started @ 7.30pm and for the next 4 hours West Texas Crude did 4 sets of classic rock songs and originals which some of them are going to be on an new album that will be out next month as well as having T shirts on sale that was on the stage and in one of the sets there was an raffle as well as birthday cake as it was Danielle's birthday that day which many of us had an cake including myself. the show finished at 11.30pm and thanked the guys after the show and Lyn took me home whch was great and also besides from Lyn I saw Eileen, Jan ...

For this week's classic album segment let's have an look at the 1968 debut album by legendary rock group the Band called Music From the Big Pink. The Band who had began as the Hawks having backed up singer Ronnie Hawkins as well as Bob Dylan when he went electric and did the world tour of 1965-66 including Australia which he got booed and also relocated to west Saugerties an town in New York where they did woodshedding, recording and writing songs with Dylan which became known as the Basement Tapes in an house called Big Pink which had been rented by Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel and Rick Danko. The recording of the album known as Music From the Big Pink began in January 1968 in new York and Los Angeles at both A & R Studios and Capitol Studios with John Simon as producer who had worked with the Cyrkle(Red Rubber Ball) and janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company album "Cheap Thrills". the album was released on July 1st 1968 which went to no 30 in ...

Carry On is the 4 CD boxed set of legendary American singer-songwriter Stephen Stills which has only been released in Australia an few weeks ago but has been released in American since February. In the boxed CD set it has the well known stuff he has done with Au Go Go Singers, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills and Nash/Young and his solo stuff and it has some unreleased stuff including an song he recorded in 1962 for the Voice Of America radio @ Costa Rica radio station as well as an jam with Jimi hendrix. It's an BRILLIANT and an SUPERB CD set with great songs which still endures to this day and it has an booklet which it's great and impressive. This CD set was produced by graham Nash and Joel Bernstein with Stephen Stills and Graham also did the art direction with Maria Villa and Joel bernstein as well as doing the photo retouching. Stephen Stills is still going strong after more than 45 years still touring and recording and this is CD is an must for ant music fans of the ...

Ted Mulry and TMG The Essential is the greatest hits CD of legendary Australian singer Ted Mulry as well as the band Ted Mulry Gang which was released yesterday. On this CD it has the solo hits the Ted Mulry had in the early 70's including Julia, Falling In Love Again, Marcia and the successful hits he had with the Ted Mulry Gang in the mid 70's with classics like Jump In My Car, Darktown Strutters Ball, Jamaica Rum and many others. It's an AWESOME, BRILLIANT and an ROCKIN CD with great songs still endures after 40 years and it is the first time both the Ted Mulry Gang hits as well as the solo Ted Mulry hits has been on CD which I am so glad and I'm sure many of the fans are too and also it is about time too which I also hope the albums from the 70's be released too. It has been nearly 12 years this September since Australian rock lost Ted Mulry to brain cancer and his work still lives on to the day. This CD which it's released through Alberts licensed Sony is ...

Brisbands is the self published magazine that is put together by Andrew Ainsworth who has been doing the Primitif Sounds magazines which has interview with Brisbane bands from the 60's as well as Ain't Go Feelin. In this magazine Andrew interviews Jimmy Hannon who was an member of the well known Brisbane 60's group the Escorts which he talks about the group's early days, playing the gigs around brisbane as well as performing on the Brisbane music show Countdown(NOT THE MOLLY MELDRUM ONE) but the local version which was on Channel 0 now Channel 10 from 1966-67 and many others and this magazines has an obituary to legendary singer and an member of the Purple Hearts Mick hadley who passed away in October last year and an who's who's of Brisbane Bands from 1957-69 which has discography known reel to reel, acetates and record releases. It's an BRILLIANT and AN AWESOME magazine with an great interview with Jimmy which also has an additional first hand knowledge ...

This week's classic album segment let's have an look at the 1982 album Chicago 16 by legendary American group Chicago. The recording of the album was recorded from january-April 1982 and it was released on June 7th 1982 which it went to number 9 in the USA where it went Platinum, no 44 in the Uk, no 24 in New Zealand, Germany number 11, no 33 in holland, Canada number 17 and number 19 in Austria. this album was their first one with Warner brothers/Full Moon Records after being dropped by Columbia in 1981 as well as being the first album with member Bill Champlin who came from the San Francisco group Sons OF Champlin which he would be with the group until 2009 and it was their first album produced by David Foster who would produced 2 more albums with them in the 80's. From the album it had the 3 hits singles Hard To Say I'm Sorry (US number 1), Love Me Tomorrow(number 22) and What You're Missing (number 81) and the sound had changed too on the album as they were ...

Sharkmouth is the new album by legendary Australian singer-songwriter of the 60's and 70's Russell Morris known for hits like the Real Thing, Sweet Sweet Love, Wings OF A Eagle, Rachel and many others. This album was recorded at Roof top Studio and Little Red jet Studio and the songs on it are based on the elusive Australian characters, stories and legends as well as his grandmother who lived to be 93 telling him stories about her youth and what things were like back then. It's an BRILLIANT album, the songs are BRILLIANT and Russell Morris is just BRILLIANT on this album which he sounds great on it as well as singing BRILLIANTLY which he is still in great touch at the age of 64. this album has been released since October 2012 which it has done very very well which as of this writing it has gone to number 6 on the Australian charts and that is just AMAZING as this is his very first top 10 album as it has been his first chart album since 1991 with A Thousand sons as wel...

Queen Of The Dancehalls Cloudland Ballroom in Brisbane 1939-82 is an book about one of the popular venues in Brisbane for many years the Cloudland Ballroom which it's written by James Lergessner. In this book he talks about the origins of the venue which had began as Luna Park in Bowen Hills in 1940 which during the war was used by the American Servicemen, becoming Cloudland Ballroom by 1947, Laurence Oliver and Vivien Leigh's visit in 1948, ballroom dances, fancy dress school formals, people sitting in for exams, rock n roll shows including Buddy Holly who performed there with jerry Lee Lewis, Paul Anka, Jodie Sands and Johnny O"Keefe and the Dee Jays on February 3rd 1958 as well Ivan Dayman who managed acts like Normie Rowe,Tony WOrsley and the Blue Jays etc turned into an mega live music venue, the markets, the demolishing of the venue on November 7th 1982 and many others. It's an AWESOME and an BRILLIANT book with great stories as well as people remembering thei...

Unsinkable is the autobiography of legendary American actress and performer Debbie Reynolds. In this book she talks about her man and money troubles as well as her family life as well as her successful career as an actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood which among them her lifelong friendship with Elizabeth Taylor as well as working with people like gene Kelly, frank Sinatra, Bette Davis, Leslie Nielsen, fred Astaire etc as well as behind the stories of her movies including Singing In The Rain, Unsinkable Molly brown, and many others. It's an excellent and an BRILLIANT book with great stories told by Debbie which it is her second autobiography which her first was back in 1988 called Debbie My Life and Dorian Hannaway who co wrote this book had known Debbie Reynolds for more than 30 years and had written produced and many projects with her as well as being director of late night programming on CBS TV for more than 15 years. Debbie Has been on the scene since 1948 when she m...

On Sunday April 7th 2013 I went to the Old ROckers Get Together @ the Riverside Ballroom in new Farm which it was my 4th time going to the show and also it is the last one put together by Vance and Toni Lendich. Dad took me to Norman Park which I caught the Ferry from there to New Farm and When I arrived I got the 2 CD's I ordered the Countdown(an Brisbane Music Show on Channel 10 in the 60's) as well as the cloudland Sounds Of Seven as well. The Show started @ 11am with the first band being Poor Man's Sons which they did an great set and in the interval an lady who works for the QIMR said an few words as well as meeting Rob Richards founding member of the late 50's and early 60's rock group The Planets, Bob Gunn of the 50's and 60's Brisbane group The Hucklebucks and Keith Kerwin guitarist of the legendary Brisbane pop group the Avengers when he replaced both Roger Jellicoe and Graeme Rabnott (Both Bob and Keith are my facebook friends) which I got autogr...

For this week's classic album segment let's have at the 1978 album Face To Face by legendary Australian rock group The Angels and it was their second album. The album was recorded @ Alberts Studios Sydney and it was released in June 1978 which it went to number 16 on the Australian charts and the album stayed in the charts for 79 weeks. The producers were the band themselves and Mark Opitz who also engineered , harry Vanda and George Young were the Production consultants and Peter Ledger did the album cover which won the Best Australian Album Cover Design Award. It's an real rockin album which holds up very well today and the songs are so good which all on the album were written by John and Rick Brewster and Doc Neeson which from the album had the hit single Take A Long Line and popular songs like Comin Down, I aint the One,Marseiles and many others. It rocks and rocks and rocks with great guitar sounds of John and Rick Brewster as well as the great singing of Doc Neeson...

Ringo At the Ryman is the live DVD that was recorded @ the Ryman Auditorium in NAshville Tennessee on July 7th 2012 which it was Ringo's 72nd birthday and and his birthday was celebrated with an extra special line-up of the All Stars touching on great unforgettable hits spanning 4 decades with an great line of the All Starr besides from Ringo there is Steve Lukather from Toto, Richard Page from Mr Mister, Mike Rivera (Billy Joel), Gregg Rolle (Santana/Journey), Todd Rundgren and Gregg Bissonette. The set list on the DVD is filled with classic hits that endures to this day including Yellow Submarine, It Don't Come Easy, I Wanna Be Your Man, Black Magic Woman, Africa, I Saw The Light, Kyrie Eleison and many others and it was during the show that ex Eagles member and All Starr Band member Joe Walsh made an guest appearance and at the encore artist performers came onstage including Joe's daughter Lucy, some of the nashville musicians including Vince Gill, Gary Burr and 2 e...

On January 14th 1973 Elvis Presley performed on stage @ the Honolulu International Center @ 12.30am in front of 6.000 fans which it was broadcast via satellite around the world which over 40 nations watching it and the fans watched an flawless and unfazed performance with Elvis performing his classic hits as well as contemporary hits which he was at his prime and this show was an benefit for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund which it's known as Aloha From Hawaii and in February it was released which it went to number 1 in the USA which it sold in an excess of 500,000 copies as it's has been certified 5 x Platinum and also it's out on CD along with the rehearsal show that was on January 12th 1973 which was known as the Alternate Aloha as well as 5 tracks that was especially recorded for the US TV Version. It's an AWESOME and an BRILLIANT double CD with great songs, an great band which included James Burton, Glen D Hardin, the Sweet Inspirations, JD Sumner and the Stamps etc...