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The way he makes you feelStephen Bisset caught up with singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle ahead of his show at Lizotte’s to chat about the more soulful direction of his latest album

‘Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now’.

It’s been a while for Brothers Grim PAGE 27

Jumping the gap with Gary Puckett PAGE 28

Sticky fi ngers for the soul PAGE 33

Floyd Vincent cutting loose PAGE 36

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Bait - MAOut Now

Swans - Wednesday, February 13Manning Bar - University of Sydney

ABBA: Bang a BoomerangWednesday, 8.30pm ABC1

Helloween - ‘Straight Outta Hell’Out Now

T here’s no doubt that Australia was one of the fi rst countries to develop a musical crush on Swedish

pop juggernaut ABBA and this heartfelt doco charts Aussie fans’ lifelong love affair with Benny, Bjorn, Agnetha and Frida.

‘Bang A Boomerang’ delves deep into the memories, ephemera, face-to-face encounters, local pop icon reminiscences, lavish personal and public ABBA museums and media

archives to relive a moment of collective national craziness when we all went a bit ABBA-mad.

The result is a warm, bright and captivating engagement with ABBA’s time Down Under that reminds us of the band’s impact and how our open-hearted embrace of all things ABBA would eventually come to defi ne us. At the time, one in three Australian households owned an ABBA record – from Malcolm Fraser to young Aussie whippersnappers. Essential viewing for fans of ‘70s pop.

W hen it comes to compiling a list of the kings of German melodic speed metal,

there’s no doubt that Helloween should sit at the top of the tree.

If you like big, complex riffi ng with an overarching sense of epic, anthemic cheesiness (or awesomeness depending on where you sit) then ‘Straight Outta Hell’ could defi nitely be your bag.

These guys released their fi rst record, ‘The Walls Of Jericho’, back in 1985, so it’s surprising, not only that the band has another album in them, but also that they manage to still sound as “metal” today. Check out the tracks ‘Waiting For The Thunder’ and ‘Burning The Sun’.

While not in the same realm as other releases – especially ‘The Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pts 1 and 2’, both considered classics of the genre – this is still a pretty fun album.

O k, so if you like bad movies and I mean bad in a ‘Plan 9 From Outer Space’ kind of way, then, hold onto your

hats, folks, because have I got a fi lm for you – ‘Bait’.

‘Bait’ is a little Aussie gem with possibly the most laughable premise for a fi lm since whatever the latest example of low budget dreck Roger Corman put out (‘Piranhaconda’, ‘Dinocroc Vs Supergator’ et al).

It follows a group of people who get trapped in a supermarket after a tsunami hits the coast of Queensland. “That doesn’t sound too ridiculous”, I hear you scoff. Well you can eat your words, dear reader, as things go from bad to worse in this turkey when the group fi nd themselves doing battle, in the fl ooded supermarket, with a 12-foot freaking shark!

That’s right. And this shark has some kind of insatiable blood grudge against the hapless group.

Cleanup in aisle 7.

A fter freaking our Aussie audiences last year with their immersive and confronting sound-scapes, New York

no-wavers Swans are heading back down in what promises to be another boundary-pushing live experience.

One of the most infl uential bands to emerge from New York’s ‘No Wave’ movement of the early 1980s, Swans have spent 30 years carving their uncompromising sounds into the “dark” musical world. Since their inception, Swans have amassed an impressive 12 studio album catalogue; and at each step of the journey relentlessly pushed boundaries and pummelled listeners into rarely explored depths with their dissonant sounds. Swans contribution to this genre is

truly second-to-none and is often cited as infl uential to their musical contemporaries.

After a bit of a hiatus, the band hit back last year with the album ‘The Seer’ and I’ll be darned if it’s not among their best.

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GRIM AND BEAR IT

T he beach is a stage with a spectacular and constantly changing backdrop – a narrow strip of sand where

we are allowed to wear very little or nothing at all.

A place where the normal rules of decorum cease to exist and where nature still dominates.

With that in mind, the folks at Club Sandwich – Newcastle’s hottest cabaret concern – will be breathing in the salt spray and dropping in on a 12-footer on a raft of comedy, music and the inevitable quiz for their latest monthly show at the Royal Exchange Theatre.

Nerducationalist Clark Gormley will be offering a very thorough and scientifi c demonstration of his pet theremin while local glamazon Denise

Gold and her PA Cherry Holden will be staying on the Love Boat and watching the surfers from a distance. Denise, along with her cabin boy, Jack McCoy, will be bringing you all the tunes you’ve tried oh so hard to forget and will also prove that you can never wear too many fl orals in a small space.

Unfortunately the Mr Whippy van wont fi t into the Royal Exchange, but the 1980s corporate Tea Ladies will be on hand with their trusty trolley for a bit of a tea break and a natter while singer-songwriter Danielle Scott will be let loose with a ukulele and a low G.

Get along to the Royal Exchange Theatre on Friday, February 2 to check out all of the sun-soaked frivolity.

Lemme take you to the beach

A fter recruiting Newcastle bass-ace Dominic Lindus into the fold and with a new single currently doing the

rounds and a new EP about to drop, it seems as though the sky is the limit for Melbourne-based sex-voodoo-delta-bluesabilly outfi t Brothers Grim and the Blue Murders.

The brainchild of brothers James and Matt Grim, Brothers Grim and the Blue Murders will be swinging by Newcastle next month in what will be a triumphant home town return for ex-Retro Rockets bass player Lindus and a return to the band’s spiritual home.

“We just love you bastards in Newcastle – we always have a brilliant time there, it really is the spiritual home of the band,” frontman James Grim told TE.

After releasing their lurching, menacing and utterly foot-stomping debut long player ‘A Year To Forget’ in 2011 and some hefty touring to support the record, Grim said the band needed to take some time out to fi nd a new bass player.

“We basically scoured Australia to fi nd the new bass player,” he explained.

“We gave ourselves a year to fi nd one and we had actually narrowed it

down to two guys from Newcastle and one guy from Sydney.

“We were already pretty close to Dom but we got him in and asked him to play something over probably our most complex song. We listened to what he was coming up with for about ten seconds and we knew we had our bass player.

“He’s just so in the pocket and, because we don’t just want to be a straight up rockabilly band or a straight up blues band or a straight up rock and roll band, Dom is a great choice because he understands all of those genres really well – it’s been really quite easy fi tting him into the Brothers Grim sound.”

Grim said the band’s current tour ‘Well Hung, Well Used’ was kind of a homage to all of the venues and people that had helped them out from their formation in 2007 until now – a sentiment that is shared on the band’s new single, ‘Been A While’, from their upcoming EP.

“The whole thing of ‘Been A While’ is kind of a middle fi nger to all the ups and downs of the road and this tour, we’ll be playing some of the smaller venues around the country that helped us along the way, and then the next tour we’ll be hitting some of the bigger venues around the country.”

Catch Brothers Grim and the Blue Murders when they play at the Great Northern Hotel on Friday, February 8.

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C apturing the energetic and inquisitive compositions of the band over the last few years, pianist and composer

Luke Sweeting and his sextet will be launching his latest album ‘People and Lightbulbs’ with a special show in Newcastle.

The music is inspired by some great contemporary jazz musicians such as Florian Ross, Brad Mehldau, Alister Spence and Andrea Keller.

His sextet features an incredible line-up of some of Sydney’s fi nest improvisers – Ken Allars (trumpet), Matt Handel (saxophone), James Greening (trombone), James Hazlewood-Dale (double bass) and Finn Ryan (drums).

Making a recent move to Sydney, Sweeting has spent the last few years performing extensively around his hometown of Canberra, with various jazz heavyweights like trumpet legend

Miroslav Bukovsky.Sweeting has performed around

Australia and regularly performs for famous silent fi lm screenings at the National Sound and Film Archive.

Sweeting’s playing has earned him more than his fair share of plaudits as well, with the ivory tickler taking out the 2010 Sprogis Woods Composition Competition. If that wasn’t enough, he also lectures for the pre-tertiary program at the Australian National University School Of Music.

He has released a few albums as a sideman and collaborator – namely an intimate duo project with soprano virtuoso Rachael Thoms in ‘The Great Unknown’ and the debut release of the 2012 Generations in Jazz vocal winner Liam Budge.

If you’re up for a night of jaw-dropping improvised jazz, then get along to the Underground @ the Grand Hotel on Tuesday, February 5.

An improvised adventure

W ith hits like ‘Young Girl’, ‘Woman Woman’, ‘Lady Willpower’, ‘Over You’ and ‘This Girl Is A Woman Now’

under his belt, it’s easy to see why US singer Gary Puckett and his band The Union Gap are still in such high demand since forming in San Diego in 1967. And it seems that there is still a fair amount of love for the singer in Australia with the band returning to our shores after a highly successful tour in 2010.

“I just absolutely love Australia,” Puckett told TE while kicking back enjoying a Tampa, Florida sunset.

“The fans and all the people are just so nice and I absolutely love Sydney. It’s such a beautiful city.”

Puckett, who grew up in Yakima, Washington said the location of his birth had as much to do

with the formation of the band as did any desire to pursue fame and fortune.

“The formation of the group is quite a long story, but I’ll give you the short version,” he said.

“I started out in a group [the Outcasts] and we used to play this club in San

Diego called The Quad Room and it was the hippest club in town.

“That group was pretty volatile, though, the bass player and the drummer used to like to duke it out both on stage and off, so I thought it might be time to move on.

“I found a bunch of guys around San Diego who had the same idea and in January ’67 we were jamming in a garage. We were originally called Gary and The Remarkables but around February ’67 I came up with the Union Gap because I grew up in Yakima, Washington which was close to the city of Union Gap – hence the name. We also had the idea to dress in the civil war-style costumes and thus Gary Puckett and the Union Gap was born.”

Puckett said that the band’s fi rst big

break came in the form of the single ‘Woman Woman’ produced by Jerry Fuller (Andy Williams, Roger Miller) who discovered the band in the most unlikely of places. “He actually discovered us in a bowling alley – we actually signed papers with him in the same bowling alley and before we knew it we were recording ‘Woman Woman’,” he said.

“So, when we got down to recording ‘Young Girl’ we had a little bit more confi dence because of the fi rst single so weren’t as nervous, I guess. I remember when we fi nished the song, Jerry looked at me and said, ‘You’ve done it again’ and yes, he was right.”

Catch Gary Puckett and the Union Gap when they play at Wests Lambton on Sunday, February 24.

STEPHEN BISSET

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THE WAY HE MAKES YOU FEEL

A fter somewhat of a tumultuous twenties – with a much-talked about battle with drug and alcohol addiction as well as

releasing some of the fi nest examples of Americana (with fl ourishes of gospel, blues and country) in recent memory – Justin Townes Earle has moved into a different mindset after entering his thirties.

“I guess I’m much more self-aware as an artist now,” he told TE.

“Also, I’d say that I’m enjoying life a hell of a lot more now than I was when I was in my twenties.”

The reinvigorated singer songwriter and son of alt. country legend Steve Earle, will be in the country next month on the back of his latest album, ‘Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way you Feel About Me Now’ which he said marks somewhat of a stylistic departure from previous releases like ‘Harlem River Blues’ and ‘Midnight At The Movies’.

“The record kind of started with those soulful sounds coming out of Memphis which is kinda different, but whenever I make a record there’s a conscious decision not to do the

same thing as before,” he said.“I’m not saying I’m breaking any new

ground or anything, but if I just kept re-inventing the wheel over and over – I’d probably die of boredom.”

Earle teamed up with his long-time piano player Skylar Wilson, who co-produced ‘Harlem River Blues’,

to produce the record and he said the sense of familiarity helped with proceedings as did their very different takes on sound.

“Skylar has played on all my records so it defi nitely makes the process easier,” he said.

“The thing with Skylar, though, is that he has a tendency to get a little too pretty at times and he starts scratching his Phil Spector bone so it’s up to me to keep it kinda gritty – he’s the band guy and I’m the song guy and I think the combination works really well.”

While quite adept at producing his own music, Earle had never made the leap to moulding other artist’s work, however balance was redressed last year when he helmed the latest record, ‘Unfi nished Business’ by none other than the Queen of rockabilly, Wanda

Jackson.“Working with her was an absolute

pleasure,” he said.“Although, because it was my fi rst

time I kinda had to struggle with what kind of producer I should be. Should I be meglamaniacal or should I treat each artist as an individual?

“I eventually chose the latter and I insisted that everyone refer to her as Ms Jackson and there was defi nitely no cussing in the studio. I just tried to keep her as comfortable as possible and as part of her rider, she requested a bottle of red and a bottle of white at the studio at all times, but I’m proud to say that the only time she took a drink was when we fi nished recording all the vocals.”

Catch Justin Townes Earle when he plays at Lizotte’s Lambton on Wednesday, February 13.

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R ight from the tender age of 15, Newcastle muso James Chatburn knew that he wanted to live the life on stage. His guitar skills are matched by his ability to sing each vocal phrase with emotion

and intensity.If you like a mix of jazzy acoustic pop – kind of like

what would happen if John Mayer and John Legend went bowling – then Chatburn has got exactly what you’re looking for.

With a set list that includes the likes of Bob Marley, Ben Harper, Cindi Lauper, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra and Gnarles Barkley, even the most cynical music snob will fi nd something to nod along to.

Check out James Chatburn when he plays at the Stag and Hunter Hotel on Friday, February 1.

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The fi rst single from the debut album ‘The Keeper’ lived up to expectation, being included on the ‘Winners 2010’ – a compilation of the best releases of 2009 in Australian Country Music.

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space with comfy couches and books to browse is an inviting place to dine.

Put to the test on the day we visited with an unexpected, larger than usual lunch rush, the artisan café passed with fl ying colours as our food arrived fresh, looking a treat and smelling delicious.

And how did it taste?

Sourdough is known for its toasties and the Panfried Chicken ($9.50 for whole or $5.50 for half) variety, with its generous chunks of fresh bread baked on site, was a satisfying experience. With just the right amount of garlic, the fresh chicken pieces spiced with tandoori melds beautifully with the coriander and yoghurt dressing.

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usually a fan. To my surprise, I enjoyed this fl avoursome take on the humble dish, especially the pumpkin and garlic throughout and the bits of toast to mop up the poached eggs.

For the sweet tooth, Sourdough’s fruit loaf toast ($5.50) puts hot cross buns to shame. Bits of melt-in-the-mouth sultanas and apricot clash beautifully with lashings of salty butter on the thick toast. This is one meal you won’t want to share.

Last, but certainly not least, let’s talk about the Sourdough Crust Salad ($14.50). Whoever said you can’t make friends with salad has never eaten this dish. A perennial crowd- pleaser, this mix of chunky ripe tomatoes, smooth avocado pieces, olives and fresh rocket combines brilliantly with a tart but sweet sticky balsamic vinegar dressing and chunks of marinated bread. Take my word for it – try this one.

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FINGER LICKIN’ GOOD

G iven that they started life in Newtown, it’s fi tting that psych-pop-roots outfi t Sticky Fingers would want to be a part of the Newtown festival, however the way

they went about getting onto the bill was a little unorthodox to say the least.

“Everything pretty much goes back to the Newtown Festival in a way,” bass player and singer, Paddy Fingers, told TE.

“Each year we put in an application to play the festival and each year we got knocked back.

“Anyway, a couple of years ago, we had a mate whose house was basically smack-bang in the middle of the festival, so we hired a PA set up a little stage and ended up playing a set at a really good spot on the bill. The organisers heard us and invited us back the next year for a proper slot and the rest, as they say, is history.”

In a case of you never know who is watching, on that fi rst ‘proper slot’, producer and Evermore drummer Dann Hume caught the band’s set and decided then and there that he had to work with them.

“He was in the crowd and, because we had heaps of our mates there, he must’ve thought that we were like a semi famous band that had passed

him by...anyway, he came on board to produce the single ‘Caress Your Soul’ and it came out so f***ing well that we decided we wanted him to work on the album.”

The result is an album of the same name which is due out in March this year. Fingers said that while the album continued in much the same vein as earlier releases ‘Extended Play’ and ‘Happy Endings’, on ‘Caress Your Soul’ there was a much bigger emphasis on bringing out the band’s driving rhythm section.

‘Because Dann is a drummer, he is really switched on when it comes to rhythm tracks and we’re all about having a really tight and driving rhythm section so the pairing worked really well – he did a great job in bringing that out in us.”

While Fingers said he couldn’t wait to hit the road to give people a taste of the new tunes, he added he was approaching the Newcastle show with a small amount of trepidation.

“The last time we were there was the fi rst time I’d ever been to Newcastle so I thought I’d go and have a bit of a look around,” he explained.

“So I was walking for like 20 seconds when this car-load of guys in a Subaru drove past and threw a heap of eggs at me. Man, I was like ‘f***, Newcastle, man’. So I’m hoping things go a bit better for us this time.”

Catch Sticky Fingers (sans eggs) when they play at the Cambridge Hotel on Saturday, February 2.

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I t seems as though swampy blues- soaked rock and roll is the order of the day in venues across Australia with acts like Chase the Sun and

Marshall Okel kicking goals wherever they go.

There is another act that looks set to join the ranks of the Aussie blues rock elite – Transvaal Diamond Syndicate – as people who get along to their upcoming show at the Wicko are sure to fi nd out.

The band began life in 2009 and, almost immediately, set tongues wagging largely due to their raw, energetic and, as some hyperbolists would have you believe, primeval live shows.

Not ones to shy away from the rigours of the road, Transvaal Diamond Syndicate have been plugging away, almost non-stop since packing up their gig bags.

A slot on 2011’s Byron Bay Bluesfest alongside the likes of Bob Dylan, Michael Franti and Ben Harper kicked off a year that would have the band release a foot-stompin’ as anything 7-track mini album, ‘Sins Of The Blessed’ that is as diverse as the terrain the band covered, deftly skipping from straight blues jams through to some rockabilly, stoner groove and a bit of roots-esque balladry. After a massive

40-date East Coast tour to promote the release, the bad hit back again, in 2010 with the EP ‘Diamonds And Dust’ and again got tongues wagging. The track ‘Behind That Smile’ took out a highly commended spot in the blues and roots category of the Q-song awards while the track ‘Home’ took out the number one spot in Brisbane radio station 4ZZZ’s hot 100 of 2010.

Last year was pretty much the same for this sonic workhorse with the band undertaking a mammoth 63-date east coast tour from Cairns to Tassie (and all points in between) to promote the single ‘Pistols At Dawn’. The guys racked up an impressive 20,000-plus kilometres in their trusty tour van – The TDS Express.

Their live show reputation, full of sweaty machismo, catchy hooks, foot-stompin’ beats and tribal expression, has grabbed them support slots including Ash Grunwald, Dallas Frasca, The Snowdroppers, The Fumes, Elliot Brood, and The Beards.

If things continue like they are in 2013, there’s little doubt that Transvaal Diamond Syndicate could well lay claim to being one of the hardest working bands in Australia.

Catch Transvaal Diamond Syndicate when they play at the Wickham Park Hotel on Saturday, February 2.

A package from the Transvaal, how strange

As luck would have itA ll things being equal, 2013 looks

set to be a red letter year for Paul Greene – the former Aussie Olympian turned singer-songwriter.

After more than his fair share of ups and downs, Greene is turning his luck around with the third single, the aptly-titled ‘Bad Luck Lately’ off his ARIA-nominated set ‘Behind The Stars’.

At the end of 2010, bad luck seemed to follow Greene everywhere. Personal issues

album – ‘Behind The Stars’.The latest single encapsulates the

overarching motif behind the album – encouraging the notion that you simply can’t have bad luck all the time.

Catch Paul Greene when he plays alongside his band The Other Colours at Lizotte’s Lambton on Sunday, February 17.

and many behind-the-scenes problems with his career – including a nasty bout of identity theft – were detracting from his music, so he simply stopped.

However, the grim situation proved to be the perfect breeding ground for Greene to draw inspiration and reinvigorate his passion for songwriting, resulting in his seventh

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The Newcastle Theatre Company is currently running a production of Enright’s engaging comedy ‘Daylight Saving’ that runs at NTC until Saturday, February 2; however they will also be staging two special performances at Adina Vineyard, Lovedale.

‘Daylight Saving’ was fi rst staged in 1989 by Sydney’s Ensemble Theatre and it has also been performed at MTC with Jackie Weaver, John O’May and Vince Colosimo. It also took out the gold Awgie for best stage play at the 1990 Awgie Awards.

‘Daylight Saving’ centres around Felicity and Tom, their demanding careers and busy lives. Felicity owns a successful restaurant while Tom manages Jason – a diva-like international tennis sensation. Tom is on his way to meet Jason in Los Angeles, missing his wedding anniversary in the process.

In the meantime, Felicity receives a surprise call from an old American boyfriend and invites him to dinner. The boyfriend wished to rekindle their past love but his plans go astray when Stephanie, Felicity’s stressed-out neighbour, decides to stay for dinner as well. Then, Felicity’s mother Bunty also adds to the confusion and things really go haywire when Tom returns home early with some news of his own, making for one farcical and comedic theatre experience indeed.

The NTC production of ‘Daylight Saving’ is directed by local director Noel Grivas who helmed ‘The Doll Trilogy’ at Maitland Repertory over the last three years and will star Kurri thespian Lisa Chamberlain as Bunty.

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LIVE BRIDESN ewcastle-based outfi t, Floyd

Vincent and the Childbrides, may have been a little quiet of late on the album front,

releasing their last effort, the ridiculously eclectic soul-rock set ‘Monkey Puzzle’ in 2006. However, the band will be looking to redress that balance with an upcoming mini-tour around the Hunter this weekend, the results of which will be committed to tape for a highly anticipated live album.

Vincent said the Hunter region has always been very supportive of the Childbrides and the band wanted to give something back to their home-town fans.

“People have often told us that our live show was our greatest strength and that the energy we put out in a live set has never been captured in any of our studio recordings,” he said.

“The band tossed around the idea of a live DVD or CD just a few months ago after a series of really strong gigs.

“Our old co-manager and sound engineer Daniele Di Giovanni is in Australia working on the Sydney Festival and is taking a short break from his day job – mixing American jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour’s live shows around the globe – he has a mobile recording rig with him so the timing is

right.”Vincent said the band also intended

on putting together some clips for YouTube from the sets and encouraged punters to get along with whatever video capture devices they could get their hands on to capture the action.

“Bring your iPhones, bring your handycams, bring anything you’ve got and feel free to capture the action. Contact us if you have anything you think is good and if we use it in any YouTube clips we will credit you on the new live album.”

Catch Floyd Vincent and the Childbrides when they play at the Oceanview Hotel, Dudley on Friday, February 1, at the Grand Junction Hotel, Maitland on Saturday, February 2 and the Wickham Park Hotel on Sunday, February 3.

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town!!!Open from Tues - Sun

12 noon till 2pm, 5:30 - 8pm BISTRO SPECIALSTuesday - Pizza & Pasta

All you can eat from 5:30pmWednesday - Selected menu

all day for $6Thursday - all day full a la

carte menu plus $10 for Rump Steak or Chicken schnitzel

with buffetFriday - Night Blackboard

specials and $18-50 for 1/2 Lobster with full buffet

Saturday Night - full a la carte menu and $18-50 for

1/2 Lobster with full buffetSunday - all day $10 Roast

dinner with sweets

TWO FUNCTION ROOMS! Menus tailored to your function and budget.

Phone for details.

SHUTTLE BUS!Runs Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat & Sun.

Phone the club for pickup!

BOWLSTUESDAY - Womens Bowls

WEDNESDAY - 9:30am Mens Multi Gala

THURSDAY - Womens BowlsFRIDAY - Retired Bowlers GalaSATURDAY - Mens Cash Gala

KARAOKESUNDAY

17 February Loads of fun from

3.30pm

RAFFLESFRIDAY

MONSTER MEAT RAFFLE from 5.30pm SPIN FOR CASH - Live entertainment

SUNDAY VARIETY RAFFLES from 12noon

MONDAY 11am BINGO

5pm Social Golfers MEAT RAFFLE and schooner draw

WEDNESDAY 5pm MEAT RAFFLE with bar promotion

6pm EUCHRE with cash prizes

WITH JOHN GILMOUR

Saturday 23Rd FebruaryWell known racing identity &

Herald columnist John Gilmour will host the afternoon.

Lucky loser TAB tickets - regular draws for prizes off the Prize Board to win Bowlers Bucks &

FREE TAB tickets.Trivia questions & secret prizes!

Get John’s winning tips!Usual Saturday activities will be held in conjuction with this special arvo.

ENTERTAINMENTFriday 1st: DEVIATIONFriday 8th: KLASSICSFriday 15th: VEGASFriday 22nd: ASH MOUNTAIN

SILLYSATURDAY

1-5pm


EAST OF EDENI t’s been a while between drinks

for The Snowdroppers with their last album, the rockabilly and punk soaked ‘Too Late To Pray’

dropping in 2009, so for frontman Johnny Wishbone, the release of their sophomore long player, ‘Moving Out Of Eden’ couldn’t come soon enough.

“Man, it’s all kinds of happening for us at the moment,” Wishbone told TE.

“Honestly though, I just can’t wait for the bloody thing to come out – it’s been a long time coming.”

A lot has happened in camp Snowdroppers since the release of ‘Too Late To Prey’ and Wishbone said the ensuing years have changed the very fabric of the band.

“I guess we are kind of a different band to the one that recorded ‘Too Late To Prey,” he explained.

“We went through this really big period of upheaval last year where we split with our former managers and we essentially got totally screwed over by our former label.” (They are now on ABC Music imprint Four Four.)

“It was a really weird time for us – we knew we had to get something out there but we had absolutely no support from the label, so we basically put our

heads down to write and we did a hell of a lot of miles on the road.”

All of the time spent on the road and following in the footsteps of the legendary oz pub rock bands of the 70s and 80s also helped redefi ne The Snowdroppers sound – making it much less about a stylised approach and more about pure rock and roll.

“I guess we just started to feel a kinship with those awesome pub rock bands like Midnight Oil, Cold Chisel, AC/DC and Skyhooks,” Wishbone said.

“We eventually realised that we’re essentially a rock and roll band and so we’ve defi nitely headed more in that direction.”

Ironically, while The Snowdroppers may’ve been looking to get back to their Aussie roots, it would take a Welsh producer in Richard Jackson (Future of the left, McClusky) to bring it out in them.

“We started out just approaching various producers around the country and basically no-one seemed interested,” Wishbone said.

“So, we started just pinging emails out to any producer that we thought we’d like to work with and Richard replied.

“I guess the thing we needed most was someone that got what we were trying to do and Richard certainly had that. Secondly, I guess we needed

a quiet confi dence and working with someone like him who has done some really great stuff, really helped give it to us.

“I just had so much fun making the record. Mind you, being the singer I’d

sleep in all day, then roll down to the studio at four, fart out a few vocals then head to the pub.”

Catch The Snowdroppers when they play at the Grand Junction Hotel, Maitland on Sunday, February 3.

STEPHEN BISSET

NEWCASTLE POST TE 30-1

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