Well, it’s a long time since the last instalment, but – not that I haven’t done ANY gigs, but things were a little quiet there for a while!
Anyway, this weekend is a big one – I’ve got back to back nights at the Brisbane Jazz Club Friday and Saturday, the 23rd and 24th of April.
On Friday I’ll be helping Louise Denson launch the latest LDG CD, Nova Nova, along with Paul Hudson, James Sandon, and Lachlan McKenzie, who is making the trip up from his new home in Sydney. We played at the Glasshouse Brewery on Sunday evening (thanks Robyn Brown) to a lovely audience, and I’m sure Friday will be just as much fun.
On Saturday night, I am part of a band making its debut at the BJC. I and my old friends Jamie Clark and Kym Ambrose have played there many times of course, but we will be sharing the stage with pedal-steel legend Michel Rose, who will be making his first appearance at the club. Michel has played with many country luminaries as you would expect, but has also been a part of such bands as The Feral Swing Katz and all-star Australian jazz band, the Catholics. We’ll be playing some swing classics, I’ll sing a couple and there will be some western swing thrown in. So come and enjoy a rare chance to swoon (it’s the swooniest sound I know!) to some pedal steel jazz!