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The road less travelledNewcastle fi ve-piece Benjalu are on a seemingly never-ending tour that will bring
them back to Newcastle for the Cambridge’s ‘Your Fest’. Stephen Bisset caught up with frontman Ben Gumbleton to chat about the romance of the road.
Sarah Humphreys says “Hello, Newcastle!” PAGE 31
The many fl avours of Evil Eddie PAGE 39
One Virus you’ll want to catch PAGE 35
Prodigal punks return home PAGE 40
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Assault on Precint 13 Friday, 9.40pm 7Mate
Soundgarden - King AnimalMercury
W hile never even coming close to the taut and tense John Carpenter (‘Halloween’, ‘Escape From New York’)
original, this 2005 reworking of ‘Assault on Precinct 13’ still has more than its fair share of enjoyable moments.
On New Year’s Eve inside a police station that’s about to be shut down for good, offi cer Jake Roenick (Ethan Hawke) must cobble together a resistance force, made up of cops and criminals, to keep a seemingly unstoppable force out to kill mobster Marion Bishop (Lawrence Fishburn) who is inside Precinct 13, away.
This well-paced action fl ick that manages to maintain a palpable sense of tension and claustrophobia is a pleasant enough distraction but, if you’re looking for something with a little bit more, check out the Carpenter original.
I t seems that Seattle grungemeisters Soundgarden have pulled off a bit of a John Farnham – fi rstly insisting that they would never reform before, um,
reforming with a new album to boot.It’s been around about 16 years since
Cornell and co released what everyone assumed was their swansong ‘Down On The Upside’. In that time, (for better or worse, depending on where you sit) popular music has changed immeasurably since the heady days of (so-called)anti-corporate grunge but, thankfully, Soundgarden haven’t.
‘King Animal’ is a brooding, heavy and riff-laden slab that effortlessly melds punk, hard rock and a dash of psychedelia into one tantalising whole. Chris Cornell is, once again, in fi ne voice, and axeman Kim Thayil has never sounded better.
Standouts include the storming rocker ‘Been Away Too Long’ and the blistering ‘Black Saturday’.
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A nyone used to seeing Matthew McConaughey as the oft-shirtless cipher in such rom-coms as ‘The
Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past’ and ‘How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days’ is in for a bit of a surprise with this gripping thriller.
Directed by William Friedken (‘The Exorcist’, ‘The French Connection’) ‘Killer Joe’ tells the story of a debt-riddled Texan drug dealer (Emile Hirsh: ‘Milk’, ‘Into The Wild’) who decides the only way to get out of debt is to kill his mother for the insurance money.
He, along with his father, hire contract killer Joe Cooper (McConaughey) who also just happens a police detective. Things quickly heat up as Cooper takes the drug dealer’s sister as ‘collateral’ against his signing-on fee.
While not quite living up to some of Friedken’s more iconic thrillers, ‘Killer Joe’ is still a wild thrill ride with a dash of noir thrown in for good measure.
A rguably the heaviest thing to have come out of Birmingham and defi nitely the granddaddies of anything that we call metal, Black
Sabbath, will be making their thunderous return to Sydney next year in what is sure to blow the doors of anything you’ve seen in quite some time.
It’s been 40 years since Sabbath graced our shores and while the ensuing years may have wearied them a tad (and in Ozzy’s case, made them near unintelligible) there’s no doubt that, once they hit the stage, these guys really know how to put on a show.
The Sabbath are arguably one of the most infl uential
heavy metal bands of all time and, even though original drummer Bill Ward won’t be joining Ozzy, Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi this time around, you can rest assured that this will be one for the history books. Da-da, Da-da-da, d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-da-da-da.
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So Frenchy, so chic
T he Commons – a not-for-profi t people’s library, café, arts space and community venue will throw open its doors on
Friday night for the fi rst time.The people that staff The
Commons, known as Commoners, share a collective vision of providing a welcoming cultural space that is run on the principles of environmental sustainability, creativity and social justice.
To celebrate the offi cial opening,
multi-instrumentalist – I’m told he is quite profi cient on the oboe, accordion and saxophone – Neil Simpson, will be on hand to enthral. You might know him as the accordion player for Novocastrian outfi t, Baltic Bar Mitzvah.
The Commons is located at Level One, 150 Beaumont Street, Hamilton and the offi cial opening will be on Friday, November 16.
For more information, visit thecommonscafe.blogspot.com.au.
It’s commonplace
H aving recently returned from extensively touring throughout Eastern Europe and Russia and opening for acclaimed
guitar hero Tommy Emmanuel, singer, songwriter and instrumentalist, Emma Hamilton, is here to stay.
Drawing on her French heritage, her natural fl air for French music resulted in the making of her debut concept album, ‘La Musique’, which US music demigod Van Dyke Parkes declared as “a total triumph on so many levels” and which reached number nine on the ARIA jazz charts.
Her vast experimenting across a range of musical genres has led her to creating quirky and fresh sounds which combine elements of glam pop, jazz, electro-synth, orchestral and folk into a complex yet thoroughly endearing musical bubble.
Produced and arranged by her equally talented brother Thomas, the pair work together on stage and in the studio to create their unique sound and
are connected through their vision and passion for eclectic l sounds.
“There’s two years’ age difference between us, but Tom and I are so close musically that we often don’t need to articulate things,” she said.
“We know instinctively what the other is trying to achieve and he can often predict exactly what my next musical move will be.”
Hamilton’s songwriting draws upon her own life experiences and reveals her thoughts through poignant and, at times, comical lyrics, sophisticated jazz-based chord changes and lush backing vocals.
Catch Emma Hamilton at Adina Vineyard on Sunday, November 25.
TE is offering four double passes to see Emma Hamilton. To enter, email your name and contact details to [email protected], with ‘Emma Hamilton’ in the subject line by no later than 5pm on Tuesday, November 20.
Winners will be notifi ed by phone.
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STEPHEN BISSET
F or Ben Gumbleton, vocalist and guitarist for Newcastle roots rockers Benjalu, it is the simple things in life, things
most of us take for granted, that he truly appreciates.
“Yeah, I’m actually just waking up - I got to sleep in my own bed with my own pillow for the fi rst time in ages last night, which was nice,” he told TE.
If there’s a band that took Kerouac’s classic novel ‘On The Road’ to heart, it’s Benjalu, with the band this year alone playing Peats Ridge, Woodford Folk and Byron Bay Blues festivals, a national tour with Kim Churchill and the North By Northeast music conference in Canada.
“We literally walked off the stage at the last Kim Churchill show and got straight on a plane for Canada.”
Not that Gumbleton is complaining.“We all absolutely love touring,” he
said.“It’s kind of cool because being
on the road also allows us to indulge our passion for surfi ng.
“We all grew up near the beach, so that coastal thing is always going to be with the band.”
It should come as no surprise, then, that Benjalu are currently smack bang in the middle of another extensive national tour (it kicked off on September 27 in Forster and wraps up two days before Christmas in Crescent
Head), this time in support of their latest single, the aptly titled, ‘Way To
The Coast’ which will bring them back to our part of the coast for the highly-anticipated three-day ‘Your Fest’ at the Cambridge.
“Being on the road for so long, it is really cool to go back to towns where we played to, like, three people the fi rst time and see it grow up from a grass-roots level,” he said.
“It’s the same with Newcastle. We always love coming home and we’re always so thankful to our Newcastle supporters who have been there since day one.
“Also, because we are away for such long stretches it’s great to see how our hometown is growing, too, because we kind of have that outsiders perspective.”
Gumbleton said the new single, which will appear on a soon-to-be-released EP, marked somewhat of a new phase for the band, given that over the past 12 months they have welcomed two new members, Nick Saxon and Nick Cook into the fold,
yet the same core Benjalu sound will remain.
“There really has been this natural progression within the band which people are going to hear on the new stuff,” he said.
“Actually, it was pretty cool because when we sent our producer the demos for the EP, he said he was a little bit confused because he thought he was listening to three different bands.”
Gumbleton said after the ‘Way To The Coast’ tour wraps up, and with nary time to pack away the Christmas tree, the band will be going into the studio in January before heading back out on the road throughout February and March next year.
“We’re also planning another trip to Canada which will pretty much mean an all-year summer, which is just amazing.”
Catch Benjalu when they play at the Cambridge Hotel on Saturday, November 24.
On the road, again...
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S ince releasing her debut long player ‘Teapot Trees and Love Birds’ in 2008, a lot of water has passed under Central Coast singer-songwriter Sarah Humphrey’s bridge – as is evident on her latest full-
length, ‘Hello’.“I essentially wrote ‘Hello’ over a fi ve-year period and, in
that time, I went from being a married person to a married person with a baby to being a single mum and then meeting my new partner,” Humphreys told TE.
“So, over that period, I’ve experienced quite a bit of love and loss, which I wanted to capture on the album.”
While you can expect plenty of light and shade on ‘Hello’, with the songstress offering up an eclectic tapestry of heartfelt and emotive songs that people have come to expect with her debut album and three EPs (her music has drawn quite appropriate comparisons to the likes of tender balladeer Nick Drake and Kiwi powerhouse Big Runga) the current single ‘Like A House Needs a Door’ skips along at a twee summery pace that belies some of Humphrey’s less cheerful moments.
“On this album, there is a lot more joy than previous albums, particularly on tracks such as ‘Like A House Needs A Door’, basically because I have had a lot more joy in my life,” she said.
“There’s also a few, much darker moments on there as well, so I guess I wanted to take the audience on a bit of a journey that runs the emotional gamut.”
Despite taking around fi ve years to pen the tracks, Humphreys said the actual recording sessions were a little shorter, with the album, produced by Matt Fell (Damien Leith, Sam Hawksley) wrapping up after just two weeks.
“Yeah, it was a pretty full-on and exhaustive time,” she said.“It was a very all-in process and we were all very exhausted
at the end of it – particularly Matt, who, I think, slept for 20-hours straight after we fi nished.
“Matt was absolutely fantastic, though. He gave me so much freedom and I trusted him so much as both a musician and producer.
“He essentially brought his magical ear and amazing gear to the sessions and I’m just blown away by what he produced.”
Aside from the self-managed artist spending much of her free time spreading the Sarah Humphreys word, she recently had a bit of extra help from Kasey Chambers and her partner, Shane Nicholso,n who recorded Humphreys’ track ‘Lead Balloon’ for the deluxe edition of their latest offering, ‘Wreck and Ruin’.
“That was just so amazing,” she said.“Kasey just called me up one day and said, ‘Um, we kinda
just did this…is that okay?’ and, I mean of course I’m going to say yes – aside from those guys being awesome musicians, Kasey and Shane are both beautiful friends of mine so, for me, it was super cool.”
Catch Sarah Humphreys when she plays at the Lass O’Gowrie on Friday, November 16.
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accolades than you can poke a stick at and 20 years’ worth of performing
under his belt, Lloyd Spiegel has squeezed more into that period than most people do in a lifetime.
He’s shared stages with such legendary blues artists as Buddy Guy, Etta James and Ray Charles as well as the likes of Bob Dylan, Peter Frampton and Willie Nelson.
In between extensive touring in Australia, Spiegel has traversed the globe with tours to Germany, Italy, Japan and the US.
Make no mistake about it, Lloyd Spiegel is the real deal.
Catch Lloyd Spiegel at the Wickham Park Hotel on Thursday, November 22.
TE is offering one lucky reader a double pass to the show. To enter, email your name and contact details to [email protected] by no later than 5pm on Tuesday, November 20 with ‘Lloyd Spiegel’ in the subject line.
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O ne of Russia’s most formidable opera companies – Moscow Novaya Opera – will be heading to Newcastle
next year for their mesmerising ‘OperaMania’ production.
With a wonderful selection of music by some of the world’s most celebrated composers including Tchaikovsky, Puccini, Mozart, Bizet, Rossini and Strauss, the Moscow Novaya Opera will take the audience on a haute culture tour de force that will highlight some of the best-loved operas of all time including The Magic Flute, Rigoletto, Tosca and The Barber of Seville.
Featuring ten dynamic soloists and four classical ballet dancers in full costume and a 44-piece symphony orchestra – OperaMania is a must for seasoned music lovers and opera dilettantes alike.
“This program, made up of an uninterrupted series of excerpts carefully chosen to move between comedy, tragedy and lyricism, is performed by singers and dancers in
full costume, against a background of colourful lighting and moving images that illustrate the character of the music and fl ow without pause from one to the next in a fast-moving production that offers a kaleidoscope of many of the best-known and most-loved pieces from opera, ballet and symphonic music and refl ects their depth and diversity,” Moscow Novaya Opera resident stage director, Valery Raku, explained.
Raku, no stranger to the world of opera, has been chief director of the Tatar Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet. He has also staged more than 40 opera productions in theatres throughout Russia.
Since joining Moscow Novaya Opera in 1994, Raku has staged such productions as Verdi’s ‘I due Foscari’, Catalani’s ‘La Wally’ and Rimsky Korsakov’s ‘The Snow Maiden’.
Moscow Novaya Opera’s ‘OperaMania’ will be on at the Civic Theatre for two performances (3pm and 7pm) on Sunday, April 14, 2013. Tickets are on sale now.
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W hile she is perhaps best known for her turn on the SBS show ‘Go Back To Where You Came From’
and for her unique brand of Western swing, Newcastle muso Gleny Rae Virus said she will add a few new feathers to her cap with her soon-to-be-released album, ‘Whojigadandy’.
Recorded with her freshly minted trio (Gleny Rae, Roy Payne and Douggie Bul) Rae said the album was named after a phrase her father used to use to describe a thingamajig or doohickey.
“It really is the perfect title for the album because there is quite a lot going on in there,” she said.
“There’s obviously still that pure Western swing element, but we’ve branched out a little bit more with a bit of New Orleans horns, calypso, an old country standard and even a bossonova. I was struggling to come up with the name and then I thought of ‘Whojigadandy’, which was perfect. “Although, I’ve never really been trapped in a particular genre,” she said,
“I’m just all about anything that swings.”
Rae said the trio would be giving Newcastle punters the chance to check out some of the new stuff when they play at the Wicko this weekend.
Catch the Gleny Rae Virus Trio at the Wickham Park Hotel on Thursday, November 15.
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Arvidson; Sunday, Dr Zoom Duo.CLARENDON HOTEL: Friday, Brendan Murphy; Saturday, Peta Evans Taylor.COLLIERY INN: Friday, Karaoke.COMMERCIAL HOTEL, Boolaroo: Saturday, Junior.CRICKETERS ARMS: Friday, Phil McKnight; Saturday, Bec Willis.D’ALBORA MARINAS: Saturday, Steve Boyd; Sunday, Peta Evans Taylor.DAVISTOWN RSL: Thursday, Jenny Marie Lang.DIGGERS AT THE ENTRANCE: Friday, Rebecca Henry; Saturday, Duellin’ Piano Show.DOYALSON RSL: Friday, Twinsanity.DUKE OF WELLINGTON: Friday, The Rattle; Saturday, Pete Gelzinnis; Sunday,, Scratch.DUNGOG MEMORIAL RSL: Friday, Dr Zoom Duo.EAST CESSNOCK BOWLING CLUB: Saturday, ABBA Show.EAST MAITLAND BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Loko; Saturday, Idol Motion; Sunday, Julia Starr.EDGEWORTH BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Mike Vee.EDGEWORTH TAVERN: Friday, Klassics; Saturday, CC Shooter.ENTRANCE BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Mic Night Showcase; Saturday, Adam and the Talents.ENTRANCE LEAGUES CLUB: Friday, Paul Storey; Saturday, Cover 2 Cover.EXCHANGE HOTEL: Friday, Moonlight Drive; Saturday, Hornet.FAMILY HOTEL, Maitland: Friday, Lee Rolfe.FANNYS: Friday, DJs; Saturday, Bombs Away.FIVE ISLANDS REC CLUB, Speers Point: Sunday, A Touch Of Country.GATESHEAD TAVERN: Thursday, Pappy and Baz.GEORGE TAVERN: Saturday, Kadence.GOSFORD RSL: Friday, Undiscovered Open Mic Night; Saturday, Baxters Revenge; Sunday, Jennie Marie Lang.GRAND HOTEL: Tuesday, Kobagi.GREAT NORTHERN: Wednesday, Jackson Firebird; Friday, Reggae Got Soul, The Buzzard Mix; Tuesday, Play For Your Pint Sing For Your Supper.GUNYAH HOTEL: Thursday, Karaoke; Friday, Mardmax; Saturday, Cosy velour; Sunday, Sundays Record.GWANDALAN BOWLING CLUB: Friday,
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I n case you’ve been living under a rock, Newcastle songstress Peta Evans Taylor has sass to burn – not to mention one formidable set of pipes.
She has won both state and national titles for singing and song writing. She has also wowed audiences all over Australia and overseas with her sultry sounds being heard in Hollywood, San Francisco, India and Norfolk Island, to name but a few.
She has also shared stages with the likes of Damien Leith, Wendy Matthews, Brian Cadd and Russel Morris.
Catch Peta Evans Taylor when she plays at The Clarendon Hotel on Saturday, November 17.
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W hen it comes to a night of unabashed and unpretentious entertainment, The
Rocker Fellers deliver – in spades.This highly entertaining duo
manages to appeal to audiences of all ages with a repertoire that runs the gamut of popular music. From the likes of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Crowded House, Dave Edmunds and The Supremes, no one could accuse The Rocker Fellers of painting themselves into one musical corner.
Featuring Steve Boyd on lead vocals and backing guitar and John Moss on lead guitar and backing vocals, The Rocker Fellers are one band that are sure to have you dancing away ‘till the wee hours.
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T hey say to take the path less travelled makes all the difference.
Between the eat streets of Darby and Beaumont and the array of exciting new restaurants popping up along Honeysuckle and in the CBD’s east end, Novocastrians are often spoilt for choice when it comes to dining options.
But if the hungry diner strays away from these culinary landmarks, they will fi nd themselves rewarded.
I know I’ll be preaching to the converted residents of Adamstown and Kotara when I say that a meal at the quaint Hooi’s Recipe Restaurant and Takeaway in Kotara is worth the trip.
The menu at Hooi’s rivals a novel with a separate menu of considerable proportion dedicated to Chinese, Thai, Malaysian and Singaporean dishes, with both entrée and mains available from all cuisines.
After much consideration, my dining partner and I opted for sweet corn chicken soup from the Chinese menu and satay beef skewers from the Malaysian and Singaporean menu as our entrée.
The soup appeared on our table in next to no time, and as it’s name suggests, was sweet and satisfying. The satay beef skewers were cooked well and very tender, served with a mild, nutty satay sauce on a bed of crispy fried noodles.
For main, I chose a tried and tested favourite of Asian cuisine, Nasi Goreng,
cooked Malaysian style with peanut sauce – fried rice served with generous
amounts of chicken, prawns and bacon and a galaxy of fresh vegetables.
My partner ordered Malaysian curry chicken with rice – chicken wings and hearty vegetables served in a spicy and fl avoursome sauce. Delicious!
The most appealing aspect of Hooi’s Recipe is its simplicity.
The restaurant is small and simply decorated but packed-full of families, couples and groups of friends, sharing meals together.
The waitress and waiter on the night we dined were friendly and attended promptly to our every need, despite the phone ringing off the hook with takeaway orders and meals coming out of the kitchen thick and fast.
Hooi’s is obviously a favourite with the locals and if you take a trip to the suburbs for your next meal, it could be your new favourite, too.
Hooi’s Recipe is open for dinner from Tuesday to Sunday.
Find Hooi’s at 55 Joslin Street, Kotara or phone them to book on 4952 3333.
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W hen Ipswitch-spawned hip-hop outfi t Butterfi ngers called it a day, front man Evil Eddie Jacobson chose not to rest on his laurels, deciding instead
to strike out on his own.The culmination of this self-effacing journey
is Evil Eddie’s debut long player, ‘Welcome To Flavour Country’, and he will be bringing the fruits of his labour to Newcastle this weekend.
“It’s such a great weight off my shoulders to get the album out there and off my chest, as I’ve been working on it for some time now,” he said.
For those who are au fait with Butterfi ngers tounge-in-cheek style and rapid fi re delivery will have a fair idea of what to expect on the album, which is a near-seamless mix of classic hip-hop beats and pop sensibilities, although Eddie said he was a bit of a hard taskmaster on himself during the sessions.“I felt massive amounts of pressure with this record,” he said.
“I thought, ‘If I’m gonna have a crack at this I don’t want it to be a step backwards from what I did with Butterfi ngers, so I guess I was really hard on myself when I was recording it, but given that I was writing, like, 90 per cent of Butterfi ngers stuff, there are defi nite similarities to what I was doing in that band.”
The fi rst single from the album – the impossibly catchy paean to his home state – ‘Queensland’ managed an 86th spot on the Triple J Hottest 100 in 2010 and its video has since received more than 190,000 views on YouTube.
However, Eddie said that a last minute criticism had him second guessing his choice of single.
“I had no idea the song would take off like it did,” he said.
“Actually, right before I was about to release it – the CDs were pressed and everything – a friend of mine told me it was the worst song she had heard in her entire life and that had me second guessing things for a bit. Although, maybe I should run all my single choices by her in the future, because if she hates it, it may just be a winner!”
Catch Evil Eddie when he brings his special fl avour to The Great Northern Hotel on Saturday, November 24.
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I t seems that with every passing year and every Blink 182 gold record, the term “punk” is becoming more and more synonymous with getting
drunk, running amok and getting a shoe sponsorship than it is with the lofty, yet aggressive, anti-establishment epithets hurled by the likes of The Dead Kennedys, The Clash and Bad Religion.
Former Novocastrian four-piece,
Liberation Front, are well and truly holding their agit-punk fl ag high as people are sure to fi nd out when they hit their old stomping ground in support of Southern Californian punk legends, Ten Foot Pole.
“Yeah, the show is going to be absolutely mammoth,” frontman Tim Rowland told TE.
“Ten Foot Pole were one of my all time favourite bands growing up and a lot of their songs were the fi rst songs I learnt to play on guitar, so it’s a real honour to be doing all of their East Coast dates.”
After forming in Newcastle in 2005,
Liberation Front relocated to Sydney where they quickly gained attention for their uncompromising brand of politically charged punk rock – thanks to a relentless touring schedule and a blistering self-titled EP.
To coincide with the Ten Foot Pole tour, Liberation Front have released a follow-up EP – ‘The Second Coming Of The Great Depression’ and Rowland said it was a much more focused effort, both lyrically and musically.
“The fi rst EP was really a basic overview of the band and it dealt with quite broad topics like unity and getting people to stand up for things,” he said.
“But on this one, we wanted to focus more on specifi c topics such as the worldwide fi nancial meltdown and racism that’s inherent in Australia.
“I think that while a lot of punk bands do take a more light-hearted approach, we are more into confronting the audience, not in a preachy way, but in a way where after they listen to the EP or see us at a show, they can’t help but think about the issues...
“For us, it’s more about people educating themselves.”
Catch Liberation Front supporting Ten Foot Pole at the Cambridge Hotel on Thursday, November 22.
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Wednesday, N
ovember 14, 2012
EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE
(YOU DON’T WANNA BE)
T he man behind such folk-rock classics as ‘The Needle and the Damage Done’, ‘Heart of Gold’, ‘Cinnamon Girl’ and ‘Hey Hey
My My (Into The Black)’, Bernard Shakey – perhaps better known as Neil Young – will be heading back to Australia next year with a special Day on The Green show in the offi ng.
To make things even more tantalising, Young will be bringing his legendary backing band, Crazy Horse (Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina and Frank “Poncho” Sampedro) along for the ride and for those of you that are familiar with such albums as ‘Zuma’, ‘After The Goldrush’ and the iconic live set, ‘Rust Never Sleeps’, will know that this is something not to be sneezed at.
This hit out will be Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s fi rst headline tour since his 2003 tour here to support the album ‘Greendale’.
While the show promises to deliver a gold rush of Young classics that have helped him become a household name, you can also expect a healthy dose of their latest effort ‘Psychedelic Pill’. Now before you start bemoaning the star for playing
the new tracks instead of making it just a greatest hits tour, you should know that ‘Psychedelic Pill’ is the absolute business. Without wanting to sound too hyperbolic, it could, well-and-truly be the best thing these guys have come up with since 1990’s ‘Ragged Glory’.
Also, age has not wearied these rockers, with entertainment bible, The Hollywood Reporter, recently singling the praises of an October Hollywood Bowl concert thusly – “the made-for-each other singer and band seamlessly meld old and new amid a relentless, outstanding torrent of beautiful noise.” High praise, indeed.
This is defi nitely one for the diary. Catch Neil Young and Crazy Horse at A Day On The Green, Bimbadgen Winery on Saturday, March 9. Tickets are on sale from Monday, November 19.