The Whale
This one is a great story song. I think its’s based on the Moby dick story. the Whale was originally by fielder and Dyer and I believe written and released in the 1960s. A real lost treasure of Australian Music.
Way Out West
We shot video for some songs as a first project in my in house studio. this one is Way Out West originally by The Dingos. I like the way Stu works the harmonica against the 12 string guitar in the solo.
New Tour Dates – West Australia
We are very excited to be taking our Australian Songbook Show to the West for a run of theatre shows in May. I will post the WA tour dates and some other tour dates that have come in asap but it looks like we will be in Bunbery on Wed the 23rd, Moora on Thurs 24, Merredin on Fri 25, and Thornlie in Perth on. Sat 26. it will be really great to get back over the the West, the last time I played shows there was back in the 80s with Swanee. Right now I heading up to Qld for Christmas so my best wishes to every one and I hope you have a happy and safe holiday break. Merry Christmas and Ill see you on the other side.
New iTunes release – Beggars Deluxe
We are very pleased to announce the release of our Beggars Deluxe album which is now at iTunes It’s a full 24 tracks and contains all 15 tracks from the Beggars CD plus the 6 tracks recorded for Silkroad Music and released as Exquisite Ballads in SE Asia plus Mary’s Boy Child, A Soalin’ and Silent Night which were all recorded this week in Sody Pop. You should be able to hear the hear the whole album with this little player.
Wheatsheaf Hotel Show Sunday afternoon Nov 13th
The Beggars next Adelaide show is on Sunday the 13th at around 4pm in the afternoon, the venue is The Wheatsheaf Hotel in George Street Thebarton (they are a no pokies pub and have been long-time supporters of live music in Adelaide). Entry for this one is free but If you feel you must you can all ways buy a Beggars CD at the show for a mere $20. I hope you can come.
The Whale
Good to see the our song The Whale is back on the iTunes world music charts. This time its popped up on the Canadian chart.
http://www.music-chart.info/song/738683/The-Whale
The iTunes chart archive at http://www.music-chart.info/ is a great resource.
Drum Theater Shows
Thanks to everyone who came to the Drum theater show in Melbourne today. It was a great response to the show and we have another show at the Drum in Dandenong tomorrow [Thursday]
The Beggars in Melbourne
Melbourne Shows
We are driving over to Melbourne on Tuesday and presenting our show “Bound For Australia” at the Drum Theatre in Dandenong. On Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th both shows are at 10.30am. this will be our last trip to Melbourne for a while and the last performances of Bound For Australia. The show will be re launched next year as Australian Songbook. If you want the see the show you can follow these links for booking info and tickets.
Theatre Page: http://www.greaterdandenong.com/Documents.asp?ID=3560&Title=Drum+Theatre+Coming+Productions&Type=d
Book tickets: http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?agency=DRUM_THEATRE&organ_val=27588&event_val=1026&schedule=list
Queensland Tour.
2012 Queensland tour dates for Australian Songbook have just been announced.
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Thursday 15th November: Burdekin
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Friday 16th November: Charters Towers
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Saturday 17th November: DAY OFF
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Sunday 18th November: DAY OFF
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Monday 19th November: Cairns
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Tuesday 20th November: Townsville
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Wednesday 21st November: Townsville
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Thursday 22nd November: Proserpine
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Friday 23rd November: Mackay
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Saturday 24th November: DAY OFF
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Sunday 25th November: DAY OFF
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Monday 26th November: Rockhampton
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Tuesday 27th November: Gladstone
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Wednesday 28th November: Caloundra
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Thursday 29th November: Maryborough
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Friday 30th November: Boonah
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Saturday 1st December: DAY OFF
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Sunday 2nd December: DAY OFF
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Monday 3rd December: Noosa (The J)
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Tuesday 4th December: Logan
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Wednesday 5th December: Redland.
Some homemade Videos
We filmed the band doing a few tunes in my lounge room…