Qld Tour
We started our Qld tour flying from Adelaide to Townsville on Monday and driving out to Charters Towers for the first show which was in The World Theatre then on to shows in the Budekin Theatre and the Johnstone Shire Hall which is in Innisfail. We are now at the end of week two which has included shows in Cairns, Townsville, Proserpine and Mackay and as the tour has gone on the shows, audiences and venues have gotten bigger. The folks seem to really like the show and our current fiddle player Andrew Clermont. Andrew seems to know folks all over this part of the country and he has hooked up some little house concerts for our down days. Which should be fun.
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Townsville airport – Stu with our instruments
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The World Theatre – Charters Towers
Sound check at the Townsville Civic Theatre
Townsville Civic Theatre
Soundcheck at the Mackay Entertainment Centre
Soundcheck at the Burdekin Theatre with Dave the sound tech setting the monitor mix
Queensland Tour, Adelaide Gigs and Little Lion Man single.
I am excited to announce that The Beggars are making our biggest Australian tour ever, three weeks of concerts in Queensland through November and December. With 14 concerts taking in pretty much every big town from Cairns to Brisbane. The Tour is called Australian Songbook and all the dates are on our Gig Calendar page. As well as Stuart, Renee and Quinton [me] the show will include Andrew Clermont on the fiddle. This tour presents a special challenge for me as a double bass player. Because for the distance and the regional nature of the tour I will have to put my bass on the plane, which is a first for me and a bit scary. Usually if the tour is centered on a big city I can hire a bass on the ground. My new flight case is enormous and hopefully bullet proof.
We have a couple of gigs in Adelaide before the tour, one at The Wheatsheaf at 4 pm on Sunday October 14th and at the Marion Cultural Center at 7:30 pm On November 6th.
Our new single Little Lion Man is The Beggars cover of the Mumford and Sons hit. Its one for the first production out of my Tuneworks studio and its up at iTunes now.
Got some good news on the publishing front – Such a Lovely Day from the Beggars first album will be synced in the TV show Bondi Rescue. Which means the track will air as part of the show.
The Beggars 
