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The Band It About - Podcast Series Host/Creator Di Spillane, releases a new episode every Saturday. This in-depth Music Interview Podcast is an opportunity for musicians and others involved in the Music Industry to discuss their entire musical journey . Season 1; a variety of subjects. Season 2 “The Engine Room” interviews with drummers who were born, raised, lived, or have played in Adelaide, South Australia. This series is a unique opportunity to listen to musicians discuss their careers from their earliest memories right through to what they are currently involved with. Real Stories/People.
S4 E5 Peter Allan joins BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series Host/Creator Di Spillane to discuss his band The Honey Badgers and what they will be doing at this year's Port Noarlunga Blues Festival.
If you have been listening to this season’s episodes you would be very aware by now that the Port Noarlunga Blues Festival commences next week on Friday the 24th of November.
Peter Allan has been an integral part of the roots and blues music scene for many years here in South Australia, not onlyas a performer, but also through his involvement behind the scenes assisting with the growth of the blues community, from being the secretary for the Adelaide Roots and Blues Association for many years right through to providing so many of us with the delicious offerings from his famous Pistol Pete’s menu at various roots and blues events.
Pete is the drummer for The Honey Badgers, a band that helped to put our local blues scene on the map in January this year when they became the very first South Australian band to make it through to the Final of the International Blues Competition, which is held in Memphis Tennessee at the end of January each year.
You only have 1 opportunity to see Pete and the boys duringthis year’s festival and that is next Friday, November 24th at thePort Noarlunga Bowling Club. At 7pm Phil Manning will be opening the evening, followed by Mojo Dingo at 8:20 and then to keep you dancing till the end of the night The Honey Badgers will be hitting the stage horns and all at 9:40pm.Tickets are $40 general admission or $35 for concession card holders and can bepurchased online via Port Noarlunga Blues Festival's website: https://portnoarlungabluesfestival.com.au/
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The Honey Badgers links: https://thehoneybadgers.net/
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Port Noarlunga Blues Festival Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/portnoarlungabluesfestival/
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S4 E4 ZKYE Compson-Harris. Zkye & Damo Port Noarlunga Blues Festival 2023.Listen for the BAND IT ABOUT scoop announcement during this episode!
Zkye is a 2x SA Blues Awards Female Vocalist of the year, whose powerhouse vocals have earned rave reviews and a devoted following of fans both here in Australia and overseas.
Zkye will be performing at the Port Noarlunga Blues festival in duo mode with her partner and fellow Zkye Blue Band member Damien Steele-Scott, accompanying on acoustic guitar, entertaining the audience performing a selection of original and blues and rock classics.
During the interview Di Spillane asks Zkye:
Q1. When did you and your partner Damian first begin performing together as a duo? Q2. Which PNBF has been your favorite or the most memorable for you so far? Q3. What do you enjoy most about performing with Damo?
Q4. What do you enjoy about playing at this festival?
Q5. What can your fans expect to hear when you perform this year?
Q6. What do you have coming up after the festival?Q7. Do you have plans on releasing a new album?
Zkye and Damo will be performing at the South Port Surf Club on Sunday the 26th of November, a fantastic afternoon of Blues and Roots music featuring three great Artists: kicking off at 2pm with Kelly Brouhaha, followed by AP D'Antonio & Winston Robinson at 3:20, and finishing off the day with Zkye & Damo who will be performing from 4:40 until 6pm. Tickets are available online through Trybooking for $40 general admission and $35 for concession card holders. https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1117501
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Zkye's bands: Zkye Blue Kickass CowgirlsCustard Pie Zkye YouTube Sing It Live YouTube channel. Zkye's tracks
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S4 E3 Chris Finnen joins Di Spillane to discuss this year's Port Noarlunga Blues Festival.
About Chris; Chris began to play the guitar when he was 10. Migrating with his parents from the UK to Australia in the late 60’s, it was in the state of Victoria that he started his 'musical apprenticeship' - learning how to play and getting gigs where he could. In 1970 he met long-time collaborator and friend Phil Manning, who he has played with numerous times over the years. He has performed in various bands or created his own, and when not performing, touring, and recording himself, he has dedicated his time to mentoring and tutoring many aspiring guitarists. Today, he is arguably one of Australia’s best known and most highly regarded master of the guitar.
With a career spanning well over 50 years, performing and studying the blues, Jazz, Rock, Folk, and Indian/World music genres. He has playing for the Dalai Lama and has shared the stage with some of the world's best, including Buddy Guy, Bo Didley, Jimmy Witherspoon, Roy Buchanan, Eric Burdon, John Mayall, and Mavis Staples to name just a few. In Australia he has worked with many of our best-known musicians including Matt Taylor, Phil Manning, Dutch Tilders, Jeff Lang, Kevin Borich, and many, many others.
His awards include Guitar, Vocal, Song writing, Production, and best Blues/World' Album.He has been inducted into both the New York Blues Hall of Fame and the Adelaide Music Collective Hall of Fame. Chris is patron of the Adelaide Roots and Blues Association, and has been the Ambassador of the Port Noarlunga Blues Festival since it started 6 years ago.
Chris will be performing a few times during the festival, on Saturday the 25th of November at the Arts Centre. The evening will open with Mick Kidd and David Blight at 7pm, followed by The Chris Finnen Band at 8:20, and then at 9:40 he will team up with Phil Manning. Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1117509
On Sunday at the Bowling Club on River Road performing with Phil Manning at 3:20, just after the Cal Williams Jnr trio who are opening at 2pm. Frank Lang’s Hoy-Hoy will be hitting thestage at 4:40. Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1116526
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S4 E2 Multi Award Winning Singer/Songwriter/ and Multi-Instrumentalist Steve Eales of Steve Eales and The Open Road is this weeks BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series guest.
During this weeks episode Podcast Host/Creator Di Spillane asks Steve what he will be performing during his first appearance at the festival, has an in depth conversation with Steve about songwriting and the songwriters workshop that he will be holding, and Di even manages to ask Steve a couple of questions that nobody has ever asked him before!
Steve will be holding a Songwriters Workshop during this year's Port Noarlunga Blues Festival on Saturday the 25th of November at 11am in the Noori Wine Bar on Gawler Street. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased vial this link: https://www.trybooking.com/events/1125816/sessions/4191152/sections/2107353/tickets
Steve will be performing his brand new songs during the festival, 7pm at the Port Noarlunga Hotel and 9pm at Drifters on Saturday the 25th, and on Sunday he will be performing at Port Burger at 4pm.
For more information about this year's festival please go to their website: https://portnoarlungabluesfestival.com.au/
Steve Eales website: https://www.steveeales.com/
The BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series theme song was written by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series.
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S4 E1 PORT NOARLUNGA BLUES FESTIVAL, Interview with Sue and Danny Filmer from SUEDAN.
Danny and Sue Filmer join host/creator Di Spillane for Season Four Episode One of the limited series of the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series to discuss their involvement in this year’s Port Noarlunga Blues Festival which runs over 3 days starting on Friday the 24th of November 2023.
Dan and Sue are members of the Port Noarlunga Blues Festival committee and they join me to discuss the planning and their experiences as new members on the committee who have been assigned with the task of scheduling all of the solo and duo acts that will be appearing this year.
Sue and Dan discuss the scheduled events, what they have learned so far in this new role and where you can see the blues and roots duo SUEDAN perform this year during the festival.
The Port Noarlunga Blues Festival launched in November 2017 with performances from over40 bands and artists, and due to the success of that launch, the Business and Tourism Association special committee, formed an incorporated organisation to develop the festival into an annual event.
Various local businesses including the Port Noarlunga hotel, cafes, restaurants, sportingclubs, and the Port Noarlunga Arts Centre, play host over the three days to a variety of both free and ticketed musical performances from a very impressive lineup of both local and national acts.
On Friday the 24th of November SUEDAN are the opening act at the Port Noarlunga Hotel, this impressive lineup includes a solo performance by Kelly Brouhama, and closing the evening willbe the rocking blues band all the way from Bali The UNB’ROCKEN! And You can see them all for Free!
Suedan return to the Port Noarlunga Hotel on Saturday the 25th, where the lineup wil include a total of 8 performance starting with The Youth performances from 10am to 2pm, Frankie and Savva at 5pm, Rob and Beck at 6pm, Steve Eales at 7pm, and Rhyley McGrath at 8pm. And then at 9pm Suedan return along with the 2 acts from the previous evening to follow at 10 and 11pm.
With over 110 performances over the 3 days which includes a mix of ticketed and free events you would be crazy to miss this year's festival. To see a full list of events please go to the Port Noarlunga website where you can alo purchase festival tickets: https://portnoarlungabluesfestival.com.au/firebox/get-ready-2023/
For information about SUEDAN please go to their website:https://suedan.com.au/
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Season 4 of the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series starts Friday the 20th of October, 2023. This limited season will include interviews with some of the organisers and performers for this year's Port Noarlunga Blues Festival which starts on Friday the 24th of November running through to Sunday the 26th of November 2023.
The Port Noarlunga Blues Festival launched in November 2017 with performances from over 40 bands and artists, and due to the success of that launch, the Business and Tourism Association special committee, formed an incorporated organisation to develop the festival into an annual event.
Various local businesses including the Port Noarlunga hotel, cafes, restaurants, sporting clubs, and the Port Noarlunga Arts Centre, play host over the three days to a variety of both free and ticketed musical performances from a very impressivelineup of acts.
For more information and to purchase tickets please go to the Port Noarlunga Blues Festival website.
https://portnoarlungabluesfestival.com.au/firebox/get-ready-2023/
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Roger Smith is a South Australian harmonica player who has been playing with his Blues/Rock band The Bluescasters for the past 16 years. Roger began his musical journey playing the djembe in a world music band called 'Fuego' with his good friend Glen Reynolds. Roger has always loved the blues and was really interested in learning how to play the harmonica, so he eventually decided to go and have some lessons at WEA with John Hastwell. A few years later he heard about an eclectic jam session that was happening at Bookends Bookshop on Unley Road which he began to attend on a regular basis, and this is where he first met The Bluescasters vocalist/guitarist Tony Pettas. Roger grew tired of having to travel to Unley and the other jams that he was attending every week so he decided to start his own jam which he did at the Blackwood RSL. Roger ran this weekly jam for 6 years and it was during this period that he began to regularly jam with the other musicians who he would end up forming the blues/rock band 'The Bluescasters' with. 'The Bluescasters' had the first gig at The Old Clarendon Winery, and due to their popularity, regularly played there on a Sunday afternoon until the winery closed. Roger's love of the blues also led to him starting the Port Noarlunga Blues Festival with a friend in 2017, and he is also a former Adelaide Roots and Blues Association (ARBA) committee member.
If you are interested in having harmonica lessons with Roger you can contact him via phone on 0411 702 845 or email sroger@senet.com.au
Music: intro "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant.
Outro: The Bluescasters performing the Jimi Hendrix version of "Come On" (often called "Let the Good Times Roll") which was written by New Orleans rhythm and blues artist Earl King. The song's lyrics are based on "Let the Good Times Roll", the 1946 jump blues hit by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five.
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S3 E8 Snooks La Vie (Paul Wimbles) is a South Australian born blues/soul/country vocalist and harmonica player who first began to play the harmonica after finding a brand new Hohner Marine band harmonica that was underneath a former partners bed. He began to teach himself how to play whilst sitting outside in his Monaro. He first started out playing on the local scene with a punk band called The Enemy, and switched to playing the blues after his work mate Rubes suggested that he give this genre a try. The pair started out playing together at work functions and it wasn't too long before they put together their first band The Deliverymen, who were later to become The Hiptones (after a few lineup changes.) Snooks had always been a fan of Cold Chisel, and after meeting their harmonica player David Blight at a David Blight and The Flyers gig, Snooks had a few lessons with him before deciding to concentrate on the more traditional blues sound that comes from playing by using the tongue blocking technique. Snooks La Vie acquired his moniker from his friend and music/work colleague Papa Rubes which started out as just a bit of fun and stuck amongst his peers for being known as an avid fan of New Orleans musician ‘Snooks Eaglin’. As former front man of The Hiptones, Snooks has enjoyed the success of awards such as a South Australian Music Award for best blues band/act in 1997, signed to a major label SONYBMG in 2006 and an APRA nomination for best ‘blues/roots’ work in 2008. Snooks also took out South Australian Blues Vocalist of the Year for three consecutive years (2008, 2009, and 2010.) The Hiptones recorded their second album "Right Now" at Joe Camilleri's studio Woodstock studios with James Black producing the album. Snooks current bands are Romaldo’s Groove, The Dirty Roots Band, and his new band Snooks La Vie's Blues All Star Revue. He also performs in duos with Nikko (Nick Kipridis) and Snooks, Courtney Robb and Snooks, and J J Fields (Sav Palaktsoglou) and Snooks La Vie.
Music intro "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Outro "Walter's Walk" which was released in February 2017 on the Nikko & Snooks album "Way Back Home". https://snookslavie.bandcamp.com/album/way-back-home-nikko-snooks
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Bonus Episode; BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series Host/Creator Di Spillane released her debut blues/gospel single “The Underground Railroad” on the 22nd of September to raise Narcolepsy awareness on World Narcolepsy Day. In this episode, you will hear Di Spillane being interviewed by Zofia Dendunnen from PBAFM and then by Julie Reynolds whose community radio network program 'Saturday Breakfast with Julie Reynolds', is aired on over 30 community radio stations across Australia. “The Underground Railroad” is available to purchase on bandcamp, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music.
To purchase on Apple Music:: https://music.apple.com/au/album/the-underground-railroad-single/1642022382
To purchase on bandcamp https://dispillane.bandcamp.com/track/the-underground-railroad
Di was inspired to write “The Underground Railroad” after discovering that one of the railroad’s most famous conductors Harriet Tubman remarkably managed to escape from slavery on her own, only to then spend more than 10 years returning to Maryland to lead her family and friends safely to freedom via a secret network of people, places and routes that provided shelter and assistance to escaping slaves, called the Underground Railroad. She did this despite suffering from the rare sleep disorder “secondary narcolepsy” or “posttraumatic hypersomnia”, which she developed after having received a severe blow to her head.
Di has lived with type 1 narcolepsy with cataplexy since childhood, and despite having had symptoms for most of her life, she didn't receive a diagnosis until she was 49. Di decided to release this song on the 22nd of September, 2022 to coincide with World Narcolepsy Day to help raise awareness of this rare debilitating sleep disorder.
Di Spillane vocals, Gail Page - bv's and harmonies, Rick Melick - piano, Edward Pollard - drums, Denis Surmon - bass guitar. Recorded by Brett Sody at Sody - Pop Recording Studios and Services, Norwood, South Australia.
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South Australian-born musician DAVID BLIGHT is without a doubt one of Australia’s premier harmonica players. There aren’t too many people in Australia who are not familiar with the harmonica playing of David Blight. Every time you hear that favorite of Australia’s rock anthems, KHE SANH by Cold Chisel you will hear David’s distinctive harp lines weaving in and out behind Jimmy Barnes’ vocals. He was and still is Cold Chisels harp player of choice and has recorded and toured with the band collectively and individually throughout the years. During this interview, David shares his musical journey from listening to the radio and hearing "Bring it on Home" from a freshly released Led Zeppelin 2 when the light was well and truly switched on, to playing whenever he could with local bands, to how working at John Martins led David Blight to become Cold Chisel’s harmonica player. David formed his own band The Flyers in 1982 and has continued his connection, recording with Cold Chisel and band members Don Walker and Ian Moss. Mick Kidd together with Dave Blight won the Adelaide Roots & Blues Associations inaugural "Memphis Blues Challenge" (solo/duo) in 2015 and were sent to represent Australia in the 2016 International Blues Challenge in Memphis USA – This was following up on their success at the 2014 South Australia Blues Awards winning the "Outstanding Solo/Duo." On 17th November 2015, a small group from the Adelaide Music Collective/ SA Music Hall Of Fame attended Cold Chisel's soundcheck to surprise Dave Blight with an induction. He had previously declined an induction as he felt he was not worthy. After many more nominations and public outpouring, it was decided that he would be inducted in collaboration with Cold Chisel.
Music: intro "BAND IT ABOUT" theme song, written and recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Outro "Cut you loose", written by Mick Kidd, is track 5 off of Mick Kidd and David Blight's sophomore album “Menu of Sin”, which was released on the 17th of July, 2017.
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Nathan Dawson was 17 when he first decided to start learning how to play the harmonica. A couple of his friends had begun to jam together and he wanted to join them, so he dug out the harmonica that he had given to his dad and began to teach himself how to play. Since then, Nathan has performed with many South Australian bands during his musical career including; Oz Blues, Vic Bitters Blues Band, Greasy Gravy, Lara and the Shakers, The Customlines, Rubes and the High Rollers, Nate and Rubes, The Shuffle Shack, The Valcos, House Reckers, and is currently playing the harmonica for The Sexy Boys Blues Band and The Shuffle Shack.
Music: intro "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Outro "My Babe" which was recorded live at the Semaphore Workers Club, performed by The Shuffle Shack. The song is a blues standard that was written by Willie Dixon for Little Walter and was released in 1955 on Checker Records.
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Will Kallinderis aka Harpin’ Will K joins Di Spillane this week to discuss his musical journey, a journey that has followed him from Ottawa, Edmonton Alberta, Vancouver, and since 2005 South Australia. Will Kallinderis aka 'Harpin’ Will K' is a singer-songwriter who performs a lively mix of original roots, funk, and blues. Emerging in 2016 with his debut solo album Last Of The Singing Peace Chiefs, a collection of acoustic guitar-driven songs, full-throttled harmonica soloing, and backup harmony vocals. More recently he has been revisiting early influences to create a repertoire of raw ‘n’ gritty stripped-back blues. Will’s been performing on the local Adelaide scene as a soloist and in various projects since 2007.
At 16, Will was inspired to pick up the harmonica after hearing the music of Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter, John Mayall, Paul Butterfield, and Bob Dylan. The following year he took up the guitar and was influenced by Hubert Sumlin (Howlin’ Wolf), John Lee Hooker, and Muddy Waters to name a few. Will’s soulful roots sound is a result of many years honing his skills as a regular busker on the streets of Edmonton, Alberta followed by performances in the local blues and folk scene. Over the years his musical influences expanded to include the sounds of R&B, folk, rock as well as Latin, funk, and world music.
Will moved to Adelaide in 2005 and in 2007 he formed a power trio called Star Step Evolution with Mike Palmer on bass and Benjamin Gallasch on drums. Featuring a funky, bluesy, reggae style with plenty of harmonica soloing. The members parted ways in late 2009. Will continued gigging around town as a solo performer honing and evolving his singer-songwriter roots originals as well as building a repertoire of blues.
In 2017 Will joined local slide guitarist Cal Williams Jr for several festival shows. He stepped in at late notice when Adelaide’s blues icon Chris Finnen had to pull out of the Fringe show ‘A History Of Early Blues’. The success of the show led to Will joining Cal Williams Jr and Kory Horwood on double bass for the next two seasons. Will also joined Cal and Kory in Cal’s project The Ukulele Blues Explosion featuring stripped-back possibilities with ukulele, bass, and harmonica. In 2018 Will formed The Young Sequoias with Matt Colyer on drums featuring upbeat guitar and amplified harmonica together with Matt’s catchy rhythms that introduced new interpretations of Will’s debut album along with a vast range of new songs drawing on roots, rock, jazz, soul, funk and electric delta blues. One of the highlights for the duo was the successful sold-out 2020 Fringe show, ‘Electric Delta – Blues Hits Big Town’ celebrating the Blues from raw and gritty Mississippi to the refined urban sounds of Chicago, featuring popular classics by such artists as Sonny Boy Williamson, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Mississippi Fred McDowell and more.
The Young Sequoias have taken a break and may remain dormant indefinitely. In the meantime, Will is focusing on recording his next solo album and considering teaching harmonica.
Music: intro "Band It About", written and recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Outro "Where Eagles Fly" by Will Kallinderis, from his debut album "Last Of The Singing Peace Chiefs"
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Karen Pater was born in Sydney, spent her teenage/early-mid adult life in Perth, and in recent years moved to South Australia settling in the Fleurieu Peninsular. Despite taking up playing the harmonica initially whilst living in Perth, initially inspired to play this instrument after seeing Matt Taylor play, and Matt encouraging her to continue playing, Karen eventually became frustrated by the lack of ways to learn how to play. The pre-internet days meant relying on learning to play by ear whilst listening to records, and eventually, life got busy with work and other commitments, so apart from jamming with friends or attending an open mic, Karen didn't have much of an opportunity to advance her natural talent. All of this changed in recent years when she moved to South Australia, Karen was asked by her friend Heather Frahn if she would like to play with her band Heather Frahn & The Moonlight Tide at the Deep South - Roots, Blues & Folk Festival in 2013, giving Karen the opportunity to fulfill her dream of playing at The Gov on the main stage. Since marrying and retiring from nursing, Karen has had the time and the opportunity to rediscover her love of the harmonica. The first band that she joined in SA was called 'Billy Goat Boogie, and when a couple of the band members decided to move on and form their own band The River Rats, they asked Karen if she would be interested in joining them.
The River Rats started in 2019 with the aim of putting together a blues repertoire to then gig at local bars and festivals. The 'Rats, as they've become known, have built a very strong following on the Fleurieu Peninsular and surrounding areas with their brand of cool blues classics and original songs. The band includes Karen Pater (harmonica and percussion), Garry Searle (lead vocals, drums, and guitars), originally Michael Porter on guitar, now replaced by Caitlyn Rault, and Paul Kraack (vocals, bass, and guitars). Through the challenges of COVID-19, Paul and Garry built a song-writing collaboration and began recording a number of original songs - and the band created the EP titled 'Hold On'. Two singles 'Hot And Cold', and 'Wildflower' were released around Christmas 2021 on all streaming services. In January ’22, their blues song ‘Wildflower’ achieved national recognition when it hit number 3 on the Australian National Radio Airplay Project regional charts. The 'Rats continue to gig around the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia and perform their originals and R&B classics.
Music "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant.
Outro; 'Wildflower' The River Rats 2021 debut EP 'Hold On', written by Garry Searle and Paul Kraack. + Bonus audio after song.
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The River Rats Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theriverrats19/
Spotify: https://artists.spotify.com/c/artist/19mtYa567KY3UQDxCV8511/home
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South Australian harmonica/percussionist Bobby Blues joins me this week to share his musical journey for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series.
Bobby whose given name is Greg Carmody, received his first harmonica when he was 8 years old, he played with it for a while and then put it away. It wasn't until he was 21 that he rediscovered that harmonica in a cupboard in his room, and this time he decided to teach himself how to play it. He joined his first band 'The Toe Jammers' in 1982, who changed their name to 'The Global Artichokes' in 1984. In 1986 he joined 'The String Breakers and continued to play with them until 1992 when he met Russell Stewart who asked him to join his band the 'Blu Stu Band', which was not only the start of a long-term association, but it was also the birth of Bobby Blues! The Blu Stu Band became The Harmonics - Funky Swinging Rhythm and Blues Band in 2008, and he has remained with this band ever since. Bobby also has a recording band and has recently released a couple of original songs "Rooster Blues" and "Teddy's Juke Joint."
Career highlights include; In 2013 Bobby was invited to play with Dan Aykroyd who was in Sydney to promote his Crystal Head vodka at the Rock Lily Bar. In 2015 whilst vising the USA he played in New Orleans with Luther Kent (Blood Sweat & Tears) at Hotel Monteleone, Willie Lockett & the Blues Crewe at the Vasso Blues Club, Mark Muleman Massey at the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale Mississippi, and with various musicians at Teddy's Juke Joint in Baton Rouge.
Music; "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Outro "Rooster Blues" written by Bobby Blues, Bobby Blues – Vocals and Harmonica, Tyler Venter - Slide Guitar, Milush Piochaud - Bass Guitar, Jack Strempel - Keyboard, and Angus Mason - Drums.
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Bobby Blues YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/bobbyblues1000 where you can watch the videos that he directed, produced and edited.
https://www.facebook.com/TheHarmonicsFunkyBluesBand/
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Multi-instrumentalist Danny Filmer joins me to discuss his musical journey for this week's episode of the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series. Danny, born at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), and raised in Blackwood, South Australia, was the youngest of three children. His older sister played the piano and whenever she wasn't at home, Danny would use that opportunity to hop on and play. Unfortunately, in the 70s when his sister decided to move out, she took her piano with her, but luckily for Danny, a family friend Steve Goss who was also a musician, gave him his first harmonica, and his love of this instrument and the blues grew from there. Danny, who also plays the bass guitar, joined his first band 'The Severed Tendons', who later changed their name to 'Endo Plasmic Reticulum' as their bass player, this was the beginning of his gigging career with various Adelaide bands. The 'Spirit Of Alondray' was the first band that Danny had the opportunity to play the harmonica with, but only on a few of their songs.
In 2016 Danny began making and playing his cigar box guitars, initially using a stomp box for the beat. He soon realized that drumming was best left to the experts, so he asked his wife Sue to come out of performance retirement to provide the beat on the Cajon drum for him, they have been performing together as the duo SUEDAN ever since. Danny has been able to write songs complimentary to his choice of instruments, the cigar box guitar, and harmonica, whereas, in the past, the bands that he had played with didn’t allow him to incorporate his favorite instrument the harmonica as much as he would have liked. The duo has a love of Middle Eastern music, which can be heard in some of their original blues compositions. The duo has traveled a lot since 2016, performing at various festivals and busking along the way. In 2021 Danny decided to leave his day job at the winery to enable them to turn Suedan into a full-time career, a risky move during a pandemic, but one that enabled them to take advantage of a time when mandatory density restrictions in venues, had resulted in a lot more work for solos and duos. When the duo isn’t performing at events, they are running open mic’s and busking.
SUEDAN is competing in the Memphis Blues Challenge (MBC) Final on the 27th of August, for the opportunity to represent the Adelaide Roots and Blues Association (ARBA) at the Blues Foundation's "International Blues Challenge", which will be held in Memphis Tennessee in 2023.
Music: "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant.
Outro: "Invisible Magic Guy", written in 2021 by Danny Filmer and performed by Suedan. This song was released in June 2021 on their album "Blues Box Set", which can be purchased online here: https://suedan.bandcamp.com/album/suedan-blues-box-set
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Suedan Music website: https://suedan.com.au/ Facebook page: https://m.facebook.com/Suedan-2140148932728428/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suedanmusic/
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S3 E1 Mark Snoad is a South Australian-born Hohner Harmonica player who despite having played from a young age, didn't actually join his first official band (AP D'Antonio and the Captain Kidd Band) until 2019. Mark began carrying his harmonica in his pocket and taking any opportunity to jump up and play at a party, at a jam, or with a band during the late 70s, managing to play often at the Ramsgate Hotel with Dr. Zen and the Interns. Mark has played with many musicians and bands here in Adelaide including; The Rock Doctor's, Tongue in Cheek, The Zensationals, Satisfaction - The Stones Show, Gwyn Ashton, Chris Finnen, and Gail Page. Since joining The Captain Kidd Band, Mark has also joined the YouBlues Band and Don't Tell Joe.
Mark began to take playing the harmonica more seriously around 10 years ago after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, and we discuss how playing the harmonica is good for physical and mental health during this interview. Music therapy provides an effective treatment approach to improve motor function, balance, freezing of gait, gait speed, and mental health in patients with Parkinson’s disease. This accessible instrument is an excellent tool for strengthening the diaphragm, increasing lung capacity and breath control, and improving respiratory functioning related to swallowing. All of these benefits directly relate to symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
Mark plays a HOHNER Special 20 Harmonica, uses a Fender Blues Junior Amp, and an Astatic Harmonica Microphone that was once owned by Australian multi-instrumentalist Broderick Smith!
Music: intro "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Outro: "I'll Be Gone" written by Spectrum guitarist and vocalist Mike Rudd. Mark is playing the harmonica in this audio which was recorded during this year's Adelaide Fringe Festival 'A Rock Legends Show', held at Norwood Live, February 2022.
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Mark's band links: AP D'Antonio and the Captain Kidd Band https://www.facebook.com/apdantoniomusic/
https://m.facebook.com/YouBlues-Band https://m.facebook.com/Dont-Tell-Joe
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Season 3 of the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series is coming soon. For the next season, I will be chatting with South Australian harmonica players. If you have or still do play the harmonica in a band from South Australia and would like to be interviewed for season 3 please get in touch with me. You can locate my email address and BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series Facebook page to send a message on the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series Linktree: https://linktr.ee/banditaboutpodcastseries I look forward to releasing the first episode of season 3 very soon.
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Music: "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant.
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This is the Final Episode for Season 2 of the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series. This week my guest drummers playing 20 Questions in 2 Minutes are from episodes 79 to 83, they include Madeleine Cossey, Andreanna Massacci, Alex Deegan, John Zak, and Travis Demsey.
Make sure that you listen to the end as I will be announcing the details for Season 3 of the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series!
The BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series interviews always end with the guests playing 20 Questions in 2 Minutes. There are 2 reasons behind this, the first being that all of the guest's journey's have not finished so this is a fun way to end the interview, the other is that it can be quite a cathartic experience talking about your past experiences, often discussing things that you hadn't given any thought to for many years. So by playing a game like 20 questions it helps to reset them, along the lines of a debriefing that you would have after an incident. I always include questions about their first concert, the first album that they purchased, etc, as well as include a few questions that are relevant to the individual guest and it is often at this stage that the guest realizes that I know a bit more about them than they had thought! These questions are about things that I read whilst researching the guest.
Music: The "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Thanks to all of this season's guests, my listeners, and supporters of this independent podcast!
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Madeleine Cossey: https://thevainsmusic.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.instagram.com/thevainsmusic/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/The-Vains-121356319256511/ https://instagram.com/madeleinecossey_?utm_medium=copy_link https://www.facebook.com/people/Slippery-People/100071527327468/ https://instagram.com/slipperypeopleband
Andreanna Massacci: https://www.facebook.com/andreannamassacci @lessdramamoredrana
Alex Deegan: https://www.drumtek.com.au/ http://www.shadowqueen.com.au/ https://truckofficial.com.au/ https://www.drumscene.com.au/
John Zak: https://instinctmusic.com.au/live-entertainment/damon-stone-melbourne-acoustic-performer/
Travis Demsey: https://www.facebook.com/DOUBLEBLACKBAND Instagram: @travisdemsey
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This week's guest drummers are E69 Joshua Baldwin, E70 Julian Perrotta, E71 Greg Clark, E75 Willi Gutwein, E77 Sean Kemp, and E78 Steven Smith. The BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series interviews always end with the guests playing 20 Questions in 2 Minutes. There are 2 reasons behind this, the first being that all of the guest's journey's have not finished so this is a fun way to end the interview, the other is that it can be quite a cathartic experience talking about your past experiences, often discussing things that you hadn't given any thought to for many years. So by playing a game like 20 questions it helps to reset them, along the lines of a debriefing that you would have after an incident. I always include questions about their first concert, the first album that they purchased, etc, as well as include a few questions that are relevant to the individual guest and it is often at this stage that the guest realizes that I know a bit more about them than they had thought! These questions are about things that I read whilst researching the guest.
Music: "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant.
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Joshua Baldwin: http://www.joshuabaldwinart.com/ http://instagram.com/joshbaldwinart http://rodgersdrumlab.com/
Julian Perrotta: https://www.facebook.com/jpdrumsandpercussion/ https://www.facebook.com/from.scratch.band.official/ https://vermantics.com/ https://www.facebook.com/daydriveadelaide/ https://www.zepboys.com/
Greg Clark: https://gcprod.com.au/ https://www.facebook.com/supportactsa/ https://www.facebook.com/PhilSteveShaneGreg
Willi Gutwein: https://www.loadedbilly.com/ https://www.loudtoysstudio.com/
Sean Kemp: http://www.soundcloud.com/survivingsharks http://www.soundcloud.com/seankempmusicadelaide https://www.instagram.com/seansharks/?hl=en http://www.facebook.com/survivingsharks
Steven Smith: https://www.facebook.com/aussiealice https://zillicymbals.com/ https://www.facebook.com/rockhudsonensemble/ https://www.facebook.com/rokhouseband/
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BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series Guest Drummers playing 20 QUESTIONS in 2 MINUTES this week are; Paul Butler E59, Danny Leo E64, John McDermott E65, Bob Reid E66, Thomas Crescitelli E67, and Michael Marino E68. Two of my guests get through all 20 questions within the 2 minutes but only one of them wins!
Music: "Band It About" theme song was written & recorded for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series by Catherine Lambert & Michael Bryant. All of the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series links can be located here: https://linktr.ee/banditaboutpodcastseries
Guest Links: Paul Butler is currently touring overseas with Cirque du Soleil https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/kurios
Danny Leo: https://www.facebook.com/forestofgnomesband/https://www.facebook.com/fluffsusername/
John McDermott works mostly as a freelance musician performing in shows at Adelaide’s various festivals, occasionally with the ASO, and appears monthly with the Mike Stewart Big Band. he also plays with Kym Perling and in a variety of jazz ensembles.
Bob Reid: Dr Pocket https://m.facebook.com/Dr-Pocket-SoulRBBlues Blue Print https://www.facebook.com/blueprintrhythmandblues/
Thomas Crescitelli: Red Cymbals Australia Ambassador https://www.redcymbals.com.au/pages/red-ambassadors Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tomzo_10/
Michael Marino: currently performs with Ella & Sienna Music, Claudia Migliaccio Music, Divebar Youth, and Lazaro Ernesto Numa Pompa.
To see what he is doing next Follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/__michaelmarino__/
Please email Michael at michaelmarinodrums@gmail.com to make enquires about having lessons.
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20 Questions in 2 Minutes from episodes 53 Tahlia Borg, 54 Sam Gutwein, 55 John Mason, 56 Joel Prime, 57 Liam Weedall, and 58 Dylan Di Palo.
Music "Band It About" theme song written and recorded for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant.
Tahlia's Links: https://www.facebook.com/teenagejoans/ https://www.twitter.com/teenagejoans/ https://www.instagram.com/teenagejoans/?hl=en https://www.tiktok.com/@teenagejoans? https://teenagejoans.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/6i78AQeGl4IGuGePiz3woE?si=O2d8KIJ-TUCVo9ciQ6XHFA
Sam's Links: https://www.loudtoysstudio.com/https://twitter.com/wolfandchainauhttps://www.instagram.com/wolfandchainband/?hl=enhttps://www.facebook.com/wolfandchainband/https://wolfandchain.bandcamp.com/
John's Links: Zilli Cymbals Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZilliCymbals Website: http://www.zillicymbals.com/
Joel's Links: http://www.joelprime.com/?page_id=54 https://www.instagram.com/joelprimemusic/?hl=en
Liam's Links: http://liamweedalldrummer.com/ Instagram: @liamweedall https://twitter.com/liamweedall1?lang=en
Dylan's Links: https://www.armiofficial.com/ https://www.facebook.com/DaysOfDeceitOfficial https://signvls.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/SASHAthebandd/
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Travis Dempsey grew up in rural Victoria in a dysfunctional family. At 15 he spent his time skateboarding, getting in fights with his mates, and moving from school to school as a result of this behavior. A high school teacher changed his life and set him on his musical path when he sent Travis to a time-out room that contained an old drum kit. Travis began hitting the drums and instantly felt connected to this instrument. Travis's family wasn't in a position to be able to afford to purchase a kit for him, and once again his teacher helped him by delivering a very basic kit to his home. He eventually joined a band with friends called 'Slaves of Pain', gigging locally. Travis left school when he was 16, first working as an apprentice Boiler Maker for about 4 or 5 months, and then as an apprentice Horticulturist until he decided to move away from the family home, making his way to Melbourne where he lived in Fitzroy. He managed to get a job working at Drummers Paradise in Richmond and began making connections with other musicians and playing in a variety of bands. Travis then got a job at the iconic Revolver Drum Shop which was located in Prahran, and it was while he was working there that he met Chris the bass player from The Living End. Chris mentioned that they were looking for a new drummer, so Travis who was looking for a regular band to play with told him that he would be interested in having a go. Chris gave him a demo tape and they arranged a time for Travis to come and have a jam. Travis initially didn't feel as though he was the right guy for the band, but on his third jam with the guys, he decided to play the songs his own way, this time it worked and he became their new drummer. After a year of solid touring things began to skyrocket after the release of the double A-side single, a single ‘Second Solution / Prisoner of Society’ that had the band breaking records, with it becoming the highest-selling single of the ’90s, scoring the band an ARIA Award and a whole lot more attention both nationally and internationally, with World Tours alongside AC /DC, Green Day, The Offspring, Chilli Peppers, Rancid, and Silver Chair. Playing and headlining international Festivals, TV Appearances on David Letterman, and Conan O Brian, living the life that most aspiring musicians can only dream about, a world of rock stardom. Then after five and a half years, he decided to give up the rock star lifestyle, choosing instead to explore new avenues and musical ventures, working with and creating programs for kids that encouraged them to follow their dreams and pursue their passion for music, no matter what limits society had placed on them. Travis become a youth worker for the not-for-profit organization 'Whitelion' initially working with young offenders, the focus on youth justice became a core strength recognized by governments, the youth sector, corporates, and the general community as making a real difference to young people’s lives. He also went to talk in adult prisons throughout Melbourne. During this time Travis set up his own Drum Tech business, working on hundreds of albums and hiring out drum kits for some of the best drummers in the world. He joined the Celt rockers 'The Currency' and played with them until joining the Melbourne three-piece band 'Doubleblack' in late 2012, which allowed him to contribute to the songwriting for their new music. Travis moved to South Australia and continues to work as a Music Youth Officer for local governments.
Music "Band It About" theme song written by Catherine Lambert & Michael Bryant. "Renegade" by Doubleblack, Matt Black, formerly of The Fireballs on guitar and lead vocals, Jason Skewes on double bass, and Travis Dempsey on drums.
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When you consider the fact that John Zak has had a career as a professional musician for over 45 years, despite being born with a chronic lung condition that at one time had his parents believe that he would be on an iron lung by the time he was 16, and that by the time he was in high school his first music teacher failed him and said that he would never make it, it is truly remarkable what he has managed to achieve during his musical journey! John was born in South Australia and grew up living in the Norwood area. He always loved music and at first thought that he would be a singer, that was until he took a liking for the drums after being inspired by The Sweet, so in 1976 his dad enrolled him to have lessons at 'John Reynolds Music City' with Robert Lloyd. His father then wanted to see if he could go further so he arranged for him to go and have lessons with another of my previous guests Jim Bailey, John accredits Jim as being the reason why he made it in the music industry. Being a student with Jim Bailey meant that John was gigging well before he left school, playing with various ensembles at the Dom Polski Centre and at the Festival Theatre. His first professional gig was with The Hot Boys, he then joined The Pits who eventually became F.A.B who had quite a bit of success in the mid 80's, they released a single called ''Happy People/The Fastest Song In All The World '' in 1985 on the RCA label, Produced by Eddie Rayner of Split Enz. This led to them playing their first big event "The Big Swing" which was held at Football Park, appearing on the same line-up as The Models and INXS. Thanks to former F.A.B singer/songwriter/guitarist Stuart Day for putting me in contact with John so that I could interview him. When F.A.B disbanded they became a popular cover band called Division 4. It was around this time that his fellow band mate bassist Warwick Cheatle had been to see the Zep Boys play, he told John that the Zep Boys were looking for a new drummer and bass player, so they joined the band and went on to play and tour with the band for 11 years, this includes the first time that the Zep Boys teamed up with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra to perform the music of Led Zeppelin. John has also performed with the ASO performing the music of Pink Floyd and Queen. In 1996 Frank Corniola went to see John play with the Zep Boys and invited him to come to Melbourne to play at the Ultimate drummers Weekend Festival, Frank was impressed with his playing and suggested that John move to Melbourne and come and teach at Drumtek which he did, John has lived in Melbourne ever since. In Melbourne John has worked with a variety of artists, he was the touring drummer for Graham Bonnet and Glen Hughes, was a member of another band that almost made it big called 'Subsonic Symphonee', they were about to be signed by LA socialite and philanthropist, Daphna Ziman, but unfortunately their Australian Manager disagreed with Daphna's request for the band to change their image and refused to sign the contract, when he heard what had happened John and the guitarist left the band. John has continued to play with a variety of Melbourne bands including Flame Trees, SCAT, and Earthling777 just to name a few, he currently plays with Damon Stone in the bands 'STONE' and 'The Internationals'. John works as a production assistant/stage manager on corporate events with Kojo and The City of Stonnington.
Music intro "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Outro "To be a Man" by Earthling777.
Links: https://instinctmusic.com.au/live-entertainment/damon-stone-melbourne-acoustic-performer/
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Alex Deegan's obsession with drumming began when he was living in Whyalla attending Primary School. His teacher Sister Bernadette invited a drummer to come along to class with his kit to do a talk about drums, Alex put his hand up when the drummer asked if anyone would like to have a go at playing, and despite never having the opportunity to play before he managed to do an impressive roll down the toms to which the drummer responded by saying that he should take some lessons as he had a natural talent. He began to have lessons with that drummer which mainly involved watching him play for an hour, needless to say those lessons didn't last for long with Alex being keen to have more of a hands on role. Alex began performing live at the age of 8, with his earliest memory being drumming in the school play. His brother Ray also decided to play the drums and when the family moved to Seacliff their dad converted the garage into a practice room and they got their first kit, this was a problem as unlike Alex, Ray was left-handed. Alex was addicted to playing, would rush home from school so that he could beat his brother home. His sister Christine noticed how keen he was and suggested that Alex start having lessons, their parents agreed and Alex began having lessons at John Reynolds Music City with Greg Mundy. After a year or so Christine had a chat with Greg to see how Alex was progressing, Greg advised that he had taught him as much as he could and that if Alex was to progress further that he should begin to have lessons with another teacher. At 13 years of age Alex studied with renowned Adelaide percussionist Jim Bailey and he continued with Jim up until Alex left Adelaide for the first time. Alex joined his first professional band 'Idiot Stick' when he was 15, their first gig was at the Tivoli hotel. Alex having been an avid reader of 'Modern Drummer Magazine' for many years, began playing a drum solo when the guitarist had to replace a broken string. When he finished playing he was introduced to one of the other bands on the bill 'The Touch', who were looking for a drummer, he joined and at 18 years of age they began touring. Alex’s career has seen him perform all over Australia having lived and worked in the music scenes of Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne where he has resided since 1995 after being invited to audition to play for 'Out Of Control'. He began working and teaching at DRUMTEK, and eventually writing articles for Australia's #1 Drum Magazine DRUMscene after coming second in the Best Up & Coming Drummer Competition. Throughout his career Alex has toured, recorded, and co-written with many bands and artists both nationally and internationally. Some of Alex's achievements include: Australian Platinum Number 1 Single "Wasabi" by Lee Harding, Award winning albums by Australian Country Artists Carter & Carter and Sue Boyd, MTV Awards performance with American Pop Artist Teddy Geiger, Touring nationally with Sony Artist Marie Wilson, on call session drummer for Birdland studios in Melbourne, Guest artist on "Australia's Ultimate Drummers Weekend 2004" internationally released DVD with 'Dom & Friends', Featured artist on "Australia's Ultimate Drummers Weekend 2003" internationally released DVD.
Music "Band It About" theme song, written & recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Outro "Tonight" by SHADOWQUEEN.
Issue 102 available now, Alex's feature interview with Australian drumming legend Graham Morgan https://www.drumscene.com.au/ DRUMTEK: https://www.drumtek.com.au/ http://www.shadowqueen.com.au/ https://truckofficial.com.au/
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Andreanna Massacci first became interested in drumming when she was 5 after having a go on her cousins drum kit, her mother noticed how easily she was able to play and decided to book Andreanna in for drum lessons. Andreanna continued having private lessons while attending school as well as studying music at school. The first band that she joined was called Retriever, who were included on a line-up in 2018 that changed the path of her musical journey, since then she has played with various original bands here in South Australia.
Andreanna studied in Mount Gambier at The James Morrison Academy, completing her third year of University in 2020. Highlights from 2022 so far include performing at the Adelaide Fringe with the Amazing Drumming Monkeys, 6 shows at WOMADelaide, with NU ARTICLE backing UK artist NELSON DIALECT, and performing with The Women in Jazz Adelaide Big Band on International Jazz Day at the Adelaide Festival Centre.
Music: intro "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant.
Outro: "CYHMN (Can you hear me now?)" by Ebony Emili.
Andreanna's links: https://www.facebook.com/andreannamassacci @lessdramamoredrana
NELSON DIALECT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOt0ElLnKbk KEESKEA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtDiCoB-njg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIHc6hIVusQ
Social media links to bands Andreanna plays with: https://www.facebook.com/roseclouseau/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roseclouseau/
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Madeleine Cossey joins Di Spillane in The Engine Room this week to discuss her musical journey for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series.
Although South Australian born Madeleine Cossey hasn't been playing in bands for very long she has certainly made a great start to her musical journey, playing in 2 original Adelaide bands, 'The Vains' and 'Slippery People'. Madeleine is a drum teacher and has recently performed in the Tabor Music Department's Adelaide Fringe event 'GLOW Funk in the dark', as well as being one of the 100+ drummers that accompanied Dancenorth's NOISE production at this years WOMADelaide.
Music: Intro "Band It About" written and recorded for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant.
Outro "Pussy Power" by 'The Vains', released November 1, 2021. Written by Libby Verrall, Guitar - Libby Verrall, Drums - Madeleine Cossey, Bass - Heather Button, Vocals - Rhia Dickson. Recorded and Mixed by Ryan Martin Johnson at Cactus Cactus Studio.
Madeleine's Links:
https://thevainsmusic.bandcamp.com/releases
https://www.instagram.com/thevainsmusic/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/The-Vains-121356319256511/
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Steven Smith joins Di Spillane in The Engine Room this week for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series to discuss his musical journey. Although has been drumming since his teens, he began his playing career during the 80s as a bassist. In the 90s he joined 'The Funky Leftovers' as their drummer, and has since played in a variety of bands in South Australia, Melbourne, and Perth as either a bassist or a drummer, playing in various genres from Top 40, Rock, Thrash Metal, and Country. Steve is currently the drummer for 'The Australian Alice Cooper Show', and the bass player for 'The Rock Hudson Ensemble' (which is an Adelaide band that I actually named) and 'Rokhouse', he is also an endorsed Zilli Cymbals Artist.
Music: Intro "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Outro "Some Day Soon" written by Dave Hudson.
Links: https://www.facebook.com/aussiealice https://zillicymbals.com/ https://soundcloud.com/aussiealice https://www.facebook.com/rockhudsonensemble/ https://www.facebook.com/rokhouseband/
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S2 E77 Sean Kemp joins Di Spillane in The Engine Room to discuss his musical journey thus far. Sean began drumming when he was 17, playing in various bands with his brother Drew, he also played football in the SANFL league (the Eagles and the Roosters) until he was 20, prior to deciding to concentrate on drumming professionally. He has played Pearl Drums for 26 or 27 years. Started recording drums at age 21 and has since played on over 27 recordings. He is also a songwriter and performs as a solo artist. As a drummer Sean has toured Australia, played festivals such as Vans Warped Festivals, supported bands such as Sebastian Bach, Ash, Head Planet Earth, Me first, and the Gimme Gimmes. He achieved success whilst drumming for Tendahook achieving high rotation on Triple J. Some of the other bands he has been in include Blindside, Apocalyptic Genocide, Not Only But Also, The Castanets (which then became The Kemp Brothers), and A Blackwell. He has also been a session player with many local acts. He is currently the drummer for Surviving Sharks, which is an Adelaide based power rock trio that formed in 2013. They have supported the likes of Kingswood, Sebastian Bach, Jackson Firebird & Ash.
Music: intro "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant.
Outro, "Russian Tide" by Surviving Sharks, which is a soon to be released song that was written by Sean Kemp.
Sean's Links: http://www.soundcloud.com/survivingsharks http://www.facebook.com/survivingsharks http://www.soundcloud.com/seankempmusicadelaide @seansharks - Instagram handle
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S2 E76 20 Questions in 2 Minutes from Episodes 43 to 52. Happy EASTER and welcome to a repurposed episode of the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series. I realise that many of my listeners will have a lot on over the Easter long weekend, hopefully that includes supporting and or playing live music! As I only have 5 interviews left for The Engine Room series I have decided to release another episode from the 20 Questions in 2 Minutes segment from my previous interviews. But, as it is a long weekend, I have compiled 10 instead of the 5 that I normally do. Season 2 Episodes 43 to 52 guests are; Jim Bailey, Matt Jonsson, Craig Lauritsen, Alex Flood, Jerry Tee, Gary Burrows, Kyle Sambell, Swanee (John Swan) with bonus audio that you would have heard if you listened to the very end of his interview, Mick Giuffreda, and Eddie Pollard.
Music: "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant.
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*This may be of interest to the musicians who listen to this podcast series: BeatStars is a digital music marketplace where musicians can buy and sell beats, sound kits, album covers, and music more. BeatStars connects artists, labels, and music industry execs virtually, allowing for your music to be heard and bought by creators around the world. Songs like Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” CJ’s “Whoopty,” and Soulja Boy’s “She Make It Clap” were all created using beats found on BeatStars.
Code “BANDITABOUT” at checkout gets listeners a free one month (30 day) trial of BeatStars. You can open your own professional digital music store at beatstars.com/sell-beats
A new episode of the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series will be available next week.
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Willi Gutwein joins me in The Engine Room this week to discuss his musical journey which began in Adelaide and eventually led to him living and working as both a musician and a sound engineer for over 20 years in Sydney. Willi is a founding member of and the drummer for the original Adelaide Hard Rock band 'Loaded Billy', as well as the owner and specialist audio engineer at 'Loudtoys Studio'. Willi is a highly respected live audio engineer with over 30 years’ experience working with many of the biggest names in Australian music along with many international artists. Willi is also an accomplished drummer and songwriter with his bands having 11 releases nationally and internationally. Willi cut his teeth recording in true analogue studios back in the eighties hence the design and set up of Loudtoys Studio. Willi is the father of another BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series guest drummer Sam Gutwein.
1993 – 2003 FOH sound engineer for: Ross Wilson Tours - Deadly Sounds Indigenous Music awards- Deadly Sounds Indigenous Music awards after party (7 years running) - Christine Anu - Cotton-Keyes-Morris - James Reyne - Original Herman’s Hermits(England) - Eskimo Joe - Cosmic Psychos - Dave Leslie (Baby Animals) - Dave Gleeson (Screaming Jets) - Brewster Brothers -The “WHO” My Generation pre-launch concert Australian Tour - Harbour Agency/Hard Rock Café National Band Comp - Triple J “dig it up tours” 1995 TAURUS RUN EP Released “Come Taste The Beast”.
Loaded Billy is a heavy rock / stoner rock band from Adelaide Australia. The band's current line up consists of Trevor Moyle (Guitars), Willi Gutwein (Drums), Gary Standley (Bass and Vocals) Jimi James (Lead Vocals & Guitars). Loaded Billy was conceived as a writing project by drummer-songwriter Willi and guitarist-songwriter Trevor when they both returned to their home town of Adelaide. Loaded Billy fans are in for a treat as Willi has given me one of the songs off of their upcoming debut album "Legend" to close the interview with!
Music; intro "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Outro "Soul Taker" track 8 off of Loaded Billy's soon to be released debut album "Legend"
Links: https://www.loadedbilly.com/ https://www.loudtoysstudio.com/
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KYM WARNER; After spending 21 years living and performing in the U.S – Kym Warner (four-time Australian Mandolin Champion, multi-instrumentalist and 3 x Grammy nominee) has returned home to South Australia, and is this weeks BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series guest musician. Kym is an Australian musician, record producer, and a founding member of the American bluegrass band The Greencards. Kym Warner was raised in South Australia and was an aspiring bluegrass musician (unusual in Australia at the time), inheriting the love of this music from his father, the early Australian bluegrass pioneer Trev Warner.
Prior to moving to the USA Kym spent years touring Australia with artists including Kasey Chambers, Lee Kernaghan, Beccy Cole, Gina Jeffreys, Darren Coggin, Adam Harvey and Tania Kernaghan. Kym and his partner Carol relocated to the U.S and in 2003 became founding member's of the progressive acoustic band – 'The Greencards'.
Kym has toured the U.S, Europe, and Australia exclusively for thirteen years, recorded six studio albums, and received accolades in the form of 3 x Grammy nominations, a #1 Billboard Bluegrass Album, an Americana Award for ‘Best New Artist’, and a 31 date national tour with Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson! After releasing his solo album in 2015, Kym joined Robert Earl Keen as a member of his touring and studio band which included numerous performances at The Mother Church of Country Music, The Ryman in Nashville, as well as Red Rocks and the famed Carnegie Hall in NYC. Kym also composed and produced the theme music for ‘Robert Earl Keen’s’ podcast ‘Americana, The 51st State’.
Kim will be touring South Australia during April and May, the tour will include his induction into the AMC Hall of Fame at The Gov on Thursday, April 7th. Kym will be performing solo and later will be joined on stage with his support band 'Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch'. The band features Wilson Main on rhythm guitar, George Klironomos on lead guitar, Belinda Kendall-Smith on upright bass, Enrico Morena on drums and percussion, Ashley Turner on violin, and Ted Keeley on vocals. 'Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch' describe their music as Cactus Swing, which is a bit like Hillbilly Jazz and Western Swing from the 1930s to 50’s with elements of New Orleans Jazz, traditional fiddle tunes, 30’s swing, and 20’s blues hillbilly boogie. Kym and his wife will be relocating to live in Melbourne, Victoria once the SA tour has completed.
Music: intro "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Outro "After the Victory" which is track 10 off of Kym Warner's 2015 solo album "Everything That Brought Me Here". "Everything That Brought Me Here" is a full-instrumental album all composed and recorded by Kym with musical contributions by Tommy Emmanuel, Dan Dugmore, Jedd Hughes, and Jeff Taylor to name a few.
Links: Tickets to Kym's AMC Hall of Fame induction at The Gov https://thegov.oztix.com.au/default.aspx?Event=136552 Kym's solo album playlist: Everything That Brought Me Here YouTube
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This week I am replaying the 20 Questions in 2 Minutes segment of the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series from Episodes 38 Laurie Kennedy, 39 James Judd, 40 Rick Kent, 41 Rob Boundy, and 42 John Appleby. I realise that due to the length of some of the interviews that not everyone listens to this segment, so by compiling 5 guests interviews at a time, it makes it a short, fun episode for you to enjoy. I put a post on my BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series Facebook and Instagram pages last week to let everyone know that I am winding up Series 2, and to let our drummers know that they needed to contact me ASAP if they hadn't yet been interviewed and wanted to be a part of this series, and as a result I have had a few more come forward. While I am arranging to interview those guests I will continue to replay this segment from some of the previous interviews from Season 2.
Music: "Band It About" theme song was written and recorded for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant.
Thank you to all of my guests, my listener's, those who have taken the time to rate and review this independent podcast series, and to those who have kindly used the PayPal link to donate towards the many hours that it takes me to be able to release a new episode, I truly appreciate you all!
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The Linktree also has links for anyone who would like to leave a review, which is handy for those who listen on a platform that doesn't offer this feature.
If you would like to meet me in person and you live in South Australia, why not come along to the West Thebby Social Club on the third Thursday of the month, and or to the Benjamin on Franklin Hotel on the fourth Thursday of the month when I host Hit That Hit Musical Bingo. This Fun evening is Free to play and you can win pub vouchers for coming first, second, or third place. Game 1 starts at 7PM, and the evening is all finished by 9PM.
*This may be of interest to the musicians who listen to this podcast series: BeatStars is a digital music marketplace where musicians can buy and sell beats, sound kits, album covers, and music more. BeatStars connects artists, labels, and music industry execs virtually, allowing for your music to be heard and bought by creators around the world. Songs like Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” CJ’s “Whoopty,” and Soulja Boy’s “She Make It Clap” were all created using beats found on BeatStars.
Code “BANDITABOUT” at checkout gets listeners a free one month (30 day) trial of BeatStars. You can open your own professional digital music store at beatstars.com/sell-beats
New episodes of the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series will be available next week. Thanks for listening.
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This week I am replaying the 20 Questions in 2 Minutes segment of the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series from Episodes 32 Andrew (Andy) Griffiths, 33 Mick Rajan, 34 Ben Riley, 35 Moni Lashes, and 37 Steve Todd. I realise that due to the length of some of the interviews that not everyone listens to this segment, so by compiling 5 guests interviews at a time, it makes it a short, fun episode for you to enjoy. One of my guests makes it through all 20 questions within the 2 minutes, and another only just missed making it before the timer went off! Episode 36 is not included as that was my interview with David Lloyd and Greg Button at their venue the Murray Delta Juke Joint and we didn't play 20 Questions during that interview.
Congratulations to The Babes drummer Moni Lashes who has recently been endorsed as a Pearl Drums Australia Artist! Moni has also completed the set up of her Revhead Records Studio! Here is the link to the Pearl Drums Australia Facebook post welcoming Moni: Pearl Drums Australia
Music: "Band It About" theme song was written and recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series.
Thank you to all of my guests, my listener's, those who have taken the time to rate and review this independent podcast series, and to those who have kindly used the PayPal link to donate towards the many hours that it takes me to be able to release a new episode, I truly appreciate you all!
If you would like to support this podcast please use the PayPal link which you can find here in my Linktree: https://linktr.ee/banditaboutpodcastseries
The Linktree also has links for anyone who would like to leave a review, which is handy for those who listen on a platform that doesn't offer this feature.
If you would like to meet me in person and you live in South Australia, why not come along to the West Thebby Social Club on Thursday the 24th of March where I will be hosting Hit That Hit Musical Bingo. This Fun evening is Free to play and you can win pub vouchers for coming first, second, or third place. Game 1 starts at 7PM, and the evening is all finished by 9PM.
*This may be of interest to the musicians who listen to this podcast series: BeatStars is a digital music marketplace where musicians can buy and sell beats, sound kits, album covers, and music more. BeatStars connects artists, labels, and music industry execs virtually, allowing for your music to be heard and bought by creators around the world. Songs like Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” CJ’s “Whoopty,” and Soulja Boy’s “She Make It Clap” were all created using beats found on BeatStars.
Code “BANDITABOUT” at checkout gets listeners a free one month (30 day) trial of BeatStars. You can open your own professional digital music store at beatstars.com/sell-beats
New episodes of the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series will be available next week. Thanks for listening.
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BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series Guest Greg Clark is a radio, TV, and advertising legend in South Australia. He’ll be remembered by many as one of the hot jocks of the 80s, spinning discs and taking requests on radio, as well as venturing into various TV shows that married current radio stars with music and chatter. Since then, he forged a career voicing and producing commercials for his own business Greg Clark Productions. Greg joined his first band while in High School, they were originally called 'Brink Water', and changed their name to 'Vancouver' a few years later. Greg was also the vocalist for local band 'FM Band', and still plays drums with his first band once a month at the Wassail Wine Bar in Prospect, they are now called 'PlanBeat'. After briefly working as a laborer putting up fences for the Red Scheme, Greg got his break with 5KA as a teenager, working in the production sphere of radio 5KA in Franklin Street, Adelaide. Starting as a cart boy at 5KA and moving through the ranks of production manager, announcer, TV presenter, freelance voiceover artist, and studio owner. Greg paneled many on air programmes and got to rub shoulders with some of the most seasoned broadcasters in the country. Luckily, a lot of their knowledge was shared and a fair amount of their polish rubbed off on Greg as well, as he transitioned into voicing commercials and presenting on air. From 1977 through to 1996 it was full time presenting with the occasional dabble in the production suite at multiple stations 5AD, SAFM & 5AA as well as presenting music shows on television, firstly on ADS7 then at NWS9 for many years. In 1997 Greg partnered up with a couple of seasoned video directors to form a one stop shop TV & Radio production company. Greg Clark Productions worked as an adjunct of Edit-Co for much of the nineties, and until now, has dominated the airwaves of Adelaide TV & radio with it's output.
Music: "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Outro: 'PlanBeat' performing the 1966 pop hit "Hold Tight", which was originally written and recorded by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick, & Tich.
Links: Greg Clark Productions: https://gcprod.com.au/ PlanBeat: https://www.facebook.com/PhilSteveShaneGreg Support Act: https://www.facebook.com/supportactsa/
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Julian Perrotta joins me in The Engine Room this week to discuss his musical journey for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series. Julian was born in South Australia and was first inspired to play the guitar as his father played. He soon discovered that he preferred drums and he received his first set of drums when he was around the age of 11. His first drum teacher was Jamie Adams who was someone that his dad knew through his local church. When Julian was in year 10 he began to have lessons again and by year 12 realised that this was what he wanted to do for a career. When he was about 16 or 17, Julian put together his first band who were called the 'New City Royals', the band did a mix of popular covers as well as some of their own original material. Julian currently performs with the original Melbourne rock band 'Vermantics', who recorded and produced their second album last year entirely from the confines of the Melbourne lockdown. Vermantics present the The Volume Collection is acollection of music created from the lounge-rooms of a band that just could not wait any longer for the studio to reopen! Julian has recently replaced Danny Leo on the throne for the 'Zep Boys', and also plays with 'Smile Pepper', 'Day Drive', 'Fighting For Everlong the Australian Foo Fighters Show', 'FIVE against ONE Australian Tribute to the music of Pearl Jam', and when required, the Rocket Rob Trio. Julian recently recorded a few songs and film clips with the original Adelaide band 'From Scratch', does a lot of fill in gigs with other local bands, and teaches drumming at his own business 'JP Drums & Percussion'.
Music: Intro "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Outro "Mortality" written and recorded by Vermantics.
Links: https://www.facebook.com/jpdrumsandpercussion/ https://vermantics.com/ https://www.zepboys.com/ https://www.facebook.com/SmilePepperBand/ https://www.facebook.com/daydriveadelaide/ https://www.facebook.com/from.scratch.band.official/
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Joshua (Josh) Baldwin; Drummer/Artist joins me in The Engine Room this week to discuss his musical journey. Josh was born in to an artistic family and he spent much of his childhood drawing and reading art books. He began to learn the drums while attending Magill primary school which had a really strong music program run by Ruth Bone. His parents encouraged him to play and sent him to have lessons with Dennis Johnson. A couple of years later he received his first set of drums at the age of 10. After completing High School he studied music at the Elder Conservatorium. During his school years he played in a variety of ensemble's, including performances with James Morrison, Don Burrows and Grace Knight. His first regular band was an alternative/indie/rock band that began to play regularly around Adelaide in late 2006 called 'Masterthief’.
Josh completed the Bachelor of Music Jazz Performance program in 2005 and was the recipient of an undergraduate Jazz Award for drums. He received 1st Class Honours in Music (Jazz Performance) in 2006, and in 2007 he was awarded the Adelaide City Council Award Most Outstanding Jazz Honours Graduate. Josh has established himself as one of Adelaide’s leading drummers and has performed in concert with leading national and international jazz artists, including George Garzone, Jamie Oehlers and Paul Grabowksy (with whom he performed at the Adelaide Festival Centre for the launch of the Adelaide Festival of the Arts) and at a masterclass assisting Joel Frahm. Josh performed as part of the support act for the Brad Mehldau Trio at the 2009 Adelaide East End Jazz Festival. Josh completed a Law/Music double degree at the University of Adelaide in 2010 after which he moved to France, which inspired him to pursue art more seriously and eventually led him to establish a career as a full-time visual artist. Josh and his wife Colline spent quite a few years traveling between France and South Australia, when in France he worked as a full-time artist, and performing when he was back in his home town with a variety of ensembles including the Josh Baldwin Trio and Josh Baldwin band. Josh and his wife returned to Australia in 2017, he regularly performs with Big Wigs Trio, Gymkhana, 5-sided Cube, Lou Blackwell and the French Set, Surahn, Amelia Ryan and Michael Griffiths, Max Savage Blues Band, Adelaide Society Swing Orchestra, Karen DeNardi's Golden Boy Project, Mark Ferguson Trio, Kym Purling Trio, Max Grynchuk Big Band, and Christina Guala.
Music: Intro "Band It About", written and recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Outro: "Belvedere" written by Joshua Baldwin which is track 3 off of his “Rockpools” album released in 2021. Performed by THE JOSH BALDWIN QUARTET whose members are Joshua Baldwin, Brett Heddle, James Muller, Matthew Sheens, and Lyndon Gray.
Links: http://www.joshuabaldwinart.com/ http://instagram.com/joshbaldwinart Josh is endorsed by 'Rodgers Drumlab' (he plays their snare drums): rodgersdrumlab.com Josh will be performing with Louise Blackwell during her ‘A Night In Paris’ Fringe show on Sunday, March 13th https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/a-night-in-paris-af2022 All of the BAND IT ABOUT links including one to support, rate, and review can be located here: https://linktr.ee/banditaboutpodcastseries
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Michael Marino joins me in The Engine Room this week to discuss his musical journey. Michael is the son of the most popular guest that I have interviewed so far this season Mario Marino (S2 E4). Michael was born to be a drummer, his dad Mario Marino even mentioned this during his interview earlier this season. Michael was drawn to drums from a very young age and spent his time bashing away on pots, pans, ice cream containers, and Lego until he finally received his own junior kit. Although Michael's dad is a drummer himself, he has never forced Michael to follow in his footsteps', he didn't need to as Michael simply loves drumming! Michael was educated at Rostrevor College where he was fortunate enough to study music under a music scholarship, due to his obvious talent from the very young age of 4. He played in numerous lineups whilst attending school, including Generations in Jazz and his first official band 'The Tour Guides', which he joined when he was 14. Michael has often jumped up to play with some of Adelaide's best Blues Band's replacing his dad behind the kit for a few songs. He showed everyone just how talented he is at B.B Kings on Beale Street, when he accompanied his dad on a trip to Memphis in 2019. His dad's band 'One More Mile' were competing at the International Blues Challenge, and Michael got up to play with some of the Youth In Blues musicians that were there to compete in the competition during an open jam session. Michael is undertaking a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance at the Elder Conservatorium, at the University of Adelaide. He currently performs with Ella & Sienna Music, Claudia Migliaccio Music, Divebar Youth, and with Lazaro Ernesto Numa Pompa. He teaches drumming in schools as well as privately, please email Michael at michaelmarinodrums@gmail.com to make enquires for lessons.
Music intro; "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Outro is Michael Marino performing a drum solo.
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This weeks BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series guest drummer is 11 year old Thomas Crescitelli. Although Thomas is still quite young, he has already achieved a lot. Thomas is the 2021 Drum Off Australia Junior Champion and Global Finalist, and is also a Red Cymbals Australia Ambassador! Thomas started out playing on an electric kit when he was 4, switching to an acoustic kit when he began to have lessons with Peter Gore from the Adelaide Drum Academy when he was 7. In 2021 he did the AMEB GRADE 3 ROCK SCHOOL DRUM EXAM (skipping grade 1 & 2) and received a MERIT. His dad started taking him along to open mic/jam sessions at the Gaslight Tavern, the Duke of York, and the Kings Head Hotel's, to give him the opportunity to play in front of crowds, and this has led to him having opportunities to perform with local bands here in South Australia. Thomas has also participated in the Adelaide Roots & Blues Association's Youth In Blues Program, where he was mentored by Mario Marino. Thomas is a John Bonham fanatic with his main influences being Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Foo Fighters. He enjoys playing with other musicians at every opportunity.
Thomas did a fabulous job being interviewed and his performance during 20 questions puts the majority of my previous guests to shame! Lol
Music: "Band It About" theme song written and recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant for the BAND IT ABOUT Podcast Series. Outro: Thomas's Winning Drum Solo from the 2021 Drum Off Australia Competition.
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S2 E66 Bob Reid; Born and raised in Dunedin, NZ, Bob's band scored a minor 'hit' on local Dunedin radio in 1978. They released a further two singles on their own label with one song reaching the national NZ top 5 for several weeks. The band Toured NZ extensively, including with 'Split Enz' in 1979 for their "Wiata" album promotion, which was sold in Australia as "Corroboree" They also played at the 'Sweetwaters Festival' on opening night to an estimated 80,000 audience.
The band moved to Sydney in 1980 and played the NSW scene for about a year before Bob departed and joined legendary guitarist, Karl Taylor, (Buffalo) in a new band called 'The Sharks'. They recorded an album at Alberts Studio but sadly it was never released. When Bob eventually left The Sharks and moved to South Australia, after receiving a non musical job offer, he ceased playing altogether for a few years (after his drum kit was stolen), until hooking up with his old (NZ) bass player who also lived in SA. They formed a new band called 'Eat your lips off' (with the late James Skedd on bass), and gigged around Adelaide in the late 1980s. This lineup also included his long time friend and super guitarist, Mick Randell. Let it Roll followed several years later, the band gigged around Adelaide for about six years. Members included Ronny Davidson (Hawkins Band), Mick Randell (guitar) and keyboardist Richard McDonald, among others.
Let it Roll performed a show called 'The History of Rhythm and Blues' which Bob co-wrote, at several Adelaide Fringe Festivals, always to sell-out crowds and very good reviews. Let it Roll broke up around 2015 and Bob and Mick then hooked up with bass player/singer Shane Hilton to form the 3-piece power-blues band Blueprint. They gigged around Adelaide for four years until Shane took a break to complete studies etc. Bob and Mick then joined forces with singer/bass player Ron Kosmider and Graeme Hollis (keys) to form Doctor Pocket. Both Doctor Pocket and Blue Print are currently active. Bob is also involved with a few indigenous music projects with local artists Sonny Keeler, Uncle Eddie Peters and Melbourne songwriter, Robert Champion.
Bob's lifelong interest in drums developed into a part time business called 'DrumClinic', which started when he acquired a vintage drum kit sometime in the late 1990s. One kit led to others and since that time he has amassed a decent collection of vintage instruments. Bob is known locally as 'Mr Ludwig'. Bob specializes in restoration, repairs, refurbishment and a little teaching. Bob produced a book on tuning drums in 2013, which he launched at the former iconic music store John Reynolds Music City.
Music: Intro "Band It About" theme song, which was written and recorded for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series by Catherine Lambert & Michael Bryant (Mitzy). Outro: 'Dr Pocket' performing their version of the 2003 'Keb' Mo' song "Dangerous Mood". The audio was recorded during the Adelaide Roots & Blues Association (ARBA) Friday Night Live Series, and streamed to Facebook to enable local Blues and Roots bands to perform for their fans during Covid-19 lockdown's and restrictions.
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John McDermott moved to South Australia from Mackay, Qld in 1991 along with his fellow progressive rock band members 'Labyrinth', after hearing that Adelaide had a healthy Prog Rock scene. The band disbanded and the members moved back to Mackay without John who had decided to stay in SA and eventually studied Jazz Drumming at the Elder Conservatorium of Music - University of Adelaide. John has played with a variety of bands here in Adelaide and is a regular performer at the Adelaide Fringe and Cabaret Festivals.
Corporate events and other performances with artists including James Morrison, Rhonda Burchmore, Rachael Beck, Grace Knight, Lillian Boutte, Ann Hampton Calloway, John St. Peeters, Rick Price & Marina Prior. Several performances with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra including ‘Symphony Under The Stars’, ‘ASO Does Disco’, ‘ASO Plays James Bond’, The King’s Singers, ‘Gigs at Grainger’ & ‘ASO Does Latin’. Concert tours include Tom Burlinson’s “Now We’re Swingin’” in metro and country SA, the Jon English & Peter Cupples ‘Uncorked’ show in Qld, Tas, WA and NSW, Peter Cupples, Rick Price & Jenny Morris in south-east Qld. Orchestral drummer for Adelaide’s Carols by Candlelight since 2000. Founded the John McDermott Quintet at Brisbane Jazz Club 2011, 2002 - 2013 Marmalade Jam, 1998-2006: Member of Hammond organ combo – Hammond Eggs performing and recording standards and original jazz/blues material at ABC studios Adelaide. 1997-2007: Member of 10 piece Latin Jazz ensemble Marmalade Circus recording original material at ABC studios, live broadcast for Jim McLeod’s Jazz Track & at Full Bench studios Adelaide. Also performed at many SA venues & jazz festivals, 2001 Thredbo Jazz Festival, 2001 Manly Jazz Festival and at the 2002 Sydney Festival’s Jazz in the Domain. 1997-1998: Performed and recorded with jazz choir The Adelaide Connection directed by Connaitre Miller (US) most notably at the International Association of Jazz Educators convention in New York (with US pianist/educator Mark Levine) and afterwards in Tennessee, Kansas & California. 2006: Performed on film score for short animated film “Sweet & Sour”, premiering at the Adelaide Film Festival in February 2007.
Teaching: Instrumental Tutor Drums/Percussion from 1995 to present in various independent and state schools in SA and Qld. Feb 2000 – Present Casual Instrumental Tutor – Jazz Drum Kit Elder Conservatorium of Music – University of Adelaide, SA. In 1999 John published the instructional book “Accents & Applications” aimed at drum kit and rhythm students of all ages at all levels.
Link to upcoming show at Fringe festival with Reuben Kaye: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/reuben-kaye-the-butch-is-back-af2022
Recent album launch of Mike Stewart Big Band’s “The Hang” https://mikestewartbigband.bandcamp.com/album/the-hang
Music: Intro: "Band It About" written and recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Outro "Igpay Atinlay" (Pig Latin) written by John McDermott in 2000 and recorded with the Hammond Eggs Quartet in 2006. John McDermott Drums, Paul White on Hammond, Dave Innocente on Guitar, and Chris Soole on Sax.
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Danny Leo joins me in 'The Engine Room' to discuss his musical journey. Youngest of 3 musical boys (others are guitarists) raised in Croydon, South Australia, Danny always found himself drawn to drums and listening to his favorite band at the time 'KISS'. He received his first pair of sticks when he was 6 from one of his brothers friends who was a drummer and this sparked his desire to play. Danny was given his first kit at age 9 from the drummer at the church that the family attended, and his parents to this day dislike this particular friend as Danny hasn't stopped playing since. He began playing with the church band when he was 11, playing in the band with people 3 times his age. Almost giving up playing in high school due to choosing to play basketball over music, thankfully when Danny finished year 12 in 1999 his passion for drumming returned and he decided music was it. The ten years that followed were years of unhealthy hours of practice, studying drums with former guest Laurie Kennedy at Noarlunga TAFE, attending Prides Business College, countless rehearsals, bands, gigs, tours, sessions, and teaching drums. He became a local hero in Adelaide in 2010 scoring the holy throne of tribute shows as the drummer for the Led Zeppelin Tribute band the 'Zep Boys'.
Danny Leo is known for his heavy hitting, finesse and groove. DRUMscene Magazine, Australia's number 1 drum magazine regards Danny as one of Australia's premier drummers. Danny is the former powerhouse behind the original Melbourne rock n roll outfit 'King of the North'. He moved to Melbourne in January 2012 and quickly became one of the most talked about rock drummers due to his hard hitting, fast moving sweat shows all around Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, and Europe. Shows including Cool Summer, Cherry Rock and Folk Rhythm & Life festivals, Apollo Bay & Gum Ball festivals, residencies at the Retreat, Espy and Cherry bar, main slots at Rock The Bay and Rock N Load at the Espy, and the main support for Cold Chisel at Festival Hall. Danny moved back to Adelaide with his wife after the birth of their daughter, and rejoined the Zep Boys. He is currently the drummer for 'Fluff', 'Forest Of Gnomes', singer songwriter at 'Lion Music', as well as filling in for other bands.
Links: Lion Music Singer/Songwriter https://www.facebook.com/lionmusicau/ Current Bands: Fluff: https://www.facebook.com/fluffsusername/ Forest Of Gnomes https://www.facebook.com/forestofgnomesband/ Zep Boys https://www.facebook.com/zepboys/ https://www.paiste.com/en/musicians/danny-leo
Music: "Band It About" theme song, written & recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Outro: Danny playing a drum solo from the Fluff album.
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Di Spillane the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series Host/Creator is thrilled to announce that Hit That Hit Musical Bingo will be returning to the Benjamin On Franklin Hotel Beer Garden on Thursday the 3rd of February!
Hit That Hit Musical Bingo is Free to Play, and Winners receive Hotel Vouchers for coming First, Second, and Third!
Register to play at 6:30PM Round 1 Starts at 7:00PM
The Hit That Hit Musical Bingo Themes for February are: Hit That Love Hit (as it's nearly Valentines Day) and Aussie Hits (as this event is a week before my Birthday and I am an Aussie!)
Please phone the Benjamin On Franklin Hotel on 8231 4380 to Book Your Table as the current Density Restrictions means Limited Space!
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Background: The City of Adelaide has a diverse and rich music heritage which was internationally recognised in December 2015 when Adelaide was designated a City of Music by the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Adelaide is the first, and only, designated UNESCO City of Music in Australia, an acknowledgment of the breadth, depth and vibrancy of the city's music culture, its international reach, its history and its aspirations. This recognition highlights Adelaide as a city of excellence for music making, education, community involvement and events. Music is one of humanity’s most powerful forms of expression, and creative industries are an important part of our cultural identity as well as our economy. Adelaide boasts a world class Adelaide Symphony Orchestra who deliver a high-class annual program. Adelaide hosts a series of world-class music and arts festivals ranging from internationally acclaimed WOMADelaide and Adelaide Cabaret Festival, to the cosy Umbrella: Winter City Sounds festival.
When Music SA conducted their annual Live Music Census in May 2018, they discovered that across metropolitan Adelaide there were 1,227 gigs across 201 venues over the course of the month. This works out to around 300 gigs per week. Fellow UNESCO City of Music Glasgow hosted 150+ live music gigs a week.
Home to a diverse range of independent musicians, a developing and entrepreneurial music industry, and prior to the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic, a plethora of live music venues of varying sizes. The ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on the music industry, with lockdowns, the cessation of Jobkeeper, support packages that many were ineligible to receive, border closures, ongoing capacity restrictions, mandatory masks, bans on singing & dancing, and cancellation of events and tours all causing artists to lose gigs, and venues and promoters to trade unsustainably.
When Stephen Marshall became Premier in 2018 his Liberal Government made significant change to Arts South Australia, including the abolishment of the position of Executive Director of Arts South Australia and removal of a range of organisations to other Departments.Contemporary music was moved to The Department of Industry and Skills Minister David Pisoni. Their first budget delivered major cuts to the arts, despite Marshall being the Minister of the Arts! Prior to the pandemic, The City of Adelaide was committed to keeping Adelaide buzzing with live music, developing a three-year Live Music Action Plan. The second Live Music Action Plan ended in 2020, and a third has not been released.
The Music Industry Council for South Australia (MIC), established in response to a recommendation made by Live Music Thinker in Residence, Martin Elbourne, through his REVERB report which outlined the need for aSouth Australian Contemporary Music Advisory Council, to bring the sector together and in doing so establish a shared vision to work better with Government. The purpose of theMIC is to present a unified vision and voice for the South Australian Music Industry to other groups and stakeholders including local and state Government agencies. Sadly this voice led by Music SA's Kim Roberts (Chair), and supported by government representatives from the Adelaide City Council and the Music Development Office silence has been deafening.
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S2 E62 20 Questions in 2 Minutes from Episodes 21, 25, 26, 29, and 30. Welcome to another repurposed episode of the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series. While I am taking a break for a few weeks, this is your opportunity to catch up on the many episodes that are available. I am releasing mini episodes, repurposing the 20 Questions in 2 Minutes segment from earlier interviews. I realise that due to the length of some of the interviews that not everyone listens to this segment, so by compiling 5 guests interviews at a time, it makes it a short, fun episode for you to enjoy.
Season 2 Episode 62 Guest Drummers are: Travis Dragani, Darren Lee, Ken Chenery, Paul Sharman, and Sue Filmer. This week one of the guests answers all 20!
Music: "Band It About" theme song was written and recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series.
Thank you to all of my guests, my listener's, those who have taken the time to rate and review this independent podcast series, and to those who have kindly used the PayPal link to donate towards the many hours that it takes me to be able to release a new episode, I truly appreciate you all!
If you would like to support this podcast please use the PayPal link which you can find here in my Linktree: https://linktr.ee/banditaboutpodcastseries
The Linktree also has links for anyone who would like to leave a review, which is handy for those who listen on a platform that doesn't offer this feature. Did you know that Spotify has recently added a rating feature? You can rate by either tapping on the rating directly or the three-dot menu below the podcast cover art in the Spotify app (iOS and Android), simply tap to rate the show as long as you have listened to at least 30 seconds of an episode. Please remember to Follow this podcast series on your preferred podcast listening platform.
*This may be of interest to the musicians who listen to this podcast series: BeatStars is a digital music marketplace where musicians can buy and sell beats, sound kits, album covers, and music more. BeatStars connects artists, labels, and music industry execs virtually, allowing for your music to be heard and bought by creators around the world. Songs like Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” CJ’s “Whoopty,” and Soulja Boy’s “She Make It Clap” were all created using beats found on BeatStars.
Code “BANDITABOUT” at checkout gets listeners a free one month (30 day) trial of BeatStars. You can open your own professional digital music store at beatstars.com/sell-beats
New episodes of the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series will be available next week. Thanks for listening.
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S2 E61 20 Questions in 2 Minutes from Episodes 16 to 20. Happy New Year and welcome to another repurposed episode of the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series. While I am taking a break for a few weeks, this is your opportunity to catch up on the many episodes that are available. I am releasing mini episodes, repurposing the 20 Questions in 2 Minutes segment from earlier interviews. I realise that due to the length of some of the interviews that not everyone listens to this segment, so by compiling 5 guests interviews at a time, it makes it a short, fun episode for you to enjoy.
Season 2 Episodes 16 to 20 Guest Drummers are: Liv Bafile, Mark Meyer, John Yacka, John Stephens, and Eli Green.
Music: "Band It About" theme song was written and recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series.
Thank you to all of my guests, my listener's, those who have taken the time to rate and review this independent podcast series, and to those who have kindly used the PayPal link to donate towards the many hours that it takes me to be able to release a new episode, I truly appreciate you all!
If you would like to support this podcast please use the PayPal link which you can find here in my Linktree: https://linktr.ee/banditaboutpodcastseries
The Linktree also has links for anyone who would like to leave a review, which is handy for those who listen on a platform that doesn't offer this feature. Did you know that Spotify has recently added a rating feature? You can rate by either tapping on the rating directly or the three-dot menu below the podcast cover art in the Spotify app (iOS and Android), simply tap to rate the show as long as you have listened to at least 30 seconds of an episode. Please remember to Follow this podcast series on your preferred podcast listening platform.
This may be of interest to the musicians who listen to this podcast series:* BeatStars** is a digital music marketplace where musicians can buy and sell beats, sound kits, album covers, and music more. BeatStars connects artists, labels, and music industry execs virtually, allowing for your music to be heard and bought by creators around the world. Songs like Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” CJ’s “Whoopty,” and Soulja Boy’s “She Make It Clap” were all created using beats found on BeatStars.
Code “BANDITABOUT” at checkout gets listeners a free one month (30 day) trial of BeatStars. You can open your own professional digital music store at beatstars.com/sell-beats
New episodes of the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series will be available early in the new year, until then I wish you all a Safe, Happy, and Prosperous New Year. Thanks for listening. Di Spillane, Band It About, Proudly Supporting Live Music.
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Merry Christmas to all of my BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series listener's and guests. Having released an episode every week for over a year, and being busy working throughout the past month as Mrs Claus, I have decided to take a few weeks off from interviewing. I am using this break as an opportunity to allow new listeners to catch up on the many episodes that are available, and will be releasing mini episodes by repurposing the 20 Questions in 2 minutes segment from my earlier interviews. I realise that due to the length of some of the interviews that not everyone listens to this segment, so by compiling 5 guests interviews at a time, it makes it a short, fun episode for you to enjoy.
This week is episodes 11 to 15 and the guest drummers are: Lachie Durrans, Joe Turtur, John Reynolds, Bradley Polain, and Ben Todd.
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Adelaide Drummer/Percussionist PAUL BUTLER joins me in The Engine Room this week to discuss his musical journey which began at an early age due to being born into a musical family. Paul's parents had been performing for many years and through their involvement in the industry, it was a given that he too would follow this path. As a child, Paul was fascinated with drums, and he first began to play them when Steve Staben offered to teach him. He was 10 years old when he first began playing at church services, and in year 6 he began taking drum lessons with Don Crook, his teacher at Sunrise Primary School and Temple Christian College, through to year 11. Paul joined his first band (away from the church) 'Spank n Funk' when he was in high school, he also began teaching after having done work experience with Don. In year 12 he began to study percussion with acclaimed teacher Jim Bailey, helping him to prepare for auditioning for The Adelaide Elder Conservatorium of Music. Jim Bailey was the Head of Percussion at the Elder Conservatorium, where Paul successfully gained the David Galliver Memorial scholarship and won a number of prizes at national percussion eisteddfods. Paul was percussion section leader of The Elder Conservatorium Wind Ensemble, and member of The Symphony Orchestra and Percussion Ensemble. Paul completed his study achieving his Bachelor of Music and Honors in Percussion Performance. Jim mentioned that the Band of the South Australia Police were looking for someone for an upcoming event and asked Paul if he would be interested which of course he was. Paul enjoying playing with them and when he heard that they had an opening he successfully auditioned. Paul worked with the band for 7 years and during this time he gave workshops to schools, performed at numerous state events and official government ceremonies in a variety of groups, Parade Band, Wind Orchestra, Dixie Band, Big Band, Rock Patrol, School Beat Band and Percussion Ensemble. Highlights include the Sensational Adelaide Police Tattoo 2006, the Commonwealth Bank Police Tattoo 2008, Musikschau der Nationen 2008 in Bremen, Germany, and the Basel Tattoo 2010 in Switzerland. Paul has also played the corporate and club scene of Adelaide; he was resident percussionist at Savvy Bar and Vodka Bar. He has also performed with: The Baker Boys, The Revue, Bloky’s Boys, The Attack, Wasabi, The Shizzle, Triple Score, Astronaut 7 Mammoth Logic, Squeaker, Porkie Pies, Matt Winter Band, and The Rules. As a freelance artist he has worked with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Arts Orchestra and played numerous shows throughout the Adelaide Fringe Festival, WOMADelaide, Cabaret Festival, and Feast Festival, alongside such names as Jon English, Todd McKenney, Cameron Daddo, and Julie Anthony. Paul’s introduction to 'Cirque du Soleil' was through Ben Todd who had been performing with the company and suggested he audition. Paul auditioned but wasn't successful, a few months later he was invited to audition again, this time he was, so he gave the military band his notice, packed up and went overseas to join his first Cirque show 'Corteo'. Paul was with that show for 5 years touring through Europe, South America, Central America, and Mexico. He then auditioned for KOOZA, and was on that show for 3 years touring Australia, Asia, Singapore, China, Korea, and Europe. Paul joined KURIOS after another audition and was excited to be touring with this show as they were bringing the show to his hometown Adelaide in 2020. They performed in Sydney and Brisbane before remaining dates were postponed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Paul will be re-joining Cirque overseas early in the new year.
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Adelaide Metalcore Drummer Dylan Di Palo joins me in The Engine Room this week to discuss his musical journey. Dylan initially wanted to learn guitar, but as his older brother Tyler had already begun to have guitar lessons, he decided to choose another instrument to enable the brothers to jam together. Dylan initially started out on a practice pad when he was 7, and once he had established that he definitely wanted to continue with the drums, his parents then purchased his first set if drums for him when he was 8. Dylan had private lessons initially with 'Whiskey Harbour' drummer Trevor Draper 'Trapper' which eventually led to Dylan's first band 'Sweet Anarchy' opening for some of Adelaide's premium metal bands such as Matterhorn, Whiskey Harbour, Machine Head and on a number of occasions supported their mentor, the great Aussie legend "Swanee". Sweet Anarchy formed when Dylan was 10, after Dylan and his brother met and became friends with Kristy, while they were all participating in 'Weekend Warriors', which is a music program that enables musicians to rediscover music, or discover it for the first time playing with others, whilst being coached and mentored by Australian musical legends. Sweet Anarchy formed after they had participated in the program, the trio were fortunate to receive ongoing mentoring from John Swan 'Swanee'. Dylan joined the band 'Sasha' after meeting his band mates in year 10 on a school trip to Generations In Jazz, whilst whilst attending Marryatville High School. Dylan is also the drummer for SIGNV/S which formed during the midst of the global pandemic (and year 12), and has also joined 'Days Of Deceit' earlier this year. Dylan is currently teaching drums at the 'Australian Rock & Metal Institute' (ARMI), studying for his Bachelor of Music Degree at University, and working part-time as a "tradie" Shop Fitter.
Music: "Band It About" theme song was written and recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series. "Shapeshifter" is track 7 off of the SIGNV/S EP "Disgrace", which was independently released on 29/10/2021.
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Liam Weedall has been playing live and recording with bands since the age of 14 after picking up the sticks at age 11. He has played many different genres such as pop, rock, jazz, funk, punk, Latin, and big band, which have all had a profound influence on the way that he plays his main genre of choice: progressive metal/fusion. Liam's first band was 'The Peaves' (girl band), with his sister Gemma (on vocals) in 2005. During his mid-late teens, the most notable bands he was involved with were Sonic Euphoria and Asphyxia, the latter of which supported Whitechapel and Psycroptic as well as winning the award for “Best Youth Band” in the Australian Metal Awards in 2009. Liam was part of the Rostrevor College Big Band that took out 2nd place in the National School Band Competition ‘Generations in Jazz’ in 2008. He was also selected by acclaimed brass player James Morrison as a Future Finalist for the James Morrison Scholarship in the same year. The following year he completed a Diploma in Jazz from the University of Adelaide.
Liam joined Adelaide metal heavyweights ‘Double Dragon’ in mid-late 2010 at the age of 19. Seeing as the band had played national tours with the likes of Slayer, Megadeth, Chimaira, and The Haunted, it was an easy decision to make. While with Double Dragon he played shows all around Australia including shows with Soilwork, Darkest Hour, Carnifex, and Tim Ripper Owens. The band released their sophomore album ‘Sons of Asena’ on the 4th of December 2011 which received airplay on Triple J and was followed by extensive touring around Australia.
Following the dissolution of Double Dragon in May 2012, Liam formed the band ‘Voros’ with two of his band mates from Double Dragon. Since then, Voros has released 2 Eps and a full-length album. The band has toured around Australia several times and played with such notable bands as At the Gates, Napalm Death, Arcturus, Kataklysm, Entombed AD, Psycroptic, Be'lakor and King Parrot. 2016 saw the band tour Taiwan and China including Wake Up Festival in Taipei.
In January 2015 Liam joined Adelaide progressive metal band Dyssidia, who have since played shows with international heavyweights Opeth, Trivium, Tesseract, Between the Buried and Me, Katatonia, Fallujah, The Ocean, as well as regular shows with Aussie veterans such as Caligula’s Horse & Voyager. Dyssidia have now released 3 EPs and a full-length album "Costly Signals" and have toured Australia several times. Liam is currently playing live with Dyssidia, Voros, Alarum, Hadal Maw, James Norbert Ivanyi, and new funk rock trio Cliff Racer, as well as occasional gigs with various bands spanning multiple genres. Past jazz/cover band work has included playing with the Baker Boys Band, Party Club Band, Triplescore, Mr Goodnight, Bill Parton Trio, Chesterfield Brass, and Twisted J. He has been teaching drum lessons in Adelaide since 2008. Liam is proudly endorsing Gretsch Drums, EVANS drumheads, PROMARK by D'ADDARIO, Czarcie Kopyto Custom Drum Pedals from Poland, and Precision Kicks triggers from Melbourne.
Music: "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded by Catherine Lambert & Michael Bryant. Outro "Arrival" which is track 5 on the 'Dyssidia' "Costly Signals" album.
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Joel Prime joins me from London to discuss his musical journey which began after he received his first set of drums for Christmas when he was three years old. He initially taught himself the basics, then began lessons with John Zac when he was 6, and by age 11, Joel was playing regular gigs. Joel's drumming prowess was immediately evident, and by being taught by many of Adelaide's elite drum educators, attending Marryatville High School, which offers a fabulous SIMC program, combined with a solid regime of practice, he soon developed his sparkling technique. Joel’s acquired skill through hard work and persistence became his entrée card to a world of musical diversity. In his teens Joel was part of the Marryatville High School Stage Band, the group travelled for performances in London, New York, Los Angeles, Melbourne, and Sydney. These gigs paved the way for Joel to share the stage with such performers as Bob Mintzer, James Morrison, Bobby Shew, John Hoffman, Rhonda Burchmore, Jon Gordon, Tony Kofi, Alina Bzhezhinska, Ray Vega, Paul Bollenback, George Garzone and Pharoah Sanders. He was inspired to begin percussion after seeing his teacher Steve Todd performing together with his son Ben, in the popular Adelaide band 'Goose'. Joel took a break from studying music in the last 2 years of high school, and for a while was contemplating becoming a pilot, thankfully his love of music returned and he successfully auditioned for the The Elder Conservatorium of Music, at the University of Adelaide, where he was taught by another previous BAND IT ABOUT guest Laurie Kennedy. In 2005, he was awarded most outstanding percussionist at Generations in Jazz by James Morrison. In 2008, he received a prestigious performance award from Downbeat magazine (USA) as a member of the 2008 Adelaide University Big Band 1. Later that year, Joel received the Helpmann Academy Award for Jazz Drums, for graduating at the top of his class at the Elder Conservatorium in 2006 and 2007, then received the 2010 Helpmann Academy Award for most outstanding Honours graduate. Joel has led percussion workshops and performed at WOMADelaide, Glastonbury Festival, London Jazz Festival, Adelaide Festival of Arts, Adelaide Fringe Festival, and The Adelaide Cabaret Festival. Joel's burgeoning skill set continues to be recognized by the drumming elite. Joel is currently endorsed by Pearl Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Vic Firth drumsticks and Remo drumheads. In 2011 he won the award for Australia’s Best Up and Coming Drummer (Open age category) at Australia’s Ultimate Drummers Weekend. It was Joel's parents who initially floated the idea of him going overseas to expand his music career, and as he already had a British passport, moving to London was the obvious choice. Joel didn't know anyone in London, so it took a while for him to begin to get work, but once his talents were seen at the open jam nights that he was regularly attending, he began to receive job offers. Joel is a member of the critically acclaimed 'Alina Bzhezhinska Quartet', who have appeared at the Jazz Legend Festival in Birmingham and many other venues around the UK including top London jazz clubs The Crypt and The Vortex. They appeared at the London Jazz Festival 2017 in a triple bill performance along with Coltrane’ s specialist Denys Baptist and the legendary saxophonist Pharoah Sanders. Joel's versatility across congas, drum kit and all manner of Afro Cuban and Brazilian percussion now sees him performing with a vast array of ensembles across many musical styles. Joel also performs with 'Mr Little's Noisy Band' and 'London Street Band.'
Music: "Band It About" theme song written & recorded by Catherine Lambert & Michael Bryant. Outro "Los Caballos" written by Alina Bzhezhinska, performed by the Alina Bzhezhinska Quartet.
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John Mason's musical journey began when he started playing drums at age 23, after buying his first drum kit from John Reynolds, he taught himself to play. John joined his first Adelaide band 'Jam Company' with his brother and brother in law in 1984, then in 1986 he joined 'Tall Hairy Cats' (THC), he filled in with the Barflys whenever they needed him, and was lucky enough to be part of a live VHS recording, done at the Front Page, which was run by Dino Jag at the time. He went on to play with 'Fineline' in 1989, followed by 'Dark Water' in 1992, and he then took a 20 year break from playing. John has recently returned to drumming and has taken up having drum lessons with Mark Meyer. Since his return to drumming he has played with 'Full Tilt Janis', 'Woodstock Revolution', and 'Fever'. John currently plays with Bad Press who are a 4 piece, alternative Rock/Blues band. Bad Press are performing during the Port Noarlunga Blues Festival, at the Keg and Barrel Steak House Bar & Grill, with special guest Taylor Brown at 3PM, Saturday the 27th of November.
John has recently become an endorsed artist for Zilli Cymbals, who are a Turkish and Australian owned boutique cymbal company. Zilli Cymbals can be purchased through Aydin's Zilli Cymbal shop which is located in Christies Beach, South Australia.
Music: "Band It About" theme song was written and recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series. Outro: Live recording of Bad Press performing their version of the Robin Trower song 'Bridge of Sighs.'
Links: Bad Press Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BluesRock01 Zilli Cymbals Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZilliCymbals Website: http://www.zillicymbals.com/
Season 2 of the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series 'The Engine Room' turns 1 on November 21st! There are still so many talented Adelaide drummers/percussionists to be interviewed, that I have decided to continue along with this theme until I have exhausted all of the possible interviews with the drumming community, with those who would like to be involved in this series. If you would like to do an interview, or know of someone who would please let me know. I had been hoping to collate all of the stories to then write a book about the history of the Adelaide, South Australia drumming community, but without the financial support that releasing an independent book will require this may not become a reality. If you know of any grants or funding available for this to become a reality please email me: banditabout7@gmail.com with your suggestions, or leave a voice message via the link below. If you would like to help support this local independent podcast, please use the PayPal Link which can be located in the BAND IT ABOUT Linktree*: https://linktr.ee/banditaboutpodcastseries
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Sam Gutwein started playing drums at the impressionable age of 10 when he could finally reach the pedals properly on his father’s kit. Initially starting out on piano, his passion for playing the drums has been a constant throughout his life and it is undoubtedly the power of the instrument and the ability to command crowd and band mate attention that keeps the passion burning.
Having played in primary and high school bands, Sam takes inspiration from a wide variety of styles. Throughout high school, metal drumming was a huge source of inspiration, and since joining his first working band ‘Wolf & Chain’, his love for metal, punk, and emo music has blossomed.
Wolf & Chain have been making a name for themselves as energetic and powerful performers. Having completed their first tour in early 2021 with Sydney’s ‘Clay J Gladstone’ and Melbourne’s ‘Drastic Park’. Their debut EP ‘An Honest Mistake’ was released in June 2020, and their second EP Amor Mortal was released on October 29, 2021. Sam met his Wolf & Chain band members Jack Cumes (vocals) and Joe Butcher (guitar) at the University of Adelaide when he was studying sound engineering, and soon after Harry Charles-Britton joined on bass guitar with Sam Gutwein on drums. Finally, Luke O'Dwyer joined as second guitarist and with that the band was fully formed.
Wolf & Chain have been performing at Adelaide live music venues since 2017 doing the rounds of the local circuit. 2020 had seen the band grow significantly with the release of debut EP “An Honest Mistake” in June, with several tracks garnering radio play on triple j short.fast.loud, The Faction and Triple M Hard & Heavy among others. The EP was received to glowing reviews from Don't Bore Us, Wall of Sound, Punktastic and many others.
Sam is a BIG SOUND PERCUSSION drumstick artist, and the owner and specialist mixing engineer at LoudToys Studio. Sam is a graduate from the University of Adelaide (Diploma of Audio Engineering.) Like his father Willi Gutwein, he prefers to play drums in bands, however, he also studied piano, voice, and guitar. Sam’s talents are incredibly diverse having scored music for musicals, to recording and mixing his passion of modern metal, punk/pop, emo music. During the day, Sam works in the audio department at Derringers.
Music: Intro "Band It About", written and recorded by Catherine Lambert & Michael Bryant for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series. Outro "Murder Song" which is the second track off of Wolf & Chain's debut EP "An Honest Mistake", released June 5th, 2020.
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TAHLIA BORG from the Adelaide, South Australian band 'Teenage Joans' joins me this week in The Engine Room to discuss her musical journey which began when she was 8 years old. Tahlia played in various school bands prior to 'Teenage Joans' which is her first working band. 'Teenage Joans' formed in 2018, and are an indie rock, pop, punk rock, rock duo, self-describing their sound as "juice-box punk-pop", comprising of vocalist and drummer Tahlia Borg and vocalist and guitarist Cahli Blakers. The duo rose to prominence with their debut single "By the Way". 'Teenage Jones' was voted "South Australian Best Live Act" in the 2019 National Live Music Awards. They placed first in South Australia's "Heaps Good 50" countdown, which is run by local station play/pause/play in both 2019 & 2020, and they took out first place in triple j's Unearthed High in 2020, with their second single "Three Leaf Clover", which was released in March 2020.
Not only does this two-piece powerhouse play beautifully crafted songs that have audiences singing along the first time they hear them, but the songs are as real and important as they are unapologetic. Going from strength to strength, 'Teenage Joans' have already shared stages with the likes of 'Ruby Fields', 'The Hard Aches', 'Clowns' and 'Bec Stevens', just to name a few. In their huge debut year, 'Teenage Joans' were invited to perform at Laneway Festival 2019 as part of the "Girls Rock!" Showcase, and were a highlight performance at A Day Of Clarity 2019. Their debut 5 track extended play, "Taste of Me", which was released on 28 May 2021, has had over 1 million streams!
During the interview we discuss Tahlia's early influences, how she met Cahli, what it is like to be a female drummer, the positives and negatives of the Covid-19 pandemic on the band, memorable gig stories, Flinders University studies and the direction that her work will take upon completion, working at 'Music Corner North', the duo's plans for the future, Tahlia's top 3 local drummers, and we end the interview by playing 20 questions in 2 minutes. If you have enjoyed listening to this interview, please share the link with your friends.
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Music: Intro "Band It About" written and recorded by Catherine Lambert & Michael Bryant, Outro "Something About Being Sixteen" written and recorded by Cahli Blakers & Tahlia Borg (Teenage Joans).
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Edward Pollard (Eddie) joins me in 'The Engine Room' to discuss his musical journey which begun when he was in primary school. Ed fell in love with the drums after watching a school friend play. He jammed with various friends over the years and joined his first band 'Oblong' in the early 90s. Ed met Paul Macleod (who I interviewed in season 1) while they were both working in the APY lands, they put on various shows for the community during their time there. Paul contacted Ed when he was putting together the blues band 'Holler & The Bones'. I first saw Holler & The Bones when I recorded them competing during the ARBA Memphis Blues Challenge, held at The Semaphore Workers Club in June 2018. I then met Ed and the guys after their gig at Club 5082 in August the same year, and it was after this meeting that I became involved in helping them with their Facebook page. I also attended the recording session, and a mixing session of their self-titled debut album at Twin Earth Studios in October, and ended up singing bv's and responses on a few of their songs. In June 2019 the band released their debut album and in July it reached #1 on the Australian National Radio Blues & Roots Charts. The band also competed for a third time in the ARBA Memphis Blues Challenge in June, this time they won their heat which gave them a spot in the Final which was held in front of a Sold Out crowd at The Gov in 2019, the band won the competition, and represented South Australia at the International Blues Challenge which is run by the Blues Foundation, and held on Beale Street, in Memphis Tennessee, in 2020. Currently Ed is involved in a couple of projects as well as playing drums with Adelaide band 'The Hoverchords' which is an instrumental psychedelic surf rock band.
Music: Intro "Band It About" written and recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant. Outro "Briar Road" which is the 3rd track on the Holler & The Bones self titled album.
Links: 'Homegrown '94' Oblong - "Facial": https://youtu.be/9MLGquNXGFI
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Michael Giuffreda joins me in The Engine Room this week to discuss his musical journey. His first band was 'The Gods of Traffic Lights', and his first professional/touring band was 'Patriarchal Death Machine'. Michael is a professional musician, drummer & educator from Adelaide, South Australia, who enjoys playing Progressive Metal, Hard Rock, and Hard-Punk music. I met Mick late 2017 not long after I had launched my Band It About Facebook Page, which at the time, I had been going around to watch and record bands performing around South Australia. I got to know Mick and the band members of 'Machine Head The Australian Deep Purple Experience', when I was assisting as an admin on their Facebook page in 2018. Mick's career was built on live gigs, tours, online drum education, studio session work, recording, private teaching, clinics and workshops. He is currently the session drummer for local band 'Full Frontal Lobotomy' and will be touring with 'The Morissette Journey (A Tribute to Alanis Morissette)' next year.
Music Intro: "Band It About" theme song was written and recorded by Catherine Lambert & Michael Bryant for the BAND IT ABOUT Podcast Series.
Outro: "Destroy This System" by Patriarchal Death Machine, released 27/1/2011, it is the 4th track on their EP "Yes!"
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John Swan OAM, better known as Swanee, was born John Archibold Dixon Swan in Glasgow, Scotland in 1952, and migrated to Australia with his family in 1961. John is an Australian rock singer who started his musical career as a Drummer when he was 11, when he joined the Elizabeth Caledonian Pipe Band. When his mother remarried in the mid-1960s, he was the only child to keep the surname of his biological father. John left school aged 13 and joined his first professional band Happiness, as a drummer when he was fourteen. When he was seventeen, he enlisted in the Australian Army, and was discharged after two years of service. In early 1974 he was the drummer with The James Wright Band, moving on to Jim Keays' Southern Cross for a short time.
In 1975 he joined Adelaide band Fraternity MK II replacing Bon Scott on vocals for two years. In 1977 he became the vocalist with Feather. This band had been known as Blackfeather in the early 1970s, but by 1977 no original members were left so the name was shortened. Feather recorded one single with John, "Girl Trouble", before he left in 1978 to establish himself as a solo artist. Under the name Swanee by which he was already known, he released his debut solo single "Crazy Dreams" in 1979. An album, Into the Night, and several other singles followed. In late 1981, his version of "If I Were a Carpenter" became a national hit, peaking at number 5. The single was followed by the 1982 studio album This Time It's Different that spawned another two hits, "Temporary Heartache" and "Lady What's Your Name". In 1987, he replaced Angry Anderson as lead singer of The Party Boys. John's time with the band proved to be the group's most successful period. A cover of the John Kongos song "He's Gonna Step On You Again" peaked at number 1 on the Australian charts. The band's self-titled album made the Australian top 20. He remained with the band until 1989 before going solo again.
In 2015, John was announced as South Australia's Senior Australian of the Year, and in 2017, recognised for his work with various charitable organizations, he was appointed an Order of Australia Medal (OAM). If you have enjoyed this interview please share the link!
Music: Intro "Band It About" written and recorded by Catherine Lambert & Michael Bryant. Outro "Here's To You" which is off of Swanee's 2014 album One Day At A Time.
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On Monday the 11th of October, Adelaide guitarist Bob Balsamo and BAND IT ABOUT host Di Spillane were interviewed by Zofia Dendunnen on her weekly PBAFM community radio program 'Manic Monday', to discuss the 'Greg's Wish' Event which is being held at 'The Gov' on Sunday the 17th of October. Many thanks to Zofia for giving us this opportunity to share our event with her audience, and for allowing me to use the audio for this bonus podcast episode.
About the event: 'Greg's Wish' A TVC Musical Extravaganza to Celebrate the Life of Greg Truman who sadly passed away on the 16th of July 2021, after a 2-year battle with brain cancer. Greg's Wish was, with the help of his friends and musical peers, to organize a benefit concert in support of the Flinders Foundation, and the Childhood Cancer Association; both causes close to his heart. With the blessing of Greg’s family, close friends and musical buddies, Greg’s Wish will now be realized. All of the proceeds raised from the sale of tickets to this event will be evenly distributed between both.
With so many incredible players coming together to honor the life and work of Greg Truman, we are assured of a wonderful celebration of the man, the music, and his craft, and will be reminded of his legacy each time his much-loved TVC guitars call out from The Gov stage. Special appearances by Greg’s Bandmates: Wall Street, FM Band, Ubangi Stomp, and Shades of Blue.
The following talented musicians have given their time and will dedicate their performance in honour and support of Greg and his wishes:
The Chris Finnen Band, Michael Winter, Trapper & Michael Rigby
Steve Brown & Dave Rhodes (Duo)
James Muller, Snooks La Vie, and Chris Soole
Mark Hawkins, Ronny Davidson, Peter Allen, and Richard Bateman
Billy Bob Rankin, Dusty Lee Stephenson & the boys.
Nick & Dennis Kipridis, Sav Palaktsoglou, and Mario Marino
Mark Hawkins, Marty Turner, Liam Martin and Richard Bateman
Stefan Hauk, Nick Panousakis, Carl Pink, Ron Kosmider, and Mark Meyer
Steve Wilson, Michael Meston, and Craig Rohda.
The event will be held in The Gov Main Room on Sunday October 17th.
Doors open at 2PM, Live Music from 3PM – 7:30PM.
Tickets are $25, and available only through Trybooking
As this is a seated event, ticket holders will need to Email Di Spillane to book a table, and to advise if they intend to purchase a meal on the day.
All measures are taken to ensure COVID - Safe Compliance including:
QR Code Check-in, Reduced capacity for social distancing.
No singing or dancing by audience members, Masks required - unless eating or drinking. Sanitizer will be supplied. LOCATION: The Gov, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, South Australia, 5000.
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Kyle Sambell has been obsessed with drumming since the age of 2 when he began tapping out beats on pillows, furniture, pots and pans, and any other surface he could find. His parent's wisely purchased their son his first drum set when he was 3 and Kyle began to teach himself how to play by watching his favorite bands and listening to their CD's. He had some lessons when he was 5 to teach him rudiments and a bit later had some more lessons to teach him how to read charts. When he was 8, his mother began to upload videos to YouTube of Kyle drumming along to hits by Blink 182, the Foo Fighters and Good Charlotte. The video of him drumming along to Green Day's "Peacemaker", shot when he was just six years old, has had more than 84,000 views.
Kyle's first serious band was 'Burnoutband' a 3-piece punk rock band, who played with bands like 'Frenzal Rhomb' at their sound check, opening for 'Hack the Main Frame', 'The Decline', 'The Lizards' and many more. They also performed at the Umbrella Festival and Eat ya Greens, both events supported by Music SA. Kyle currently plays with 'The Lizards', 'Don't Bring Stacey', 'That 90's Show', and has recently joined 'Haliday' who have recently released their debut single ‘Phase Me’, which was produced, mixed, and mastered by Lachy Pitcher at Depict Studios in Adelaide. You will hear "Phase Me" at the end of the interview. 'Don't Bring Stacey' has been nominated for a SAM Award under the Rock Artist category, you can use this link to vote: https://southaustralianmusicawards.com.au/
Music: Intro "Band It About" written and recorded by Catherine Lambert & Michael Bryant. Outro "Phase Me" written by Sebastian James performed by Haliday.
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It may have taken me 6 months to finally be able to get Gary Burrows (and Pongo lol) to sit down long enough to record this interview, but it was definitely worth the wait! Gary is a legend here in South Australia, and a well respected musician Australia wide. Born and raised in Adelaide, Gary first began to play drums in the 60s. His first working band 'The Evergreens' released a single that he wrote called "Country Lane", Gary has written over 200 songs. Gary had a 2 year absence from bands when he was 20 due to the then mandatory requirements for Australian men to serve in the Army. Being a drummer meant that instead of marching every day, he got to play the snare drum that all of the soldiers marched along to. When he returned to Adelaide he joined 'Brass Carnival', this band regularly supported visiting national and international artists during the 70s including; John Farnham, Robin Jolley, Pussyfoot, Cleo Laine, Bev Harrell, and many more. The band moved to Sydney (minus the brass section), and began touring up and down the East Coast. It was during this time that Gary got to see a lot of bands perform, he really enjoyed the different music, especially The Radiators. He eventually left the band and came back to Adelaide, he then joined 'Cradle' who soon changed their name to 'The Boys'. The Boys became very popular, and it wasn't long before Gary was back on tour, this time the tours were Australia wide and they travelled on the bands own tour bus for 5 or 6 years, along with their entourage which included their roadcrew and manager.
Gary scored the perfect job during this period, he became an APRA Music Consultant, and was able to combine performing and his licensing role with APRA when he was off stage. Gary remained with APRA for 33 years. Gary is the Chairman of the South Australian Chapter of 'Support Act', a Core committee member of the 'Adelaide Music Collective' (AMC), a committee member on the 'Music Industry Council' (MIC), has been inducted into both the 'SA Country Music Hall of Fame' and 'SA Music Hall of Fame', and a recipient of the SA Music Associations 'Lifetime Achievement Award'. Gary continues to work tirelessly for the music industry, and his work with the AMC and Support Act keep him very busy. In May 2020, Support Act received a Grant of $10 million from the Australian Government through the Office for The Arts, to provide crisis relief and wellbeing support to artists, crew, and music workers impacted by Covid-19. I have included a link below for anyone who would like more info about this, and the other support services that are available through Support Act.
These days Gary performs with 'The Masters Apprentices' (who are performing tonight at the Arkaba Hotel), 'The Rustlers', 'The Boys', his tribute to John Lennon 'Oranges and Lennons', and can be heard every Sunday evening on 'RadioKSA' along with co-host Cheryl Lee, on their 2 hour Music Show 'Rockaholics'.
Music: Intro "Band It About" written and recorded by Catherine Lambert & Michael Bryant, "Emily (I Saw You Last Night)" during the interview, and Outro "Tears For Elvis", both written by Gary Burrows, performed by 'The Rustlers'.
Links: Support Act: COVID-19 Crisis Relief Grantall of their services can be found on this website https://supportact.org.au/
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Jerry Tee was surrounded by music from birth, his father Dimitris Tsitas, was the singer in the band ‘Akropolis Live’. The band performed extensively in Adelaide at weddings, panigiria, and festivals, and Jerry loved going to watch them play, always focusing on their drummer . As a young boy, Jerry Tee would practice every day, for hours, straight after school, listening to old cassette recordings of famous Greek singers. By the time he was 13, his father decided that Jerry was ready to join his band as his full-time drummer which he did, and Jerry has been performing ever since. Two years later, Jerry Tee was approached to perform with Glykeria at the Glendi Greek festival, 40,000 people turned up during the two-day festival. As he got older, Jerry started exploring other genres of music including electronic and house, this led to him being given an opportunity through his friend Rebecca, to perform in the Adelaide nightclub 'Little Red Door'. Jerry has been performing in nightclubs, venues and at major festivals and events ever since.
During the Pandemic lockdown, Jerry gathered some musicians and started to livestream videos on his Facebook page, his series of live Facebook streams reached over 86,000 views worldwide! The year of the pandemic, though a hard one, turned out to be an important one for Jerry, who signed 6 major contacts with the world’s largest music brands as an official endorsed artist, Soultone Cymbals - Los Angeles USA, London Drumstico Co - United Kingdom, LP Percussion - New Jersey USA, Remo - California USA, Daddario Australia Drums - Melbourne, and Cympad International - Switzerland. He has his own custom-made signature series cymbals & drumsticks with his logo on them. Jerry is also a “ghost percussionist” for some of the world’s biggest overseas record labels, performing percussion on some of the biggest smash hit tracks by major artists, keeping that identity private to the public eye by using an alias. Jerry is also the assistant manager for Derringers Drum Shop, sharing his passion for music with everyone.
Music: intro "Band It About" theme song was written and recorded by Catherine Lambert & Michael Bryant. Outro: "La Miami mashup" DJ Angelo K, Jerry Tee Live Percussion, Feat: MC Stojan and Konstantinos Kofos.
Links: Facebook: www.Facebook.com/officialjerrytee Instagram: www.Instagram.com/officialjerrytee Web: www.jerrytee.com www.soultonecymbals.com/artist/jerry-tee www.londondrumsticks.co.uk/ldcartists/ www.lpmusic.com www.daddario.com.au www.cympad.com www.remo.com/team/member/jerry-tee/
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Alex Flood joins me in The Engine Room to discuss his musical journey which began when he was in primary school, when he began to have lessons with Jim McCarthy. His next teacher was Joel Prime, who broadened his musical influences, and introduced him to actively listening to music, and adding percussive instruments to his playing. Alex has been the recipient of many prestigious awards including ‘Australia's Best Up And Coming Drummer’ in 2012 in the intermediate category, and the Open category in 2016, The John ‘Slick’ Osborne Scholarship in 2017, the Helpmann Academy Jazz Award for Top Drums Undergraduate in 2017, the Helpmann Academy Mike Stewart Memorial Award in 2017, the Helpmann Academy Jazz Award for Top Overall Graduate in 2018 and Helpmann Academy Award for Jazz 2020, among many others. Alexander has also had the opportunity to share the stage with several renowned performers including Ralph Nader, Hugh Sheridan, and international cabaret stars Bridget Everett and Rueben Kaye, and has performed at events such as WOMADelaide, Adelaide Fringe and Cabaret Festivals, and the Australia’s Ultimate Drummers Weekend. Flood has performed with renowned artists including Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Marquis Hill, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Vivian Sessoms, Kate Ceberano, Nicholas Buc, as well as performing in 20+ countries on tour in 2019.
Alexander plays regularly around Adelaide in several jazz and contemporary music ensembles, including his own trio ER@SER DESCRIPTION. In 2017 Alexander completed his Bachelor of Music: Jazz Performance degree at the University of Adelaide, graduating top of his year. Alex released his debut album HEARTBEAT through Stretch Music (via Ropeadope Records) in 2020, having worked closely with his mentor, 5x Grammy nominee Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah on the project. Alex is currently finishing up his sophomore album The Space Between, set to release late 2021, featuring a conglomerate of international artists.
Music: Into "Band It About" theme, written and recorded by Catherine Lambert & Michael Bryant. Outro "FIVE" is a single by ER@SER DESCRIPTION which was released in 2020.
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CRAIG LAURITSEN is this weeks 'Engine Room' Guest. A few of Craig's performance highlights include: Brian Ferry support at the Adelaide Festival Theatre in 1988. Supporting artist for Kate Ceberano and Wilbur Wilde at the Club Foote in 1989, 3 months, 70 plus performances in New Delhi, India in 1994, 10 months, 80 plus performances with various Blues and Jazz bands in USA in 1994 -1995, the inaugural Singapore Blues Festival in 1996, and performing the soundtrack to 'The Tracker' (film by internationally renowned film maker Rolf de Heer) live with Archie Roach at the Adelaide Festival and the Melbourne Film Festival in 2002.
EDUCATION: Cert. in Commercial Music at Kingston TAFE in 1986. Diploma in performing Arts (Jazz) at Adelaide University 1987 - 1989. Studied with Pandit Debashish Chakraborty in New Delhi in 1994. Studied with Bob Moses in Boston 1994 -1995. Individual lessons with Victor Lewis, Jim Pease, Grant Collins, Mike Clark.
DRUM EDUCATOR: Private drum tutor from 1983 to present, and has taught at Gordon Lasalle Music, Boston USA; Rock Music, Adelaide; AIMMS, Adelaide, as well as various college's in SA.
CYMBALSMITHING: Began modifying cymbals in 2005, Importer of Turkish cymbals since 2006, and Worldwide exporter of Craig Lauritsen Custom Cymbals since 2007. Travelled to Italy to meet master cymbal smith Roberto Spizzichino in March 2008, and during that same trip met cymbal smiths Michael Paiste in Switzerland, Steve Hubback in London and Matt Nolan in Bath (UK). Has made cymbals for drummers all over the world including, Jack DeJohnette, Gregory Hutchinson, Luke Flowers, Jochen Rueckert, Adam Cruz, Hamish Stuart, Darryn Farrugia, Michael Iveson, and many more.
AUTHOR: has written 8 instructional drum method books which are published and internationally distributed by LTP Publications. Titles include Drum Method, Drum Grooves, 1000000 Drum Grooves, Rhythm Section Method for Bass and Drums, Rhythm Section Grooves for Bass and Drums, Blues Drumming, Country Drumming, Complete Learn to Play Drums Manual.
Recording Highlights: 'The Eureka Suite' (1999) featuring Eric Bogle and John Schumann, Peter Gelling's ARIA nominated (2000) CD 'Bluestime', 'The Tracker' soundtrack which won the following awards: ARIA nomination for best soundtrack album (2002). IFM award for best soundtrack (2002). Film Critics Circle award for best soundtrack (2002), and 2 APRA/AGSC awards for best song in a cinema feature. Peter Gelling's Musicoz Blues Award winning (2003) CD 'Fortune', Eric Bogle’s ‘Other People’s Children’ (2005), and Kubrick self-titled album (2006). Kubrick ‘Think’ (2007).
Music: "Band It About" theme song, written and recorded by Catherine Lambert & Michael Bryant. Outro: “Cultural Fatigue” from Craig’s album “Monachopsis”, released April 29, 2016: https://craiglauritsen.bandcamp.com/album/monachopsis Craig's links: http://www.cymbalutopia.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/CraigLauritsen https://www.instagram.com/cymbalutopia/?hl=en
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Matt Jonsson (Trolla Bolla Snatcha Razoo), joins me in The Engine Room this week to discuss his musical journey and artistic heritage. Born in Sweden, Matt emigrated to Australia with his family in 1972. Matt spent 10 years as the drummer in the popular Punk/Rock Adelaide Band the 'CLOWNS OF DECADENCE', and was for the most part responsible for all the amazing artwork that the band used both in the elaborate stage props as well as on album covers and posters. The band formed in 1988 from 3 former members of 'Festered Vestoons" and one from Toxic Avengers, by June 1990 they were named as 'Clowns of Decadence' and had adopted a performance image of wearing clown makeup and silly clothes to back up their politico-protest leanings, deploying elements of circus, music and performance in their live shows. The group released three extended plays and an album, 'Clowns of a Lesser God' on Homegrown Artists / Siren Records before disbanding in 1998. The band toured extensively all over Australia, sharing the bill with other popular bands of the time including: Front End Loader, You Am I, TISM, Powderfinger, Regurgitator, Beasts of Bourbon, Def FX, Cosmic Psychos, Chocolate Starfish, Fireballs, and Paul Kelly.
The bands circus theme was inspired by Matt's grandparents, who were famous Circus Artists in their 'Traveling Tivoli' in Sweden from 1922 to 1955, Matt's grandfather Anton Tivoli joined the circus at the age of 16, working as an acrobat artist and did a high-wire act, in 1922 he formed his own Traveling Tivoli and became a Knife thrower. Matt's grandmother was blind folded and tied up while his grandfather also blind folded, would throw knives around her. Matt's father Ted Jonsson was the youngest child, he did not embrace the "carnie lifestyle", and instead worked as a carpenter, prior to becoming an Adelaide based sculptor. Matt's sister Marie Jonsson-Harrison is a former successful model, who won ” Miss Summer Spain” 1981,” South Australia Model of the Year” 1982 and “Australian Model of the Year” 1984. The families rich artistic heritage eventually led to her becoming an artist herself, specializing in 'Naïve Art'.
- Matt is a Sculptor/Artist who's work can be seen at various locations around Adelaide including the 'West End Brewery' Riverbank Display's, the 'Magic Cave' at David Jones, 'Blackebys Sweets', the Adnyamathanha sculpture at Wilpena Pound, and in the men’s room at the at The D’Arenberg Cube, which features urinals that double as giant gaping clownlike faces. Matt and his partner Michelle's commercial art business 'Artistic Impact', are currently in the process of expanding their products and developing a new website, once finalised they will be trading under the name of 'ART STUDIOS AUSTRALIA'.
- Music: "Band It About", written and recorded by Catherine Lambert & Michael Bryant. "Alien Sex Romp" by Clowns Of Decadence, was released in 1993 on their EP Kamikaze Karnival and was co-written by Mark Fenech, Stephen Hards, Matt Jonsson, Colin Morris, Craig Spencer, and Craig Stone.
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Drummer/Percussionist/Music Educator James (Jim) Bailey joins me in The Engine Room to discuss his fabulous musical journey both in Australia and overseas. Jim first became interested in music while living in England, he wanted to play the clarinet, but the school didn't have any available, so he was given a piccolo to take home to try. He didn't have much luck with this instrument, so he returned it to the school and then went back to playing sports which he was very good at. It wasn't until after his family had emigrated to Australia and he injured his foot during a game that Jim's interests once again returned to music, this time he decided to try drums, having seen an advertisement for a free aptitude test at the Adelaide College of Music. He began private drum lessons after meeting the drummer Jimmy Latta at the Boomerang Club. Jimmy introduced him to the world of modern jazz, making him aware of the playing styles of many of the world’s greatest drummers. Jimmy moved to Canberra after joining the Australian Army Band. Jim then began to have lessons with one of Adelaide’s leading players Gary Haines. Gary was a studio musician for Channel 9, and he also ran a business called Drumsville in Club Lane, which was the place that all of the young drummers would hang out. It was during this time that Jim decided that a music career was the path he wanted to pursue, so he quit his job and you took up part time work in the record department at David Jones. In 1965 he successfully auditioned to attend the Elder Conservatorium Single Studies program in classical percussion, where he was taught by Richard (Dick) Smith, who was a timpanist for the South Australian Symphony Orchestra, Dick ran the percussion program at the Conservatorium.
Jim is regarded as one of Australia’s leading teachers of classical and Latin percussion as well as jazz drumming. He has performed and taught throughout Australia, the United States, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Indonesia. A short list of his credentials includes: Performances with the Hong Kong Philharmonic; the Durban, Natal Symphony Orchestra; the Australian Youth Orchestra; the Australia Ensemble Lights; the Elder Conservatorium Wind Quintet and the Elder Conservatorium Wind Ensemble. His festival appearances include the Adelaide Festival, Barossa Festival, Manley Jazz Festival, Glenelg Jazz Festival, Standard Bank Jazz Festival in Pretoria, South Africa and the Living Treasures Festival 2000 in Durban South Africa. He toured South Africa with the world music group Warkala, performing and conducting master classes and workshops for the Australian High Commission and in fund-raising concerts for the relief of AIDS in children in South Africa. He is also Australia’s foremost authority on the tuning and construction of mallet instruments — marimbas, vibraphones, and glockenspiels. All marimbas used in the group were made by him.
Throughout his long career Jim has made an outstanding contribution to the percussive arts and education both here and overseas and has trained some of Australia's top percussionists during his teaching career as the Percussion Senior Lecturer and Head of Percussion at the Elder Conservatorium of Music. In 2011, Jim became the first Australian to be awarded the Lifetime Achievement in Education Award from the International Percussive Arts Society. The award recognises the contributions of the most highly regarded leaders in percussion education throughout the world. Prior to Covid, Jim spent many years traveling to be a guest speaker and teacher at various educational organizations worldwide.
Music "Band It About" written and recorded by Catherine Lambert & Michael Bryant. "Ghanaia" written by Schmitt Matthew, performed by the Hormingo Ensemble.
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JOHN APPLEBY joins me in The Engine Room this week to discuss his musical journey. John is a self taught drummer who has mainly played with original bands here in Adelaide during his 54 year playing career. John joined his first band WOLFBAIN in 1968, in 1972 he joined BRONZE ELK who later became NEON WATERMELON which was the first Australian band to wear makeup. NEON WATERMELON supported SKYHOOKS at the Pooraka Hotel the first time that they came to Adelaide, Graeme "Shirley" Strachan, who was the SKYHOOKS roadie at the time, was surprised to see another band wearing makeup! NEON WATERMELON became THE JOE HOOKER BAND, which was a very popular band during the 70s.
In 1979 he joined SAFARI SET, and in1980 PERFECT GAME, both bands regularly supported touring bands such as; MEN AT WORK, MIDNIGHT OIL, COLD CHISEL, JOE JOE ZEP AND THE FALCONS, and THE CLASH. Other bands that John has played with include: FLYTE, CHRIS FINNEN OFFERING, THE HOUNDS, LIMITED EDITION (Steve Foster), AUTO DE FE (Natasha Boyer), KASHMIR CHECK, SO WHAT/40 THOUSAND HORSEMAN, THE BACKBEATS, RUBY LANE, RUSSIAN CARAVAN, MAGELLAN, ROB BARTLETT, SCAFELL PIKE, CHRIS FINNEN’S 360 DEGREES, CRUISIN’, THE LEGENDS, STEVE FOSTER (Duo), OCQ’S (Steve Foster), JBE, MY BROTHER JAKE, CHRIS FINNEN CLAN, and THE RODDY GORDON BAND. He joined SYMPATHY ORCHESTRA in 1999, and NUEMERIA ART COLLECTIVE in 2014,and is still playing with both bands.
Music: "Band It About" theme song was written and recorded by Catherine Lambert & Michael Bryant.
Outro: “Me Thing” written by Julian Barnett, is the opening track from the latest SYMPATHY ORCHESTRA album, “Third Album”.
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ROBERT (ROB) BOUNDY studied at the Adelaide College of Music in 1968 under the direction of John Arthur, with section leaders Steve and Larry Todd, in marching band and beginning drum set lessons. In 1970 he joined the Adelaide Highland Pipe Band under the tutelage of Lindsay Chuck and Daryl James until 1974. In 1979 he began rehearsing with past music students from Mawson High School, recording a demo with The Glenn Kristoffer Band, while also working for MGD Audio assisting with sound and lighting. In late 1982 he joined “The Modes” and starting heavy local gigging, and touring nationally in Melbourne, Sydney and Queensland. In 1985 he moved to Melbourne and managed the Brashs Drum Department in their City store, and with played with Melbourne players from “The Phantom Band” along with Guitar Virtuoso “Jimi Hocking in “The Astros”.
In 1986 he joined the local band “The Virgin Soldiers”, and started teaching drums privately from home in 1987. “The Virgin Soldiers” released a self-titled 4 track EP in 1987 which they toured nationally and recorded several professional demos, engineered and produced by Bruce Johnson (Oasis). 1989 saw the release of a full-length album called “Watching the World” recorded at Festivals Grondman Studios Engineered by Colin Wort and remixed at Powerplant Studios with Adam Quaffe and Peter Blighton (Choir Boys), in Jan 1990 the album went #1 on Juke magazines Independent Metal Charts. Returning to Adelaide in 1993, he played with numerous cover bands, 1994 - Crossfire with John Morton and Harry Hernie, 1995 - Tour of Duty with Wendy Taylor-Smith, Phil Smith, Capt. Gordon Lambie, Sam Moody, John Mackay, John Morton. 2000 -Working in Folk/Irish scene in the "Range Rovers" with Quinton Dunne, Michael Hill, Bridgette McDowell, Stewart Day, and Phil Smith. He then moved onto Panic! with Michael Hill and Dennis Surmon which in 2005, became "The Grouse" with Stewart Day, James Meston, Michael Hill, Dennis Surmon, and Dave Rhodes. In 2012 he began playing with "Hollywood Gun Club" with Kev Keilor, Ward Purcell, and Peter Marsella. In 2014 he played with Pete Jenkins band, and subbed in bands with "Kilkenny", Trev Warner, Damien Steele Scott, and Jack Jones.
In 2018 “Virgin Soldiers”, secured a distribution deal with Laneway Music, re-released Self-Titled EP and Album Watching the World. Recorded and released a new live album – “Virgin Soldiers Live at Musicland 2019”. The band performed in Melbourne regularly throughout 2019, and had dates booked through 2020, which of course ended up being postponed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. In 2001 he became a Business owner, Rob’s Drum Shed Teaching Studios, teaching private students in his fully equipped drum studio, specialising in Rudimental Drumming and Contemporary Rock Studies from 1960s to present. Rob is the Education Specialist in the Drum Shop at Derringers Music SA, Co-Director of Adelaide’s only Professional Drumline “The Raiders Drum Corps”. Teaching private Undergraduate students at Tabor College Music Department since 2017. In 2020 he returned to study: Doctor of Philosophy - The Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide, and is writing his thesis on Australian Rock Bands.
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RICK KENT joins me in The Engine Room to discuss his musical journey which began in Adelaide during the 60s Rock 'N' Roll days with The Firebirds who became The Vibrants. The Vibrants moved to Melbourne in 1966, and had several charting hits, "Something About You, Baby", "My Prayer", "Don't Let Your Left Hand Know", and "How Sweet It Is". After leaving the band Rick went on to run his own music schools in Perth, The Perth Jingle Workshop. He then lived in England for two years, and joined popular London band "The Basic Truth". The highlight of his time in England was a world tour with The Osmond Bros, which culminated in a concert at Madison Square Gardens in New York.
Rick returned to Australia in the mid seventies and became involved in the recording side of music, setting up a studio in Adelaide with mobile recording facilities, while playing in a band six nights a week. Some of the artists he recorded during this period were Christie Allen and Men at Work. Rick also did ads for radio and TV, and film scores for the South Australian Film Corp. Rick worked with Lisa Edwards in a band called "Night Shift", the support band for the great Roy Orbison at the Festival Theatre. Rick moved back to Melbourne with singer Lisa Edwards under his management, Lisa later went on to join the Farnham Band. He then spent 2 years with the Channel 9 Band, Brisbane, on the popular "Conway Country" in the early 80's. During this time he also worked major Leagues Clubs and RSL's on the Gold Coast with various other bands. By the middle of the eighties and through most of the nineties, Rick was located in the Byron Bay area, where he taught drums, both privately and in local schools, played with various bands from the area, and worked on several recording projects in different studios, including Big Toe, Music Farm, Star Sound, Ch9, and Suite 16. Rick has played rock, jazz, country, showroom cabaret, backing many famous Australian and International acts including: Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Roy Orbison, Osmond Bros, Del Shannon, Andy Stewart, and Danny La Rue. Rick keeps his hand in playing with country rock band "Deep Creek", and showband "Forever Everly", as well as freelancing with various other acts.
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James Judd has played in many Adelaide bands including: Broken Brick, Ralph Richard Quintet, Gini & The Groove, The Toe Jammers, Sons Of MOD, and The Fleurieu Bluesbreakers. James took a break from music and spent 15 years of that time as a Fully Sponsored Motorcycle Rider, winning around 100 races. He competed mainly in Endurance Races and was a Factory Rider for Honda Australia, competing in Unlimited Championship, Bathurst, and the first Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix in 1989, held at Phillip Island. Since returning to drumming, James has played mainly in Blues bands, and currently plays with the Rock 'n' Roll band The Rhythm Cats, as well as Swinging Surf Sex Gods, Killer Blues Revue (KBR), and Keith Hall And Heathen Soul. Music: Intro "Band It About" written and recorded by Catherine Lambert and Michael Bryant, for the BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series Host/Creator Di Spillane. Outro: "My Phone" performed by The Fleurieu Bluesbreakers who were: the late Brian 'Cowboy' Cain lead vocals and blues harmonica, Ross Brennan guitar and backing vocals, Peter Nixon bass guitar and backing vocals, and James (Jim) Judd on drums. The song is off the album 'The devil lives down my street', which was released in 2018. Please remember to Follow this music interview podcast series so that you don’t miss the next episode. If you have enjoyed listening, please share the link to it with your friends. Use this link to Rate if your chosen podcast listening platform doesn't have that feature: https://ratethispodcast.com/banditabout Band It About can be heard on all of the major podcast listening platforms including: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Anchor and Spotify. If you would like to help support this independent podcast, please use this PayPal link to make a donation: https://paypal.me/banditabout?locale.x=en_AU To contact Band It About: Email: banditabout17@gmail.com Website: https://www.podpage.com/band-it-about-podcast-series/ Follow on Socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BAND-It-ABOUT-Podcast-Series-103410885324059/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/banditaboutpodcastseries/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dispillane?lang=en
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The Engine Room Guest: Laurie Kennedy, has been mentioned in many of my previous interviews due to him having been an in-demand drum teacher and player in South Australia for 40 years. His playing career began in NSW when families gathered together and listened to music shows, drama serials, light entertainment and quiz programs on the radio, Rock 'n' roll was popular in dance halls, and Jazz and Coffee Lounges were The Scene! He has worked with the 'who's who' of the entertainment industry, working in Television, Radio, Musical Theatre, Cabaret, Jazz, Rock, and Orchestral. He has had a truly remarkable musical journey and it was an honour to have him share his story with me. If you enjoy historical stories about the Australian Music Industry, then this episode is definitely for you!
The first professional band that he joined was the 'Warren LeRoy Trio', playing at the El Rocco followed by the 'Macambo Quartet' who were very popular at the Macambo Coffee Lounge, where they had a stint of around 4 years during the early 1960s.
Late in 1965 he joined his one and only Pop Group called The Grape Escape with Brian Godden, Chris Bonett, and singer/songwriter Norma Stoneman. The Grape Escape signed to RCA Records and released a couple of singles with ''The Easy Life'' (Feb 25th 1967) being the most successful, he returned to NSW when the band called it a day.
Laurie worked as a studio drummer at TCN-9 on the Desmond Tester Children's Television show the 'Channel 9- Pins', prior to moving to Adelaide in 1968. In Adelaide he played with the Borodin Quartet at the Paprika Nightclub for 5 years, the band worked 6 nights a week, 7 hours a night! His first teaching job was at Pulteney Grammar School, followed by Blackfriars Priory School, and St Peter's College. In addition, Laurie was an in-demand lecturer in drum, percussion, and rhythm at the Elder Conservatorium, University of Adelaide for 32 years, and lecturer at Noarlunga TAFE for 10 years. He wrote ‘A Guide to Exploring Rhythm - All Instruments and Voice’, among other teaching materials. Laurie lived, played and taught in Adelaide for half his lifetime, returning to live in NSW to be closer to his sons when he retired.
He has accompanied international Jazz and Variety Artists, did many concerts tours and recordings with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, as well as concerts with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Recorded with Don Burroughs, James Morrison, George Golla, Errol Buddle, Ted Nettelbeck, Schmoe (Sylvan Elhay), Andy Sugg, and many others. Backing for local variety acts such as Barry Crocker, Julie Anthony, Ricky May, Glenn Shorrock, Kamal, Judith Durham, and many more. International variety artists include Harry Secombe, Platters, Eartha Kitt, Dick Emery, Cilla Black, Ronnie Corbett, Danny La Rue, and so many more that It is impossible for me to list them all.
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Outro: "Sol Fuego" - Australian Jazz Quintet, Errol Buddle - flute, Bruce Hancock - piano, Ed Gaston - bass and Laurie Kennedy - drums. Recorded at Adelaide Town Hall.
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Steve Todd became a professional musician when he was 19, and has worked in the industry ever since. Born in to a family of entertainers Steve's profession was predestined, his father John Todd was a drummer, his mother a founding member of the 'Ethelton Entertainers' theatre group, and his grandfather a vaudevillian, it was a given that both he and his brother Larry would work in the industry. Steve was taught by Reg Bassett who not only taught him how to play, he taught him how to secure ongoing opportunities within the music industry.
Steve first began playing while in Primary School, both he and Larry played the snare drum that was used to march the students into class everyday. He joined his first (out of school band) 'Bennie & The Jets' while attending High School, and his first major band was 'Centaur' (Adelaide Australia), this band saw him leave Adelaide for the first time, they toured up and down the East Coast. After leaving this band he returned to Adelaide and studied music to gain the reading skills required that would enable him to work as a freelance musician. In 1985 Steve began working for Banksia Productions, this is where he started to work in television and radio. Adelaide had one of the best music scenes in Australia, every TV Station had a House Band, and Steve had regular work during the day in children's television shows, recording and touring with 'Here's Humphrey', 'The Music Shop', 'The Book Place', and 'The Fairies' to name a few. Steve has recorded and toured with children's entertainer Peter Coombe for the past 30 years. He was the House Drummer for 'Pepper Studios', has worked with both the State Theatre Company and the Australian Dance Theatre, and spent 16 years playing with the 'South Australian Police Band'. Steve performed with various bands including 'Goose', and had a 7 year residency at the Grenfell Tavern with 'Mixed Bag'. In 2017 he was invited to join a group of Adelaide musicians who are collectively known as the 'Hindley Street Country Club' (HSCC), they release a cover of an 80s hit song every week, and have become so popular that they have had over 100 million views on YouTube!
Major highlight's of Steve's career include playing percussion with his idols Jon English and Peter Cupples (Stylus), when they toured performing unplugged versions of their hits, and performing "A Little Ray Of Sunshine" with Glenn Shorrock and Brian Cadd.
Personal highlight's performing onstage with his dad, brother, son and nephew, and every time that he gets to perform or record with his son Ben, Ben Todd was the (S2 E15) Engine Room Guest.
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THE 'MURRAY DELTA JUKE JOINT', (formerly 'The Wreckers'), has undergone an amazing transformation since David Lloyd and Greg Button decided to take on the Live Music Venue in 2020. When I interviewed David for The Engine Room (S2E8), he talked a bit about the venue and I wanted to see what it was like, as my band had played at there in 2019. I decided to check it out on the same weekend that "The Fallen Saints" were playing there, I attended the gig on the Saturday night (footage available from gig on my Facebook page and YouTube), and went back on the Sunday to chat with the new venues owners. I would like to thank my partner Nick for being my cameraman for most of the interview, listeners have the choice of podcast or vodcast (video). If you would like to watch this interview please head over to my Band It About YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/h1b1jG-BA1k
Background: Greg and David had their eyes on this venue for a while, having said that if it ever became available they should get it. The opportunity came along at a time when venue owners worldwide were bracing themselves for the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. About half of the world's population was under some form of lockdown by April 2020, government's implemented measures to attempt to slow the spread of the Coronavirus and flatten the curve. Venues were closed, and with no way of knowing how long for, many feared permanent closure. With the C-19 Pandemic crippling the Music Industry overnight, the last thing on most people's minds would be to take on and renovate a Venue, but for Greg and David it was perfect timing, as I discovered during my recent visit to the MDJJ.
The Murray Delta Juke Joint is on the Fleurieu Peninsula, in Australia's first Cittaslow Town, Goolwa. Once a thriving River Port – the last on the Murray River before it reached the Southern Ocean, and the only place in Australia where paddle steamers and steam trains met to carry produce inland for shipping overseas. Greg and David fill me in on some of Goolwa's colourful River Port history; the Goolwa Hotel where the figurehead from the Mozambique, (a ship wrecked off the Coorong coast in 1854) can be seen, and other information leading to me finding out why they named the venue (which is modelled on the juke joints of Louisiana and New Orleans) the Murray Delta Juke Joint!
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Murray Delta Juke Joint: 4 Dowdodd Cres, Goolwa, South Australia. Licensed from Thursday till Sunday, beer, wine, spirits and soft drinks available. Events are advertised on the Murray Delta Juke Joint Facebook page https://m.facebook.com/Mdjukejoint/ A mailing list is available for those wishing to receive upcoming events info. Enquiries and bookings Phone: 0413 160 922
Friendly staff, cosy atmosphere, and Superior Sound, the Murray Delta is sailing towards a Best Live Music Venue Award!
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Moni Lashes (Monica Majcen), mother of 2 and matriarch of the Adelaide, South Australian Rock n Roll band "The Babes" joins me in The Engine Room this week to discuss her musical journey. The Babes who formed in 2011, are: Moni Lashes on drums, her sister Donna D on lead guitar, their brother Corey Stone on bass, and a brother-from-another-mother, JD on lead vocals. Moni has a unique addition to her Pearl Drum Kit drum kit which is partially a Harley Davidson! They have toured extensively throughout Australia, the U.S.A, Japan and the Middle East, playing sold out shows, and recruiting new members to their official fan club, the "Rock n Roll Gang". The Babes have been the main support band for: Ace Frehley (KISS), Sebastian Bach (Skid Row) twice, Girlschool, Cherie Currie (The Runaways), Bulletboys, Venom Inc, Hardcore Superstar twice, LA Guns, Bullet, Faster Pussycat, The Radiators, Dragon and more...
Moni was first taught by her drummer dad Don Dimasi prior to having lessons with in demand drum teacher Laurie Kennedy, at the Noarlunga TAFE. After leaving school she had various jobs including managing the Marion Family Entertainment Centre Store 'Intensity', Politics, 4 years as a Police officer, and as a Drum Teacher prior to the band taking off. The Babes' debut tour of the U.S.A in 2018 included sold out shows at: Whisky A Go-Go supporting LA Guns, featured artists at Cruefest Hollywood Festival at the Whisky A Gogo, performing at Las Vegas' renown Count's Vamp'd twice, seven shows at Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, including 3 sets at TV-famed venue Full Throttle Saloon, which draws 500,000 biker rock n roller lovers, and a live national TV appearance interview and performance on Las Vegas Morning Blend TV program to 2 million viewers. 2019 saw The Babes debut tour of Japan to HUGE energetic crowds in Tokyo, and Kyoto, and they were invited to perform for the troops in the Middle East, performing shows in Iraq to the Allies including USA, Australian, Italian and Swedish soldiers.
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Jazz drummer BEN RILEY joins me in The Engine Room this week to discuss his drumming journey. When in High School Ben was taught by Ray Haughn, who introduced him to the Ted Reed book 'Syncopation For The Modern Drummer', he began having private lessons when he was in year 10 with Laurie Kennedy, and had his first paid gig while in school filling in for Ray Haughn in the band 'Polished Brass'. Ben continued his studies at the Adelaide University under the guidance of lecturer Laurie Kennedy. He met Kym Purling and Tim Bowen during this period, they formed the first Kym Purling Trio. The trio received wide recognition all around Australia and also served as the rhythm section for many of Australia's leading jazz musicians and vocalists. During the mid 90s, he also recorded his first albums, Trio Juice, Catherine Lambert & The Kym Purling Trio, and Let's Swing! Ben was a member of the Kym Purling Trio up until Kym moved to the United States in 1998. Following Kym’s departure in 1998 David McEvoy was recruited, forming the Boss Trio. After graduating from the Elder Conservatorium in 1994, completing a Bachelor of Music majoring in Jazz Performance, Ben travelled overseas to study drums with some of his favorite players including Kenny Washington. During the interview Ben mentions his fascination with Roy Haynes drumming in the "Matrix", which is the second track on the Chick Corea album "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs", and was reinspired during this interview to complete his transcript of it. Here is a link to the song that he is referring to: https://youtu.be/nKuQ6gwbPqk. I look forward to hearing from Ben once he has completed the transcript!
Ben is a member of The Airbenders, a Jazz Organ trio that formed in 2009 as part of the Artist in Residence initiative run by JazzSA. They quickly became one of the most exciting groups to see in Adelaide. Led by Hammond organist Paul White the band also has the incredible James Muller on Guitar, they have been the resident Tuesday night band at The Gilbert Hotel for 9 years!
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Mick Rajan has performed with a number of well established band's within the Adelaide scene for the past 25 years including Just Strait, David Blight and The Flyers, Rob Riley Band, The Jukebox Kings, and Back In Black - A tribute to AC/DC.
David Blight and The Flyers have recently reformed and will be performing at the Semaphore Workers Club on the 27th of June. Tickets available through trybooking. ELEVEN have recently released their debut album "JUST BEFORE ELEVEN" and will be performing next week at the Findon Hotel, Friday June 25th. To purchase the album: https://www.elevenrocks11.com/music
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Outro "Ordinary Day" written by Dave Small and Rob Riley, this song is from The Flyers album "Ascend" which was released in 2006. David Blight (Cold Chisel): Vocals, Harmonica, Dave Small - Guitar, Vocals, Rob Riley (Rose Tattoo): Guitar, Pedal Steel, Vocals, Mick Cooper: Bass Guitar, Vocals, and Mick Rajan: Drums.
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S2 E32 The Engine Room Drummer Andrew Griffiths, Andy started learning drums December 1973, and has over 40 years experience in performing, recording and songwriting throughout Australia, having spent 7 years in Sydney and Melbourne as part of his Professional playing career. His first Adelaide band was the very first Punk/New Wave band in Adelaide "Black Chrome", Simon Stretton - vocals, guitar, Simon Dillon - bass, Andrew Griffiths - drums, Black Chrome played their first gig under the name of Fury on the 27th of July 1975 in the Little Theatre at the Adelaide University.
Alan Griffiths, younger brother of Andrew, joined the band for the second half of 1977 as the vocalist, this enabled Simon Stretton to concentrate fully on playing guitar. Simon then played guitar and sang through the rest of Black Chrome's existence. The band released a single in 1978 Australia's God/We Are Tomorrow.
Andrew Griffiths, is also the internationally recognized author of "Progressive Rock Drumming", which is a comprehensive, lesson by lesson guide covering all aspects of playing drums in a group. Andy shares his name with another Australian author, the other one is famous for writing children's books and when he delivered a drum kit to a local school, he was asked to give a talk to year 7’s on all the books that he had written, as they thought he was the same Andy Griffiths who wrote all the kids books. Andy didn't realise until he was standing in front of the class and was being introduced!
Andy is the owner, manager, and Drum Teacher of 'Frets and Stix Music', which was established in 1992.
Bands summary: Black Chrome 1975-78, Squawk 79-80, Manic Depression 1981, Sidewinder 1981, Matriark 1982, The Dagoes 1983-84, These Elements 1985, Out Of The Blue 1987-90, Rogue Torpedoes 1990-92, Sly Tactics (fill in gigs), Bluestone 1992- 94, Bad Penny 1995- 1996, Blind Tiger 1996-97, Guess throughout the mid 90’s and into the mid 2000’s, New England Stone 1998–2000, name change and line up change to Paintbox 1999 -2001, and has filled in for many others over the years. Currently recording demos of his own new and old unreleased material, with the view to record, release and gig 2021-2022.
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Preview of S2 E32 Andrew Griffiths, author of "Progressive Rock Drumming", Business Owner/ Manager 'Frets & Sticks Music co' Andy joins me in The Engine Room this week to chat about his career. This is a preview of one of Andy's many stories that he tells during his interview. This is part of his memorable gig stories, when he explains how the Adelaide band "The Dagoes" broke up during their gig at "The Tivoli Hotel." The Full Episode will be available to listen to on Saturday 12th of June. Please Follow the BAND IT ABOUT - podcast series so that you don't miss the next episode.
Andy has over 40 years experience in performing, recording and songwriting throughout Australia, having spent 7 years in Sydney and Melbourne as part of his Professional playing career. His first Adelaide band was the very first Punk/New Wave band in Adelaide "Black Chrome", Simon Stretton - vocals, guitar, Simon Dillon - bass, Andrew Griffiths - drums. Alan Griffiths, younger brother of Andrew, joined the band for the second half of 1977 as the vocalist, this enabled Simon Stretton to concentrate fully on playing guitar. Simon then played guitar and sang through the rest of Black Chrome's existence. The band released a single in 1978 Australia's God/We Are Tomorrow.
The Dagoes were a rock band from Adelaide that was the catalyst in 1979 for Doug Thomas to create Greasy Pop Records, Andy was their drummer for one of the bands lineups, and this preview explains how that band broke up.
Andrew Griffiths, is also the internationally recognized author of "Progressive Rock Drumming", which is a comprehensive, lesson by lesson guide covering all aspects of playing drums in a group. Studies on: solos, rolls, fills, and syncopation. Within the three main sections of the book, a lesson by lesson structure has been used to give a clear and carefully graded method of study. Music theory is gradually introduced to help the player understand the material being presented and enable them to create their own rhythms and beats.
Andy is the owner, manager, and Drum Teacher of 'Frets and Stix Music', which was established in 1992, Andy is supported in the shop by his wife Danielle Griffiths and Zak Taylor. The shop is situated south of Adelaide in Reynella, and is dedicated to serving the southern suburbs with high quality service and advice when looking to purchase your first musical instrument, and has built a reputation for providing great after sales service for over 28 years.
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Update 1: When I first interviewed Joe Turtur it was just before he was to go into hospital to have part of his colon removed. Joe had T3 Colon Cancer, and was not given a guarantee that he would wake up from the surgery. Thankfully Joe did wake up, he spent 17 days in hospital, and has been living with a Ileostomy Bag while his colon recovers from the surgery. Joe is looking forward to having the bag removed on June 24th, he has had 2 pathology reports back advising that he no longer has cancer which is fantastic news.
Update 2: Joe had recovered enough to work at this years BLUESFEST in April, unfortunately due to one local case of transmission, which happened less than 24 hours before the gates were due to open, the festival was shutdown by Public Health Order, this sent shockwaves through our Music industry and traumatised everyone who had been working on presenting BLUESFEST. Six weeks later, BLUESFEST was re-scheduled, the festival will be held in October with a full lineup of the absolute best Australian artists, and Joe will be back feeling fitter and healthier. This October, BLUESFEST will be the first major festival to return, since COVID-19 struck, with a multi-day, multi-stage, camping event and almost all the artists due to play at Easter will return to play, with the addition of MIDNIGHT OIL, who will be headlining the opening Friday night. Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.bluesfest.com.au/tickets/
Update 3: Joe Turtur has been sacked from his 80s Metal Band HEAVEN, as a result of his initial BAND IT ABOUT Interview, and had to find out this shocking news via Social Media! Joe explains what happened during this interview, and I rewind back to the comment that led to him being sacked. I believe that this was extremely unfair, and I look forward to hearing what my listeners think about this turn of events. Joe has plans for a new band, which he talks about during this interview.
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Sue Filmer joins me this week in The Engine Room to discuss her musical journey which began with Sue being a trained dancer. Sue was born in New South Wales and moved to Adelaide when she was 20 to attend the only Contemporary Dance Course on offer in Australia at the time, which was at Flinders University. Sue worked in various jobs while studying and at one stage was employed to dance at events in Adelaide, prior to joining her first band 'Click Clack' as a percussionist.
Sue has always loved music, right from her earliest memories of going to see her father who was a professional musician in NSW, performing with the Elizabethan Orchestra, Jazz with Jim Barnard, Black & White Minstrel Shows, Big Bands, Opera's and Ballets. Sue took up percussion in her 20s, she was sharing a house with musicians and wanted to be able to jam with them, so she began having lessons with Jim Bailey. Sue continued to play with various bands until taking time off to raise her 2 daughters. In 2016 after being encouraged by her husband and brother to start drumming again, Sue and her husband Danny began performing together as the Duo SUEDAN. The duo perform Blues/Roots and World Music, they also run an Open Mic once a month at the Ekhidna Winery, McLaren Vale.
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Sue Filmer joins me this week in The Engine Room to discuss her musical journey which began with Sue being a trained dancer. This is a preview of Sue sharing a story from when she used to be employed to dance at events in Adelaide, prior to joining her first band as a percussionist.
The full episode will be available on Saturday May 29th at 9am (Adelaide, South Australia.) Sue has always loved music, right from her earliest memories of going to see her father who was a professional musician in NSW, performing with the Elizabethan Orchestra, Jazz with Jim Barnard, Black & White Minstrel Shows, Big Bands, Opera's and Ballets. Sue herself is a trained dancer, who moved to Adelaide when she was 20, to attend the Contemporary Dance Course at Flinders University. Sue took up percussion in her 20s with Jim Bailey, and switched from dancing at music events to playing in bands. In 2016 Sue and her husband Danny began performing together as the Duo SUEDAN.
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S2 E29 PAUL JIMMY SHARMAN Part 2. Paul miraculously manages to mention all of the following people: his wife Tracey, Bette Midler, Steve and Ben Todd, Steve Prestwich, Satisfaction band members plus Nigel Bourne, Louise Pearson, Peter Kershaw, Tonkin Family, Mark Meyer, Mario Marino, Bobby Keys, Rolling Stones, Royal Crown Revue, Jeff Algra, ABC's Snowflake podcast, Daniel Glass, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, a shout-out to Enrico Morena, and I get to ask the occasional question! We also have a great discussion regarding the local music industry.
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Paul Sharman had a happy childhood despite growing up poor, living on an old farm, situated on largely arid land. Since joining his first band in High School, Paul has been involved in the South Australian music scene ever since. Drumming in a variety of bands, managing, and promoting his, as well as other bands. Paul is one of the few remaining original members of the highly successful and longest running 'Rolling Stones' tributes in Australia, 'SATISFACTION - THE STONES SHOW' and he doesn't look anywhere near retiring from the music industry yet. Paul owns the Best Man Cave in Australia also known as the Voodoo Lounge Rehearsal Studio, and has recently been appointed Artist Relationship Manager for ZILLI CYMBALS. Part 1 Paul's childhood, early musical beginnings, the defining moment when Paul decided to step up and manage the band. We also discuss the importance of having a supportive family when pursuing a career in music, and the Biggest Gig that he almost got to play. Paul is in the motions of forming a stronger united musical community here in South Australia. COVID-19 and the ongoing impact on musicians in Australia.
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Ken Chenery moved to Adelaide with his parents when he was 10. In 1969, Ken began playing with popular local bands, during a period when the live music scene was vibrant in South Australia. The musical talent were kept busy, performing, creating, and entertaining the audiences that would regularly attend one of the many live music venues, some of which hosted live music events every night of the week. It is remarkable to reflect back to the days when there were so many gigs on at so many venues, that there was a need for a newspaper, one that's main purpose was for venue's to advertise their up coming shows.
Ken played in working bands as soon as he left high school, bands that had residencies at popular venues such as the the Waverley Hotel, and the highly desired Saturday night residency at The Arkaba Hotel. Sadly our once exciting creative scene wasn't supported as well as it could have been by our state government, the growing shortage of professional opportunities in Adelaide, saw many of our best musicians head off to the Eastern states to chase their dreams of becoming a professional working musician. Ken also made the move to Melbourne, but it wasn't to chase that dream. Ken was furthering his education which had begun at Flinders University. Ken moved to Melbourne to attend Melbourne University, where he completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Optometry, graduating in 1974.
Ken juggled playing whilst working in his profession whenever possible. After working in corporate optometry for many years he set up as an independent in 1984 in Prospect, then shifted his business to the heart of the city shopping precinct in 1998 to Design Eyewear, in Gawler Place. His interest in therapeutic optometry led to further studies in this area through the State University of New York in 1994, and later via the University of New South Wales in 2013. Ken managed to not only further his education overseas, he also managed to go on a tour of discovery, seeing some of his favorite bands play live, including the American R&B-based horn section and band, the "Tower Of Power", which was the band that had been a major influence in his musical journey. Ken currently works as a tutor, and is the drummer in the Adelaide Soul/Funk Band, The New Soul Traders - with Catherine Lambert, and The Old Mates Band in which he plays with people that he has met and remained friends with throughout his career.
Ken has provided 2 original songs for use in his podcast interview, they are "When are you coming home" and "Dee Dup"
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I interviewed Darren Lee 5 days before the very sad passing of the "Bay City Rollers" lead singer Les McKeown. After learning of this I contacted Darren to see if he still wanted his interview to be released, given the fact that he obviously talks about being the "Bay City Rollers" drummer. Darren appreciated being given the choice and decided to still go ahead with it knowing that Les would have wanted him to. Les was the sort of person who enjoyed promoting his fellow band members and would want Darren to go on as if he were still here. Darren has generously provided some recordings from the last tour that they were on in Canada in March 2020, the band was part way through this tour when the remaining dates were cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, sadly this tour which was to recommence in the UK in July 2021, will no longer be going ahead.
Darren was born in the UK and began playing drums in bands while living in Adelaide, South Australia. He decided to move back to the UK 15 years ago to pursue his career as a professional touring and session drummer. Darren shares many great stories throughout his interview, including the story about his first tour to Germany as Gwyn Ashton's drummer, and how that tour was to eventually lead to him becoming the drummer for the "Bay City Rollers" many years later!
Music: throughout this interview you will hear Darren playing live with the "Bay City Rollers", songs include "Bye Bye Baby", "Let's Go", "Remember", "All Of Me" and "Shang-A-Lang." Darren also plays with 2 other original bands and has provided a song from each, both are played during the interview. "Queen Of The Ride" by Weapon UK and "Ghost Hound Rider" by Mike Ross.
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During the interview I ask Darren what it's like Touring with Les McKeown's "BAY CITY ROLLERS", this is part of his response. The full interview will be available to listen to tomorrow morning, Saturday May 1st from 9am (Adelaide, South Australian time.)
I recorded this interview on April 15, Darren absolutely Loved being in the "BAY CITY ROLLERS", and sadly with the recent passing of Les McKeown on the 20th of April, this has now come to an end.
Darren has provided music from the last "Bay City Rollers" Tour, which was in Canada in March 2020, the Tour was cut short due to the worldwide shutdowns as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The "BAY CITY ROLLERS" were due to Tour the UK in July 2021, unfortunately this will no longer be possible.
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This interview is a must for Live Music Venue owners and musicians who are interested in finding out more about their own return to live music events and concerts once their countries current social distancing measures are relaxed. It will give many a realistic insight into just how long it will be before you can expect to get back to any sort of normal and what that new normal will look like. At the start of the pandemic we hoped it would be a lot sooner than the reality. On the 26th of April, 2020, I released an episode about the fact that one major Live Music Venue's had the means to survive the lockdown for at best another 4 months, before having no choice but to shut it's doors for good. The interview was with Richard Tonkin, one of the family members that own and run The Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, referred to as The Gov by locals. The Gov is home to a large eclectic group of musical acts, and is the venue that International and Interstate Bands who don't pull the big crowds to fill the Entertainment Centre, come to play. If The Gov were to close, it would mean that our state would lose out on a lot of great entertainment, and that is the last thing that a UNESCO City of Music wants to see happen. After that interview I searched for a solution, it seemed that any kind of substantial assistance was going to be too far away to be of any help to this venue. Where other venues have other means to stay afloat, by the way of selling take away food and drinks, or pokies, The Gov didn't have anything. They are a dedicated Live Music Venue, and it is the touring acts and the money that those acts bring in to the venue, that enables them to be able to afford to have all of the other small groups play in their venue. I decided to write a petition to the South Australian State Government to make them aware of the situation, so I looked at what was available and I chose to do it on Change.org where others had written petitions to the government previously. I knew that for a petition to be even considered, I would have to have a reasonable amount of signatures. I decided to set the goal at 10,000, and once I had reached that I would take the petition and all of the signatures and messages of support in to the South Australian Premier's office and deliver it to the Premier, The Hon Steven Marshall. I combined the petition with information and a video to attract attention, and posted it on my Band It About Facebook Page on the 29th of April. I then proceeded to share it with other music related groups on Facebook. The petition didn't take long to start receiving public support, at one stage I recall that it was getting signed at a rate of 77 per hour, it was going viral, and was not only being signed by people in Australia, it had reached and was being supported by people all around the globe! I knew that there was not going to be a problem getting to 10,000. I was only 1,359 signatures away from reaching my goal when I received the news that I could close the petition. The State Government had contacted the venue owners to arrange a time to begin discussions, which resulted in The Gov receiving a Grant of $300,000! Today I have invited another member of the Tonkin family to chat about what it has been like to survive and operate a Live Music Venue throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic, my guest is Melissa Tonkin. If you would like to read the petition you can do so via this link: http://change.org/SavetheGov If you would like to assist me to continue to do this podcast, you can do so by buying a $5 cup of coffee ☕ via this link: The Band It About podcast series can be heard on all of the major podcast listening platforms including Apple podcasts, Spotify, Google podcasts and Anchor. If you would like to contact me you can do so via email at banditabout17@gmail.com Band It About website: https://www.podpage.com/band-it-about-podcast-series/ Band It About Socials https://www.facebook.com/allowmetoguideyoutothegig https://twitter.com/dispillane
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We are rewinding the Engine Room back to Episodes 6 to 10 to replay the last segment of the show 20 questions in 2 minutes.
First up is E6 the Funny Funky Monks Australian Red Hot Chilli Peppers Drummer, Nick Romano who speaks that fast at times that I misheard one of his answers thinking that he had told me that he was his favorite RHCP drummer, it eventually clicked that he had said Chad Smith!
Next up is E7 (part1) Mark Meyer, who ends up correcting me after I messed up asking one of his questions, thanks Mark, no wonder he's been in demand for so many years, he is certainly on the ball!
Then it is the Boogie Man, E8 David Lloyd's turn, and I am pleased to say that we got through without any mishaps.
Kyrie Anderson E9 is the next in line, and she really did seem to take the game on with determination to succeed, a trait that has resulted in her being an in demand drummer no doubt!
And last, but certainly not least, it's the cool cat himself, E10 Jeff Algra's turn to play. I made sure that he had a few "feline" questions ready to get him laughing, which it certainly did! FYI Jess loves cat's so much that he posts a picture of one everyday on Facebook!
I have added in a few sound effects again to add to the fun of the segments being strung together, and as nobody commented about not liking it last week I figured that it must be okay.
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It is amazing how much you can find out about a person when you ask them 20 quick, random questions. Have you ever wondered why I end the show by playing 20 questions? Are you now thinking, 20 questions, I didn’t know that you even did that? Well this is the episode that will give you the answers.
Today I rewind to the start of the second series, to hear Dieter (Audio Reign), Mardi Hogan (Instagram's Mother Drummer), Enrico Mick Morena (AMC SA Music Hall of Fame/Kate Ceberano/Master of Musical Performance) Adelaide's most popular drummer in this series Mario Marino (Lazy Eye, Hindley Street Country Club (HSCC)), and Peter Kershaw (The Daisies) play 20 questions.
I really enjoy doing this section with my guests, we have a lot of laughs, and they have all had fun playing. It is interesting to hear how my ability to ask 20 questions in 2 minute's has improved along the way. Unless you have tried to do this yourself you don't realise how hard it is to ask questions quickly when you are trying to listen to them answer the previous one and be ready for the next question, especially when you are laughing at what they have just said, or really fascinated by their answer. I challenge anyone not to laugh when someone answers your question "what is the most useless skill that you have" with Farting!
Astute listener's will notice that I have added the stopwatch sound effect to these earlier episodes, as well as a few other sound effects to add to the humor and make it even more entertaining. This week is a much shorter show, giving those who haven't been able to listen to all of the episodes time to catch up.
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Travis Dragani is the Band It About - podcast series 'Engine Room' guest this week. Travis has always known what he wanted to do for a career, he was given his first kit when he was 3 years old and has continued to play drums ever since. His career started in Adelaide where he played with many bands, prior to making the decision to move to Melbourne and improve his professional career opportunities. Maeder were a big band at the time, and it was with Maeder that he had his first taste of Touring Europe with an original band.
Travis has since gone on to play, tour and record with many great Rock and Hard Rock bands and artists including: The Superjesus, Palace Of The King, Get Right With Your Maker, Chocolate Starfish, Baby Animals, Mere Machine, Emergency Rule, Angels Of Gung-Ho, Six Hours, Hills & Trains and many, many more.
Travis shares many great stories including; the Indonesia Tour with Mike Tramp (White Lion), where they performed to crowds of up to 90,000 people a night! Travis completes the 'Chad Smith' (Red Hot Chilli Peppers) story that John Reynolds started, and John Stephens added more information to during their interviews, so make sure you hang around for that one! Who will Travis name for his Top 3 local drummers?
Music: Travis has chosen to have his band Emergency Rule open the episode with "The Hook" and "The Impossible" by The Superjesus to close.
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Travis Dragani joins Band It About podcast series host Di Spillane, in The Engine Room this weekend. Don't miss hearing Travis share his journey to becoming one of the busiest drummers on the Australian music scene. He has performed all over Australia, Europe, USA, Indonesia & UAE. Travis has played drums for and toured with the following bands and artists.
The Superjesus 2019 - National Australian Tour in support of the new single, The Impossible. Toured Brazil performing in Sao Paulo & Juqueí Beach. Toured nationally on the Under The Southern Stars Festival. 2018 - 25 date national tour in support of the 20th anniversary of the debut album Sumo. Toured Australia on the Hotter Than Hell festivals. Palace Of The King 2018 5 week tour of Europe over 9 countries in support of the bands third album, 'Get Right With Your Maker'. 2017 National tour with The Screaming Jets & Baby Animals. 2016 6 week European tour in support of their second album, Valles Marineris including a run of supports with Airbourne to sold out crowds in London and France. National tour supporting Buckcherry. National tour supporting Baby Animals. National tour supporting The Angels. In the space of 5 years, POTK performed over 400 shows nationally & internationally! Chocolate Starfish Performing Chocolate Starfish songs along with their Bat Out Of Hell show. Baby Animals Toured with the multiple ARIA Award winning Baby Animals on the 2016 Australian Def Leppard tour and the 2016 Day On The Green tour. Emergency Rule EP Released. Supported Corrosion of Conformity on their Australian Tour. Toured East Coast Of Australia in late 2015. Supported Corrosion of Conformity on their 2020 Australian Tour. Bruce Kulick (Kiss/Grand Funk Railroad) Two Australian Tours. The Superjesus are opening for KISS late 2021! Mike Tramp (White Lion) Australian & Indonesian Tours performing to up to 90,000 people a night. Angels Of Gung-Ho EP Fire in The Sea recently released. Supported The Superjesus on their return show and following reunion tour as well as numerous east coast tours of Australia. Maeder Self Titled album Released in Australia and Europe on Locomotive Records. Numerous Australian Tours including supporting Judas Priest and 2 European tours. Six Hours Toured Australia supporting Alice Cooper, Sebastian Bach (Skid Row), Suzi Quattro, Paul Stanley (Kiss), Peter Frampton. Hills & Trains Album & EP Released. Support shows with Seal, James Reyne, The Angels, Daryl Braithwaite, Jon Stevens, The Badloves and numerous Australian acts. Hills & Trains headed into the studio in July 2013 to record their debut album, 'Winterbourne' with acclaimed producer Liam Judson which was released mid 2014. Played with Orchestra Victoria at 'A Night With Queen' performing Queen songs. Crying Sirens - EP Released. Travis lived in Dubai playing 6 nights a week at the Hard Rock Café followed by 9 months in Indonesia performing at two Shangri La Hotels performing 6 nights a week. https://www.facebook.com/travisdragani #musicpodcast
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Eli Green had no desire to play the drums when he first started, his mother signed him up for lessons as a distraction while his parents were separating, and although he enjoyed the lessons and friendship that developed with his drum teacher, Eli eventually stopped playing.
It wasn’t until years later when his school friends told him that they were starting a band and insisted on him being their drummer, that the initial spark would alight, igniting his desire to play, leading him on a musical journey that resulted in him becoming a professional musician and an in demand session drummer, touring drummer and music educator.
Eli shares some hilarious memorable gig stories, discusses his very early connection with ‘The Mark of Cain’ where he is possibly most well known from having been their touring drummer since 2013.
Eli shares his amazing story about how he posting a demo to triple j on a whim, and how that resulted in his band ‘Life Pilot’ being played on-air that week, and he just so happened to put the radio on in time to hear them talking about him! Eli then discusses how that exposure raised Life Pilots' popularity leading to them winning the triple j Unearthed competition in 2013 and opening the Soundwave Festival in Adelaide, where they shared the stage with bands that had influenced their careers, including 'Linkin Park', 'Blink-182' and 'Metallica'!
Music: both the intro and outro are original songs written and performed by Life Pilot, "Pretty Like A Pistol" and "Dark, Dark, Goose", both songs were released as singles in 2019.
To read more about 'Life Pilot' here is a link to their website: https://linktr.ee/lifepilotband
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Adelaide drummer Eli Green joins me this week in The Engine Room S2E20 to discuss his amazing career. Eli is the drummer for Life Pilot, the touring drummer for a band that first formed in the 80s, many years prior to Eli being born, he joined The Mark of Cain in 2013 and has been their touring drummer ever since. Eli has recorded and toured with many solo artists and works regularly as a professional session drummer and music educator. Eli shares many memorable gig stories from performances with 'Life Pilot' and as the touring drummer for 'The Mark of Cain'. He also shares a fabulous story about how his original band Life Pilot receiving triple j AirPlay and how that kicked off their popularity and led to the band winning the triple j Unearthed competition which won them the opening act spot at the SoundWave Music Festival in Adelaide. This is one interview that you definitely Do Not want to miss! Band It About releases a new episode every Saturday morning. Please remember to Subscribe or Follow to ensure that you are notified when the next episode becomes available. Thanks for listening! Android user's use this link: http://www.subscribeonandroid.com/anchor.fm/s/10a6ecfc/podcast/rss For iPhone user's use this link: https://ratethispodcast.com/banditabout Other useful links: Help to support this podcast by buying the host a coffee ☕ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/BANDIT Listen on Apple podcasts Listen on Google podcasts Listen on Spotify https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/band-it-about-podcast-series https://www.podpage.com/band-it-about-podcast-series/ https://ratethispodcast.com/banditabout https://www.instagram.com/banditaboutpodcastseries/ https://www.facebook.com/allowmetoguideyoutothegig https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhg0WMgLVQYhLjgcWNQYKrg63Vh5suSfX Email: banditabout17@gmail.com
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Adelaide drummer and former John Reynolds Music City Manager, John Stephens, joins me this week to share stories from his music career, taking us on a journey filled with his fabulous memories from the entertainment scene in Adelaide from the 50's right through to recent years. John has lived a life that most wouldn't even dream of, rubbing shoulders with, meeting and forming relations with the right people in the business, growing and adding to his list of contacts within the music industry all over the globe. John has that many amazing stories that it is impossible to include all of them in a podcast, if anyone should write a book about the Australian Music Scene, John definitely should!
As with all of the interviews, we start with John's childhood, his mother was a 'Bellchambers', his parents ran the Bellchambers radio, electrical and music store, which was situated in the heart of the City. The store gave John access to all the records that he could ever want, his love and knowledge of music was essentially born at this store. It provided his with the opportunity to meet every famous band and artist which included local, national, and international acts. The external business opportunities that grew from owning 'The music store in the City of Adelaide, included Security staff, ushers, and drivers to work at all of the major shows that came to Adelaide, all of the major entertainment arenas that have come and gone throughout his life. John even has a picture of himself as a child standing at the front near the Beatles when they came to Adelaide in 1964 and played 4 concerts at Centennial Hall, at the Wayville Showgrounds.
Many of you would know John as the former drum teacher, drum repairer, and drum shop manager of the iconic 'John Reynolds Music City' store, where he worked from 1978 until it closed in 2013. John organised and coordinated all of the drum clinics which attracted some of the biggest names in drumming from around the world and put the John Reynolds store on the map. John shares some of his memories and funny stories from the store and the second part to the 'Chad Smith' Red Hot Chilli Peppers drummer story that John Reynolds started in his interview.
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Music: John has chosen 2 songs that were recorded at the 'Southern Jazz Club', where he regularly plays with various line-ups. Intro is "Hey Good Looking" written by Hank Williams, performed by the 'Twilight Syncopators', and the outro is John performing the fabulous drum solo from "Caravan" which was composed by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington. Performed at the Southern Jazz Club with 'Bill Polain's Fidgety Feet.'
Links: John Stephens Facebook Southern Jazz Club YouTube
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Adelaide born drummer John Yacka joins me this week to discuss his career. John's first major original band was 'Ironhorse' who began performing in 1980, and within four years had won a reputation as one of Adelaide's most devoutly supported acts. The bands first major gig was on November 30th 1984 when they supported 'Deep Purple' at Memorial Drive during DP's "Perfect Strangers" Tour. Despite their popularity around the country, they were unable to get signed by a major label. John discusses getting knocked back by Michael Gudinski's promotions manager for Mushroom Records Michelle Higgins, due to the fact that she didn't like the look of the band, and didn't think that they would be a good fit for the label. When the band released it's first self financed album in 1986 it became an enduring chart hit.
The band set attendance records at their live performances and also surprised the critics when their debut album “Lost Weekend” soared up the commercial airplay charts with a Number 5 album locally and number 54 on the National Charts (Kent Report). Through constant touring throughout Australia, this band earned a reputation nationally and shared the stage as support to a variety of International musicians – BB King, Deep Purple, Joe Walsh, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Johnny Winter & Canned Heat. After a ten year span key member David Stone left for a spell and Ironhorse took a break.
The rest of the members continued to tour under the name of “The Hurricanes” and eventually released an Album under the guise of 'Cosmic Desert' with James Burchell on main vocals. More recently the band has reverted back to the Ironhorse flag for a couple of reunion shows. The most watched video on my Band It About YouTube channel is Ironhorse performing the "Train Song" at the first reunion show, which was held at the Para Hills Community Club. Here is the link to that video: IronHorse "Train Song" YouTube
‘Cosmic Storm’ launched its debut album “Nobody’s Fool” at the Adelaide Festival Centre, and to an extent also launched the band. They have open for international acts such as Deep Purple in 2006, Status Quo, and Paul Stanley at the iconic ‘Thebarton Theatre’, as well as supporting other great Aussie music legends. Cosmic Storm created interest on the US music market with their “Nobody’s Fool" album. The band had concerns that the variety of material on the album may have worked against them in the US, but it became an asset, as it was the diversity of the music on the album that stood out above other choices.
Lily and the Drum is a bluesy, roots, rock & soul duo featuring vocalist, guitarist Lily Higgins, and John on percussion, harmonica & backing vocals. Their shows have been described as “Honest, raw and energetic” and “A guitar and drum duo with an exciting rich melodic sound." Following the success of their debut album “Nobody Just Like Me”, along with their subsequent albums "Welcome Change", "Buried in Blue" and "This Is Right Now", the duo has constantly toured throughout Australia, until having to cancel last year due to C-19. They have performed at numerous Music Festivals throughout Australia, opening for high profile artists such as ‘The Black Sorrows’, ‘Mental as Anything’ and ‘Tex Perkins. They captured the attention of the music community with four of their releases making the Top 25 on the Australian Blues and Roots National Airplay Charts.
John has kindly allowed me to use 2 of his songs for this interview, "Midnite Confusion" by Ironhorse and "No More" by Lily And The Drum. All of John's bands info, albums and social links can be located here: https://www.lilyandthedrum.com.au/
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Listen to Mark's first interview E7 first. I recently caught up with Mark after one of his gigs, we chatted about his first Engine Room interview, he mentioned that there was a lot that he did not touch on, so I was delighted when he suggested that we arrange a time to record part 2. In this interview Mark reflects on the incredibly talented musicians that he has met, worked with, and formed friendships with, throughout his career as a session musician in more detail.
Mark chats about joining Stylus and the band being signed to Motown, working with Daddy Cool's guitarist Ross Hannaford, performing in Melbourne with Ross’s band Lucky Dog, and how that led to his fondest recording memory with Mark Gillespie on his “Only Human” and “Sweet Nothing” albums. He retouched on his time touring with Marcia Hines and recording and touring with Richard Clapton and Moving Pictures, and how one of his Sydney band Chasin’ The Train gigs ended up leading to Mark touring with the Divinyls in 1992.
Other artists that Mark has recorded and or toured with mentioned in this interview are Jenny Morris, Wendy Mathews, Jon English, Lee Kernaghan, Elvis The Musical, The New Rocky Horror Show with Craig McLaughlin. Mark also talks about his interesting experience during the 9 weeks that he toured Australia with the Divinyls in 1992 and why he decided not to continue with that tour when they went to the USA.
When Mark finished touring with the Divinyls he received a call from Garth Porter who asked him if he would be interested in recording on the young country artist Lee Kernaghan's debut album. Mark agreed to do the album “The Outback Club” and was given ½ a percent as part of the payment. The ARIA award winning debut album was a huge success reaching 2 x Platinum which meant that his ½ a percent earned Mark $20K! Mark continued to record and tour for a few years with Lee, and after the success of the first album, Mark became extremely popular within the Country Music scene recording somewhere in the vicinity of 250 albums with various country artists including Gina Jeffreys, Troy Cassar-Daley and James Blundell.
Mark chose the following tracks for his interview, "Spellbound" Richard Clapton's "Best Years" album, & "Only Human" Mark Gillespie
Links: mark gillespie only human full album Mark Gillespie “Sweet Nothing” album Lee Kernaghan - The 25th Anniversary Album
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S2 E27 THE LOVE MUSSELS are an Adelaide psychedelic rock band who originally formed in 1994, they released their first album "Dirty World" the same year, followed by a few more releases until the band disappeared in 2006. The band reformed in 2019 and recorded the "It's All Relative - Redux", which was released in October 2020. During the interview (recorded in 'Mussel Manor'), the band discuses' the album as well as their upcoming Adelaide Fringe show on March 13th, 2021 at Diverse-City Adelaide at 8pm, where they will be performing the album. This is quite a fun interview with lots of banter around the topics of seafood and Einstein, followed by the band performing 2 songs in 'Mussel Central', "Somebody Get Me A Gun" which is on the latest album, and "Driving Albert's Brain" which is yet to be released. All songs are written by Brett Sody and Kym Winter, and performed by The Love Mussels. This bonus episode is the first Band It About vodcast interview, to watch this video please go to: YouTube- Band It About - vodcast interview The Love Mussel. Please Like the video and subscribe to my channel while you are there. Band website: www.lovemussels.com.au The Love Mussels songs played (in the background) during this interview are: "Dirty World" off of the "Dirty World" album, "The Long Divide", "Tail Wags The Dog", "Space And Time", "When Einstein Met Tagore", "Mileva", "Up In The Queue", and "New Horizon" are all off of the "It's All Relative - Redux" album, released in 2020. The live performance songs are "Somebody Get Me A Gun" also off of the "It's All Relative - Redux" album, and "Driving Albert's Brain" which is yet to be released. The Love Mussels band members are: Brett Sody - Guitar, Vocals & Keyboards, Kym Winter - Dewhirst - Guitar, Vocals & Keyboards, Denis (the preacher) Surmon - Bass and Liv Bafile - Drums. Liv has also recorded a Band It About - podcast series interview with me for season 2 The Engine Room (S2E16) https://ratethispodcast.com/banditabout Please feel free to message me if you have any ideas or requests for future Band It About podcast/vodcast guests, and make sure that you subscribe, follow, rate, comment, or leave a voice message to help this series to reach more people who enjoy music interview podcasts. Thanks for listening. https://anchor.fm/dianne-spillane, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, RadioPublic, Anchor, Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Castbox, Breaker, Stitcher and Vurbl. #thelovemussels #AdelaideFringe #BandItAbout #musicinterviewvodcast #musicvodcast #musicinterviewpodcast #musicpodcast #podcastinterview #podcasts #Einstein #musicindustry #Adelaide #SouthAustralia #UNESCO #originalmusic #psychedelicrock #rockmusic #sodypop
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Adelaide drummer Liv Bafile is this weeks Engine Room guest. I must thank Pete Kershaw for suggesting that I interview Liv, if it were left up to Liv I doubt that this would have happened as Liv is quite shy and didn't think that he had a story worth sharing. I beg to differ, as I am sure that you will too! Liv has been in many original bands as well as some very popular cover bands throughout his drumming career, and was an absolute pleasure to chat to. A bonus to doing this interview was that I have also recorded my very first Band It About Vodcast with Liv and an original band that he is in 'The Love Mussels.' This band released their first album in 1994, followed by a few more releases until suddenly disappearing for 15 years. The band got back together and recorded new material in 2019, and they were set to do an album launch in March 2020, when Covid hit and we went in to lockdown.
Music: Intro "Song X" by 'Vegans In Leather", off of the "Purple Heart" album, released in 2001. Outro "Tomorrow" written by Andy Armstrong & Marta Bayly. This song is off of the album "Harmony Of One", Liv plays on both tracks and has given his permission for both songs to be included in his interview.
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Adelaide drummer Ben Todd began playing drums at the age of 3, adding to an already large family of drummers (3 generations to be exact!) His first introduction to the instrument was from his father Steve who worked as a freelance musician. After leaving high school, Ben quickly became established in the Adelaide music community and began work in sessions, musicals and corporate bands, as well as conducting drum clinics and workshops both in SA and interstate. Ben sent his first audition tape when he was 15, and continued to send through updates every 6 months or so until finally securing his first contract when he was 19 with the internationally acclaimed "Cirque du Soleil". Ben has toured the world with Cirque as a featured drummer, percussionist and now bandleader with 3 of their shows, "CORTEO", "KOOZA" and most recently "VOLTA". Prior to joining Cirque, Ben performed with a wide range of artists back in Australia including Kate Ceberano, Paulini, Ben Folds, Doug Parkinson, Rhonda Burchmore, James Morrison, David Campbell, Barry Humphries and Glen Shorrock, as well as playing in the pit orchestras for many musical theatre shows including the Australia/NZ tour of Cats, and the Adelaide productions of Miss Saigon, Grease, Metro Street and The Candyman.
Music: Intro "Like Kids" artist Cirque du Soleil album VOLTA, Outro "What's Up?" written by Ben Todd, the song was released in 2020 on Ben's album Memento and features Ben Todd - Drums and Percussion, Marty Holoubek - Bass, Mark Lettieri - Guitar, Paul White - Keyboards, Miron Rafajlovic - Trumpet, Ben Harrison - Saxophone, and Steve Todd - Percussion.
Links: https://www.cirquedusoleil.com/press/kits/shows/volta Ben Todd Memento
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Adelaide drummer Bradley Polain was always going to be a musician, after all his father Bill Polain and both of his brothers were drummers, and his mother Charmaine a pianist, his entire family was heavily involved in the Brass band scene. Brad's musical journey has taken him from the weekly Brass Band rehearsal at the Enfield Band Hall to playing at the London Palladium with the Zepp Boys backed by a 35 piece orchestra. His first (non brass) band after leaving school was with Catherine Lambert and the Hep Hounds, and went on to join many other well known bands over the years. Bradley has toured and recorded with bands nationally and internationally, with 2 of the USA recording sessions leading to both albums winning major awards. Bradley has a fabulous sense of humour and was an absolute delight to chat to and listeners are in for a special treat as Bradley has given me one of his original songs "Fooled Again" to play for you all. "Fooled Again" featues Bradley Polain (drums/vocals), James Muller (guitar), Damien Steele Scott (bass), and Paul White (keys), it's a great song that hopefully he will release at some stage in the not too distant future!
Music; intro "Walking on the Moon" performed by the Hindley Street Country Club (HSCC), the original version of this song was written by Gordon Sumner (Sting) and it was released on The Police album "Reggatta de Blanc" in 1979. Outro is "Fooled Again" written by Bradley Polain.
Links: Billy Hyde Music - Adelaide store 118 Richmond Rd, Marleston, Bradley is the Drum Department Manager and Mario Marino is also working (part-time) in this brand new store with him. Bradley is endorsed by Zildjian and is a Ludwig Drums Australia artist.
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John Reynolds is a South Australian icon, and one of the nicest gentleman that you could possibly chat with. John discusses his career as a performer with the Dominoes and the Frank Sebastian Entertainment Revue (among others), as well as what led to him starting his business in 1968 with $400, a business that would go on to play a part in many South Australian drummers’ careers, supplying, teaching, recording, and employing. John was recognised for his contribution towards the South Australian music scene in 2015 when he was inducted into the AMC Hall of Fame. The John Reynolds Music City Store has now sadly closed, but thankfully John kindly agreed to be interviewed and shares many wonderful stories with me during this chat. John has lived a remarkable life, a life led by the motto "there's no such thing as can't!" If you grew up in, or were a part of the Adelaide music scene during the 60s and 70s, this interview will be a walk down memory lane for you!
The music used in this interview was recorded on February 7th, 2021 when John played a set with the John Stevens Jazz Band at the Tea Tree Gully RSL. The song "Calypso" was written by Tommy Flanagan February 4, 1977 and was released on the "Calypso" Album in 1980, performed by pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist George Mraz, and drummer Elvin Jones.
Links for this episode: to watch the video of John performing John Reynolds "Calypso" video, John Reynolds Facebook, Foxtail Houseboats
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Adelaide born drummer Joe Turtur had a quick rise to fame in the early '80s, with the band Heaven, who were signed to a determined little indie label called Deluxe, also home to a young bunch of hopefuls called INXS. Heaven who changed their name from Fat Lip, looked like they just might be the next AC/DC. Their singer Alan Fryer had, in fact, auditioned to replace Bon Scott. Soon after the core of the band – Fryer, bass player Lawrie Marlow, lead guitarist Bradford Kelly (ex-Swanee) and, a little later, rhythm guitarist John Haese and drummer Joe Turtur – relocated from Adelaide, they signed with AC/DC's former manager Michael Browning. The aim was always to get overseas, and within a year of releasing their debut album, Twilight Of Mischief, in 1982, that's exactly what they did, picking up the opening slots for among others, Judas Priest and Motley Crue. American guitar manufacturers Jackson even developed a Jackson Kelly model with the now sadly late guitarist. Within another two years, however, it was all over. Joe discusses very openly his time with Heaven as well as his post band career which saw him tour as a part of the road crew and drum tech for some of Australia's hottest acts including the Divinyls. Joe has also catered for many national and international acts at Clipsal, Byron Bay Blues Festival, and RocKwiz Live touring show. Joe has had a remarkable career, evident in the stories that he shares throughout this great interview.
Music chosen by Joe for this interview is performed by Heaven "Storm" written by Heaven and "In The Beginning" written by Fryer, Kelly, and Marlow. Both songs appeared on the Heaven debut album "Twilight Of Mischief" released in 1982.
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This week’s interview is with the youngest drummer that I have had the pleasure to chat with so far, a drummer that I suspect will become very well known in the not too distant future, Lachie Durrans! Sixteen year old Lachie is the drummer for the original 3 piece Adelaide band 'The Birds Are Spies' who last year won the RockFest 2020 Best Band Award. Lachie, who attends Sacred Heart College, was also the winner of the RockFest 2020 Best Drummer Award! I would like to thank the parent who suggested that I interview Lachie as well as Lachie’s parents for giving me permission to chat with their son for this podcast series, The Birds Are Spies for allowing me to include their music in the interview, and Lachie for making time to chat with me.
Music: “Butterfish” and “Big Nothing” written and performed by ‘The Birds Are Spies’
Links: https://campsite.bio/thebirdsarespies https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/birds-are-spies https://www.facebook.com/thebirdsarespiesband/ Email: thebirdsarespiesband@gmail.com
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This week’s ‘Engine Room’ guest Jeff Algra, has certainly experienced the great highs and extreme lows of the music industry. During the early 90s Jeff was the drummer in the Australian rock band ‘Seven Stories’, who after gaining a lot of commercial airplay, had a major breakthrough when they were signed by the Sony label (then CBS records) to a five year record deal. The deal with Sony led to the critically acclaimed “Judges and Bagmen” album in 1990. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1991 Seven Stories were nominated for Breakthrough Artist – Single for "Sleeping Through Another War" (1990). "Sleeping through Another War" and "Walk through Babylon" were released by CBS as singles off the album. The band toured extensively throughout Australia supporting artists such as Midnight Oil, INXS, The Black Sorrows, Hothouse Flowers, Hunters and Collectors and Paul Kelly. High-profile producers T-Bone Burnett and Boom Crash Opera's Richard Pleasance were engaged by Sony for ‘Seven Stories' second album, “Everything You Want (Nothing That You Need”) (1993), which provided another two singles. The band toured Europe and North America to support the album. Seven Stories recorded a JJJ Live at the Wireless and had a string of singles before the whole of Sony was instructed to 'drop everything' and divert all energy to making Mariah Carey number one." Seven Stories subsequently disbanded in 1994.
Music: “Walk Through Babylon” · Seven Stories and “Nuclear Medicine” · The Donkeys
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The Steve Brown Band, Green River (Australian CCRT Tribute), Surfers of the Cosmic Sea, Janda King, Aussie Bob (Bob Dylan Tribute), The Chards, The Iguana Bros,
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Kyrie Anderson is one of Adelaide’s, if not Australia’s, most sought-after drummers. After completing a Jazz Performance degree at The University of Adelaide, Kyrie graduated with First Class Honors in 2014. While still at University, Kyrie toured Australia, Canada, and the UK with the 'Bearded Gypsy Band' and has since toured Europe three times with Kaurna Cronin. In 2018 Kyrie worked with Luke Creswell, the creator of 'STOMP', as Percussion Director for his Adelaide Festival performances of "The Lost and Found Orchestra."
Kyrie has also toured nationally as Musical Director for "Songs and Times" with Sam Cooke starring Gary Pinto; headlined the Royal Croquet Club with Russian feminist group 'Pussy Riot'; and performed with national and international jazz musicians at Adelaide Town Hall’s International Jazz Day, and at Melbourne’s Stonington Jazz Festival. Kyrie has played alongside many artists including James Morrison, James Muller, Adam Page, Emma Pask, Nancy Bates, and The Cat Empire, and performs regularly with Oh Pep!, Kate Fuller, Aaron Thomas, and Max Savage. just to name a few.
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Music: Intro "Silhouette" written by Django Rowe, Outro "Daze" written by Kyrie Anderson (album links below)
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https://www.instagram.com/kyrieea/?hl=en
http://www.katefuller.com.au/the-boys-club - The Boys Club
https://www.facebook.com/seabassbandau/ - Seabass
Girls Rock Adelaide -https://www.girlsrockadelaide.org/
To purchase/listen to "Cauldron" by Django Rowe https://djangorowe.bandcamp.com/album/cauldron
To purchase/listen to "Hwyl" https://andersonauemcevoy.bandcamp.com/releases; all songs are by Kyrie Anderson, Bonnie Aue and Dave McEvoy.
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This weeks interview is with Adelaide drummer and 'Murray Delta Juke Joint' venue co-owner David Lloyd. David is currently the drummer in the local bands 'The Boogie Men' and 'Plan B', both bands have been busily recording material which will be released this year. David is not only a passioniate supporter of live music, he has also run/partnered a string of benefits including the 2004 Tsunami and recent bushfires, worked in many countries as a post disaster recovery worker, and is one of the most genuine, down to earth guys that you could ever hope to meet a have a chat to. Thanks for listening!
Music in this podcast: "Nothing but the Blues" lyrics: D. Lloyd, written by: D. Lloyd, S. Brown. Mike Hutton, and "Mean Old World" Written by Sam Cooke, performed by The Boogie Men 1996 at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel.
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South Australian Music Hall of Famer 'Mark Meyer' joins me this week to chat about his amazing career. Mark is one of Australia's most recorded and toured drummers, who started his career gigging in Adelaide whilst in high school, eventually making the move to Melbourne where he joined 'Stylus' (who were the only Australian act to be released by Motown Records in the USA.) Mark's career really took off after 'Stylus' disbanded in 1979 when he was invited to join the Queen of Pop 'Marcia Hines' Band, the first gig with Marcia being the '2SM Concert of the Decade' which was the biggest outdoor music spectacle, boasting a Who's Who of Australian musical talent, held on the steps of the Sydney Opera House on November 4th, 1979.
Mark has recorded in the vicinity of 400 albums both as a session drummer and as a band member of: Stylus, Marcia Hines, Richard Clapton, Moving Pictures, Jenny Morris, Divinyls, Mark Gillespie, Wendy Mathews, Dave Dobbyn, Keith Urban and Trisha Yearwood just to name a few. He chats about recording at 'Sound City', Van Nuys and 'The Record Plant' LA for the original Footloose Movie Soundtrack, and about how the band did not receive any royalties whatsoever for the track "Never" due to the bankruptcy of their U.S. record company.
Music: Intro 'Jenny Morris' "You I Know" written by 'Neil Finn". During the interview: 'Marcia Hines' "You", 'Dragon' "Celebration" written by 'Kool & the Gang', 'Moving Pictures' "Never" (Footloose soundtrack), 'The Party Boys' "I Fought The Law" written by 'Sonny Curtis', 'Chasin The Train' "Fever" written by 'Eddie Cooley' and 'Otis Blackwell', 'The Fallen Saints' "The Maker", and Outro 'Richard Clapton' "The Best Years of Our Lives."
Links relating to this episode: Stylus, If You Believe In Me, https://australianmusichistory.com/concert-of-the-decade/, Dragon - Celebration (Official Music Video), Footloose: Moving Pictures - Never, Fever - Chasin The Train, "I Fought The Law" The Party Boys, Marcia Hines "You" 2SM Concert of the Decade, Jenny Morris "You I Know", Richard Clapton "The Best Years of Our Lives", and SA Music Hall of Fame. Mark's (current) Bands: Chasin The Train, The Fallen Saints, Gumbo Ya Ya, Just One Look - The Songs and Sounds of Linda Ronstadt, http://stewartdarrietta.com/my-joe-cocker/, http://stewartdarrietta.com/my-leonard-cohen/ and After Midnight - Fringe Tickets
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Adelaide's hard hitting drummer Nick Romano is as entertaining to chat to as he is to watch perform in one of his many line-up's including; Dino Jag, Mark Anthony (Elvis Tribute), Funky Monks (RHCP Tribute), and Galvanize who are releasing their brand new single "Wake Up" on NYE. To hear a sneak preview of the song listen through to the end of the interview! Nick has some fabulous stories to share including the time that he got to meet and jam with his Red Hot Chili Pepper idol Chad Smith! A great interview from beginning to end and one that you will get at least 1 or 2 laughs from! Music intro; "Can't Keep Still" Dino Jag, During the interview Mark Anthony Hamer Hall track 21, outro Galvanize "Wake Up." Useful Links from today’s episode: To arrange to have drum lessons with Nick please message his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/nick.romano.7355 Nick is an ambassador for Zilli Cybals, shout out to Aiden (hope you enjoy Nick's impersonation!) To purchase Zilli Cymbals Nick's bands: Funky Monks, Mark Anthony Tribute to Elvis, Galvanize, Funk Me Dino Jag "Can't Keep Still" https://dinojag.com/new-single-cant-keep-still-out-now/ Dino Jag Facebook Contact Band It About: Email: banditabout17@gmail.com Messenger; Band It About - Proudly Supporting Live Music Watch Band It About videos:Facebook; Band It About - Proudly Supporting Live Music YouTube; Band It About - Proudly Supporting Live Music Band It About podcast series is available on 9 platforms inc: Apple Podcasts; Band It About - Proudly Supporting Live Music Podcast Series, Spotify; Band It About - Proudly Supporting Live Music Podcast Series, Anchor Podcasts; Band It About - Proudly Supporting Live Music Podcast Series, Overcast: Band It About - Proudly Supporting Live Music podcast series, and Google podcasts. #Drummers,#Adelaide#Drums #MusicIndustryPodcasts #UNESCOCITYOFMUSIC #SAMusic #musicinterviews #BandItAbout #TheEngineRoom #RHCP #ElvisTribute #zill #drummer #funkymonks #podcastinterview #podcast #interview #music #Adelaide #Australia #redhotchilipeppers #drum #drumming
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I couldn't think of anyone better to spend the eve of 'get out of hard lockdown' with than Peter Kershaw, this unfiltered interview had me literally crying tears of laughter at times, and if you know Pete personally then you would be aware of his dry sense of humor and straight up honesty, both traits make him who is is and that's what I love about him. Pete, a self taught drummer, chats about his life, career highs and lows, and recent reunion with his former band mates from 'The Violets" and how that resulted in them not only remastering their debut album for it's 25th Anniversary this year, it rekindled the flame so much that Pete and Matt Cahill recorded new songs with Evoletah, who are an original art jazz rock band from SA, their album launch will be held during the Fringe Festival. A laugh from start to finish including the 20 questions at the end, Enjoy! Please subscribe/rate/comment to help these interviews reach more #musicindustrypodcast listeners. Thanks for listening.
Music intro/outro "Mary Who" #2 off of 'The Violets' "Leased Regret" 25th Anniversary Album (remastered); to purchase please use link: bandcamp: the-violets-leased-regret-25th-anniversary-remastered-edition
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Mario Marino is one of those rare musicians who combine technical skill with great feel, making him one of Adelaide’s most popular drummers. Mario has toured with various bands both nationally and internationally and has represented the Adelaide Roots & Blues Association (ARBA) twice at the International Blues Challenge which is held every year in Memphis Tennessee; his first time was with Lazy Eye Band, it was during the second time with the band One More Mile that I got to know both Mario and his son Michael.
Mario was educated at the Con (Jazz), and when he isn't performing Mario teaches at The Adelaide College of the Arts. During this interview we discuss how Mario first became interested in drumming as well as varios bands that he has performed with over the years.
Music: intro "Bite Off More Than I Can Chew" performed by One More Mile, "Bette Davis Eyes" performed by the Hindley Street Country Club, outro "Mean Thing" performed by Lazy Eye Band.
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Update for the Engine Room podcast series; Every Saturday a new interview will be released so please subscribe so that you receive a notification of when the next one is available to listen to. December 12: Mario Marino December 19: Peter Kershaw December 26: Nick Romano January 2: Mark Meyer January 9: David Lloyd January 16: Kyrie Anderson Spaces available for more interviews, please contact Di to arrange a time so that we can keep this engine running! Thanks for listening BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast Series Proudly Supporting Live Music as a music interview podcast series. You can listen to this series on all of the main podcast listening platforms. Please use the voice message feature to contact the host if you are having trouble finding it on your chosen platform and she will be happy to send you the series link. Thank you for your support and thank you to all of the listeners all over the world who are regularly tuning in to this music podcast series.
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Enrico Mick Morena has been a professional drummer since 1978 and has performed, toured, recorded, and taught in 45 different countries. A founding member of the Adelaide Music Collective and currently the Co-Director of the AMC South Australian Music Hall Of Fame, Enrico is as passionate for his love of performing as he is of ensuring that all who have made a significant contribution towards the Adelaide music scene are officially recognised for their contributions.
In this episode you will discover what led to Enrico becoming a professional, highly sought after session drummer as well as the one thing that has eluded him so far that he is determined to accomplish in the not too distant future! We finish the interview with 20 questions, how many will he answer before the timer goes off?
**Music intro/outro: "Get Down and Dirty" performed by Gwyn Ashton and The Born-Again Sinners released August 6, 2020
Gwyn Ashton - vocals, guitar
Michael Bryant - bass
Enrico Morena - drums
composed by Gwyn Ashton/Garry Allen
tracked and mixed by Gwyn Ashton
mastered by David Mitson**
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SA Music Hall of Fame: https://www.samusichalloffame.com/
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Gwyn Ashton and The Born-Again Sinners video: "Get Down and Dirty" official video
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Mardi Hogan may not be a household name when you think of local drummers, but I have a feeling that'll change very soon. The reason you may not be familiar with Mardi is largely due to the fact that she hasn't actually been playing for very long at all. So what makes a happily married mother who is already busy balancing her career and family duties decide to pick up the sticks for the first time?
Find out how Mardi received a Red Cymbals endorsement despite only being relatively new to drumming. Mardi is living proof that it's never too late to take up an instrument. I found our chat to be quite inspirational as well as informative with Mardi sharing some fabulous tips on mastering the kit!
Mardi is certainly a passionate musician and a delight to chat with, we had a lot in common including our first concert experience! Keep your eye out for her band Easy Tiger, and ladies who like to jam will be pleased to know that Mardi has organised a once a month Girls Jam, for more info please see the link below.
The interview covers Mardi's background, her musical journey thus far, and don't forget to hang around to the end to see how many of the 20 questions Mardi manages to get through in 2 minutes!
Music; intro and outro is a Swing/Jazz practice piece performed by Mardi
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Season 2 of the Band It About podcast series is all about the very heart of the band, the band member who is often hidden away at the back of the stage and sometimes even left in complete darkness. Just who are these mysterious musicians who steer the band through every performance and what makes them take on this role in the first place? We are extremely fortunate to have many talented drummers here in Adelaide, many of them have toured and recorded both nationally and internationally. Please tune in to my podcast series every week and listen in to discover more about what makes a Great musical train driver. Any listeners who would like to learn more about their favourite bands drummer are welcome to message me to make a request and any drummers who are interested in participating in this podcast series can also message me to make a time to be interviewed. All interviews are conducted via phone, making this a Covid friendly setting for recording sessions. You can message me either on the podcast series, via the Band It About Facebook Page, or send an email to banditabout17@gmail.com Please remember to subscribe or follow to my podcast series, and if you like what you hear please rate and or leave a review to help others to discover this podcast too. Thanks for listening Band It About - Proudly Supporting Live Music #musicpodcast #music-interview #podcasts #podcasting #host #Adelaide #SouthAustralia #Australia #drummers #music #musicians #music-matters #music-commentary
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Dieter Schoell is the drummer for the Australian Hard Rock/ Metal Band 'Audio Reign', and is definitely high in my list of Great Drummers here in Adelaide, South Australia.
During this interview we hear Dieter share his journey, that started when he was a young boy living in Whyalla, who was determined to learn how to play this physically demanding instrument. Devoting his time to learning and practicing, which led to him drumming for many of the most popular bands in Adelaide, and eventually drumming in an original band playing his most loved genre. During my chat with Dieter, I discovered who initially inspired him to play, and how a young man's insistence and passion led to him eventually being the Engine Room for the Adelaide progressive metal band Audio Reign.
We end the episode with Dieter and I having a bit of fun by playing 20 questions in 2 minutes, can you guess how many he manages to get through before the timer goes off?
Music (intro and outro); 'Betrayal' by Audio Reign, please use this link to watch the video of 'Betrayal', this song was the first single released off of their self titled debut Album: 'Betrayal' Audio Reign (video) YouTube Don't forget to Like the video and subscribe to their channel!
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The Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, referred to by everyone in Adelaide South Australia as The Gov, is one of Australia’s most enduring live music pubs. It is a home to everyone, no matter what their taste in music. For over 25 years the Tonkin family has provided a musical haven unlike no other, and unless it is thrown a lifejacket soon, this SA icon will become another victim of the Corona Virus. In this episode I discuss the reality of this situation with Richard Tonkin. #LoveTheGov #SaveTheGov Australians have been observing the restrictions, and social distancing measures which has resulted in a "sustained and consolidated flattening of the curve". Our lives have completely changed as we all do our bit to stop the spread and protect those most vulnerable. Banning ‘non-essential’ mass gatherings, a prudent move to minimise the spread of #COVID19, but one that nonetheless stands to devastate Australia’s live music industry. The impact of the Coronavirus and the health measures in place to limit its spread, in particular social distancing, is giving rise to unprecedented issues for businesses, performance venues are beginning to show the financial strain from their enforced closure. The Government’s economic response has failed to meet the immediate needs of small business. The ability to negotiate with lenders, defer repayments, apply for Grants, and access loans with deferred repayments is only delaying the inevitable closure . Small businesses need cash, and they need it NOW! Our government needs to be made aware of the impact of the virus on live music venues. We all need to lobby for immediate support and future recovery initiatives for venues, without our support there won't be any left once social restrictions have been removed. The Gov Needs You! Please feel free to message your suggestions to assist with Saving The Gov. I will update episode details, and my Band It About Facebook page with details regarding helping to save The Gov as they become available. Music intro and outro in this episode "Shut In The Shed", was written by Richard Tonkin. Adelaide's Best Live Music Venue Links: https://www.thegov.com.au/ https://www.facebook.com/TheGovHindmarsh/ https://twitter.com/TheGovHindmarsh http://instagram.com/lovethegov# info@thegov.com.au Band It About Links: Email: mailto:banditabout17@gmail.com Messenger: https://m.me/allowmetoguideyoutothegig?fbclid=IwAR0Ba6yazkxG4Wh2L-hDzwjZ_TRJK8MFHQlKJet6RsQcVdksh8mh0ZyXB2w To watch Band It About videos: https://www.facebook.com/allowmetoguideyoutothegig https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhg0WMgLVQYhLjgcWNQYKrg63Vh5suSfX Listen to Band It About podcast series: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/band-it-about-proudly-supporting-live-music-podcast-series/id1493050539 https://anchor.fm/dianne-spillane https://open.spotify.com/show/0uKplg6T4LiVKD1n2 Please message ideas or requests for future podcast guests, share the link with everyone, and make sure that you subscribe to receive notifications when the next podcast becomes available. Thanks for listening. Band It About - Proudly Supporting Live Music After releasing this episode, the Band it About podcast host Di Spillane wrote a petition to Save the Gov. She used the petition platform Change.org to launch the petition and within days this petition gathered a huge response. The petition went viral with significant support from everyone who had been to or performed in this Adelaide icon. The plan was to gather enough signatures to make an impact prior to personally delivering the petition to the SA State Government. Di set a target of 10,000 signatures, it had reached 9 and a half thousand signatures when the State Government rescued The Gov by providing a grant of $310,000. As a result of this Di took down the petition prior to reaching the initial goal. This is a perfect example of just how dedicated and passionate the host of this podcast series is about Live Music here in her hometown of South Australia. #lovethegov
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Musicians have seen their livelihood disappear right in front of their eyes literally overnight. With no way of knowing how long they will be unable to work, and no direct assistance being offered the uncertainty is all they have. Today’s interview is with Dawn Barrington. Dawn is a full time musician who lives in WA. We discuss the impact of the #Covid-19 crisis, what this has meant for herself, and others involved in the entertainment industry. Learn how Dawn is adjusting to the situation, and hear our discussion about what this could mean for the future of the music industry as we know it. The opening and closing track “We Live and We Die”, is a yet to be released original song that Dawn wrote with Manus Metal Man, who Dawn refers to as an incredible musician stuck in a hotel in Kangaroo point, Brisbane. Please support by visiting Dawn’s BandCamp and purchasing some of her music.
Here are #DawnBarrington Links: https://dawnbarrington1.bandcamp.com/ Website: www.dawnbarrington.com.au
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDi-ER5rLso
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How you can help to Support Live Music:
As we all prepare for an indefinite period of social isolation and subsequent event postponements and cancellations, here are a few ways that you can continue to support those within the #livemusic and event industry. Purchasing merch and music, subscribe to email lists, go to artisits social media and Like, Follow, and Share with your friends. Stream the I Lost My Gig playlist on #Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7wEcg6cHAcazYOZZRZlYMo
SupportAct donation link: https://www.mycause.com.au/page/226584/covid19-emergency-appeal
This list is by no means exhaustive, feel free to share your ideas and suggestions of ways to support the live music industry with me via my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/allowmetoguideyoutothegig My podcast platforms: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/band-it-about-proudly-supporting-live-music-podcast-series/id1493050539 #AppleiTunes users can rate this episode and leave a comment. https://anchor.fm/dianne-spillane Anchor users can leave favorite my podcasts, and leave a voice message. If you would like to be interviewed or have a suggestion for future podcasts please email me at: mailto:banditabout17@gmail.com Or message me here: https://m.me/allowmetoguideyoutothegig?fbclid=IwAR0Ba6yazkxG4Wh2L-hDzwjZ_TRJK8MFHQlKJet6RsQcVdksh8mh0ZyXB2w
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March 8th 2020 is International Women's Day, this year's campaign theme is #EachforEqual; An equal world is an enabled world. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality. Collectively, each one of us can help create a gender equal world. We can actively choose to challenge stereotypes, fight bias, broaden perceptions, improve situations, and celebrate women's achievements.
This year's theme fits perfectly in to the ongoing struggles that women within the music industry face world wide. I extended a Public invitation to all women involved within any aspect of the music industry, offering flexible times to conduct the interview via phone to make it easier to fit in with everyone who could spare up to 30 mins out of their day, in hope of being able to get as many different views as possible. I researched as much as possible prior to writing the questions asked, as I wanted to make sure that the interview would offer something different to what has already been published in the past. Giving the participants the opportunity to be thoughtful, and honest with their responses, enabling them to provide their personal insight and experiences, to shed as much light as possible onto an issue which for generations has been pushed in to the dark. My eyes were opened to how little meaningful discussions are available publicly whilst researching, and there are so many more discussions that need to be had on this subject. With that being said, I hope that next time an opportunity to discuss issues that impact us all becomes available, that more women will trust that I will conduct the interview thoughtfully, and feel safe in sharing their stories with me.
I would like to thank everyone that agreed to be interviewed, I appreciate you all for supporting my podcast, and for making the time to chat with me,
I chose to open and close this special episode with "I Am Woman", which was written by Helen Reddy, and Ray Burton.
The questions asked:
Q: What does this year’s theme for International Woman’s Day “An equal world is an enabled world” mean to you in relation to your role?
Q: Do you think that the Australian music industry is inclusive of everyone?
Q: Why do think so many female music students do not go on to work within the Music Industry once they have completed their studies?
Q: Are the women who teach music failing to support, encourage, and mentor their female students? Could they be giving priority to their male students knowing that they have a better chance of being successful within the industry?
Q: Have you ever felt pressured to compromise your own comfort levels in order to look a certain way, or stopped being true to yourself in hope of getting ahead?
Q: Have you experienced indecent behaviour either physically, mentally or emotionally while working as a musician?
Q: Have you had an experience when you felt that you were not supported or sabotaged by other women in the industry?
Q: Has there been a time that you have not been given credit for work that you have done, or someone has taken the credit for your work?
Q: Have you witnessed positive changes in the industry in regards to women?
Q: Is there anything that you would still like to see change?
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Band It About S01 E05 Interview with Ben Ford-Davies prior to him leaving to compete in the Blues Foundation International Blues Challenge (IBC), in Memphis TN, Jan 2019. This was originally 3 short interviews that I recorded with Ben, to give the Blues community the opportunity to get to know who he is, prior to leaving Adelaide to represent the Adelaide Roots & Blues Association (ARBA). I have added Ben performing 2 songs, 1 at the beginning which he wrote "Be Gone" was recorded during the IBC in Memphis, and to close the episode I have added a song originally written by Ben's father "Old Song", this was recorded live in December 2018.
Podcast timeline:
00:00 Music "Be Gone" performed by Ben Ford-Davies
00:01:00 Intro
00:01:40 Who is BFD?
00:02:36 What inspired you to enter?
00:05:23 How did you choose the songs?
00:06:25 What would you change?
00:07:43 Any tips for future entrants?
00:08:21 How did you feel about performance?
00:09:14 Were you surprised to win?
00:10:36 Has the reality sunk in?
00:12:15 How supportive is ARBA?
00:13:30 Dad influenced career?
00:16:41 How did you choose the songs?
00:18:23 Your writing process?
00:20:35 Something that would surprise others to know?
00:21:36 Final words?
00:23:04 Update to original interview including how Ben went in the IBC
00:24:04 Music "Old Song" performed by Ben Ford-Davies
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Di Spillane interviews fellow music podcast series host, "RETROPOPIC" Neil Saint from Sydney's community radio station 2RRR. Music lovers in 130 countries have tuned in to listen to Neil Saint’s “RETROPOPIC” interviews. What began as a hobby, has now reached over 34,000 listeners worldwide! In depth interviews with artists including: Steve Hackett, Marky Ramone, Stash De Rola, Brian Cadd, Russell Morris, and Ross Wilson, all sharing their musical journeys. Today Neil experiences what it is like to be the one asked, starting from his early influences in the UK, through to moving to Australia, and becoming involved with community radio. Hear how an interview with Les McKeown inspired the light bulb moment which resulted in combining his love of 20th century pop music, his interviewing skills, and local radio show, to enter the world of podcasting.
RETROPOPIC RADIO is NOT a radio station it is radio show, and popular music podcasting brand, with a focus on classic pop music from the 60's to the end of the 20th century. RETROPOPIC RADIO produces regular magazines of artist interviews or excerpts of artist interviews alongside their music. It is broadcasted each Friday evening at 2RRR, a Community Radio Station, in Sydney between 9 and 10pm.
00:00 Music Intro: Edwin Astley & His Orchestra, Main Theme from “The Saint”, BBC Television Series 1962.
00:00:25 “Band It About” gets to know the “Saintly” beginnings, discussing Neil’s background including his childhood, education, and early career 00:15:23 when those Saints go marching out, Neil and his family leave the UK for France
00:20:00 Settling in Sydney, and starting a new hobby
00:27:08 that light bulb moment!
00:35:32 Neil discusses the Adelaide musicians he has interviewed
00:39:40 Neil reveals his favourite interview
00:45:50 The “RETROPOPIC” road ahead
00:52:44 it’s Neil’s turn for the “Band It About” 20 question challenge, will he be the first to finish?
00:56:58 Music: Edwin Astley & His Orchestra, Main Theme from “The Saint”, BBC Television Series 1962.
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We take an inside glance at Band Life. What do you do when you are faced with having to replace a band member?
I have broken down this episode for anyone who would like to skip to a particular section. Please Subscribe, Rate, Comment, Message, and Share, to help Band It About to Support Live Music in South Australia.
- 00:00:00 Intro Music; "Up The Neck" performed by "The Brass Pockets"
- 00:00:46 Welcome
- 00:00:56 Episode Introduction
- 00:01:36 Background Story
- 00:05:38 Di and Nick chat before the audition
- 00:08:14 Music; "Mystery Achievement" audio from audition of "The Brass Pockets" with guitarist auditioning
- 00:08:25 The band members Craig, Nigel, Di, and Nick discuss the audition, and how they felt it went
- 00:09:57 "Tele Toe Incident" Craig interviews Di regarding her Telecaster
- 00:12:06 The band choose their new member
- 00:12:30 Music "Brass In Pocket" audio from audition "The Brass Pockets" with guitarist auditioning
- 00:12:39 Episode wrap up
- 00:13:12 Outro Music "Time The Avenger" performed by "The Brass Pockets"
All of the music in this episode was performed by "The Brass Pockets", all songs were written by Chrissie Hynde for the Pretenders.
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Batten down Beale, the Bones are ready to rattle your foundations, awaken the spirits buried deep beneath the earth, that once was laboured by those who would Holler the birth of the Blues! If the Bones make it to the Final during "The Blues Foundation's" "International Blues Challenge", which is held at the end of January in Memphis TN, rest assured you will hear them Hollering from the Beale Street roof tops, all the way back to Hindley Street in Adelaide, SA! In part 2 of my interview with Mr Holler himself Paul Macleod, we discuss the making of their self titled debut album, it's release, hitting Number 1 in the Australian Blues Music Charts, and their Amazing "third time lucky" appearance in the Adelaide Roots & Blues Association, 2019 Memphis Blues Challenge. If you don't know this mob of lovable Aussie "Dog and Beer Blues" Hollering lads, but enjoy a tale where the underdog gets to take home the Bone, then you will enjoy listening to the final part of my fascinating chat with Paul. The IBC is only 3 weeks away, and the Bones intend to share their stories of travel, places, people, and love of the Australian landscape, through their all original "Ozzie Blues". Every year the Adelaide Roots and Blues Association runs the MBC here in SA. Being affiliated with the Blues Society of The Blues Foundation gives ARBA the right to send a band and solo/duo musician(s) to represent its them at the IBC.
If you enjoy this episode please feel free to message me, and or rate the episode, and most importantly subscribe to help promote local musicians here in Adelaide. Holler & The Bones Band Members are: Paul Macleod - Vocals-Keys-Guitar, Andy Czora - Guitar, Allan Curtis - Bass, Gilly Gollan - Percussion, and Edward Pollard - Drums.
Music "The Moon Hangs Over Darwin", and "All About The Woman", are both Holler & The Bones originals, and can be heard in full, and purchased via the links below. Trivia who is the female vocalist singing on a couple of the tracks on this album? Answer: Me (Paul forgot to include my name.)
Holler & The Bones BandCamp: https://hollerthebones.bandcamp.com/releases
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In this episode I chat with Paul about his multiracial family, and diverse multicultural, multinational upbringing. Made in Japan, born in the USA, and raised predominantly in Australia along with his adopted siblings, by parents who inspired a lifelong passion for knowledge, the arts, celebration of heritage, indigenous cultures, politics, and the Great Australian Outback. Paul has spent his first 50 years quenching his love of the red dusty earth on which we live, whilst gathering the players who together "Shout from the Earth" as one, collectively known as "Holler & The Bones". Paul's fascinating tale was too good to end up on the editing floor, which is why I decided to release 2 parts from this interview. Part 1 begins with Paul's childhood, and goes right through to the formation of the current line-up for his band. Make sure that you subscribe to the "Band It About" podcast so that you don't miss Part 2 of this fascinating tale, which will take you from the banks of the River Murray, to the Mississippi Delta! Please rate the episode if you enjoy it, and feel free to share with everyone. Band It About - Proudly Supporting Live Music
Music included in this episode "Hoochy Coochy Whatchamecallit Jingle Jangle Blues", and "The Girl With The Lightening In Her Eyes", are both Holler & The Bones originals, and can be listened to in full, and purchased via the links below.
Holler & The Bones BandCamp: https://hollerthebones.bandcamp.com/releases
Holler & The Bones Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/PMacHoller/
Holler & The Bones YouTube: https://youtu.be/Q3mAnkTfuac
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My very first podcast interview is with Jason "Tim" Prestwich. The Tim Prestwich Band, will once again be opening for Cold Chisel, when Chisel return home to Adelaide. I first met Tim when I went to see Wild Card play, my friend Bron was singing in Tim’s band. Bron enjoyed having a friend in the audience, and I loved finally being able to go out and see bands again. My older children were capable of heating up their dinner without burning the house down. So when my youngest was at his father’s for the weekend, I would go with Bron to her gig, I had no choice, even if I did say no she would still come get me! And that’s how I got to know the Tim Prestwich Band family. I contacted Tim to see if he would be interested in some free publicity, I was considering adding interviews to the Band it About Facebook page, but Sue Hedleys magazine had that covered. I enjoy listening to podcasts, I listen to many it’s how I discover and learn about things of interest. I decided that I wanted to start my own podcast and Tim had a major gig to open in under a fortnight. I asked Tim if he would like to do an interview with me, I had thought of a way that I could still help to promote live music without having to go out all the time. Going to lots of gigs gets expensive, I wasn’t going out drinking and partying when I started Band It About, I was going out alone to see bands so that I could film them Bron quit the band and replaced it with a partner. I did the same when I got married, I stopped being an actor because my husband was incapable of remaining sober long enough to watch our kids. The absence was longer than planned, I left him the family home, took the kids, and got a full time job so that I could afford to raise them myself. The reason for the background is that I never included it, I forgot that you didn’t know me yet. Tim and I have a lot of laughs in this interview because we know of each other’s stories. I was talking to a friend about his upcoming show, our friendship turned this interview into a lot more than that. I am forever grateful to Tim for agreeing to chat about his family with me. Band It About podcast was born.
Thank you Bron for leaving your message, it helped to remind me that we always laughed, and I still do when I’m happy. Listen to The Tim Prestwich Band Album on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/2eJ234ElGXdLJjLqBhwvpB Tim Prestwich Band album is also available on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/au/album/tim-prestwich-band/1452860742 The Tim Prestwich Band Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Tim-Prestwich-Band-631511603971406/ Hot Chisel Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Hot-Chisel-594892973900197/?ref=py_c The Tim Prestwich Band YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfbc7S4HFoDrOIux8eallnQ/featured The BAND IT ABOUT - Podcast series can be heard on all of the major podcast listening platforms including Apple podcasts, Spotify, Anchor and Google podcasts Band It About Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/allowmetoguideyoutothegig/
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Di Spillane is an Adelaide musician who not only enjoys performing herself, she also enjoys attending live music performances on a regular basis. Di started a Facebook page in 2017, which she used as a way to promote the bands that she had been to see. There are now over 1K videos on that page. In December 2019, she then decided to extend the Band it About page by starting a podcast series where she would interview local artists to discuss their careers as well as any other important issues that were happening at the time. Season 1 was a variety of topics but with no regular episode schedule it was difficult to grow an audience. In November 2020 while the world was still being restricted by the covid-19 pandemic, and the local Music Industry was struggling to get by with limited gigs and audience restrictions, making it difficult to get back to attending and promoting them on the Facebook page, she decided to revisit the podcast series. This time she decided to have a regular theme and release of episodes. Season two is under the subheading of The Engine Room, which is interviews with drummers. To avoid irregular release of the series, she made sure that she had a good reserve of interviews recorded before releasing episode 1. Series two is released every Saturday morning and has been a great success. Audiences have been steadily growing and the popularity has seen this podcast series ranked on the apple podcast charts on a regular basis in Australia as well as the USA. In April 2021 the series made it on the GB apple charts for the first time ranked at 93! Naturally this podcast series has its largest audience in Australia, but it also maintains a 20% audience in the USA which is fantastic. Di is constantly working on maintaining and building her skills as a host to ensure that the series continues to grow. She is not only the host, she does the editing, researchers each guest prior to recording the episode, and promotes each episode on various social media platforms to raise awareness of the podcast series. Di also research’s podcast trends and keeping up to date on new platforms and finding as much information as possible to help her to promote, and grow the series. There is a lot of work that goes on in the background of every episode and to do this without the benefit of a team to assist, is proof that she is a dedicated person who is passionate about her love of the music industry. She is now working on a new website where she can not only have each episode on, but to also include videos and other information about her guests. Her next goal is to get music related businesses involved with sponsorship and or advertising in the episodes, to enable her to fund the costs associated with the podcast series. There has been a significant number of businesses that had taken notice of the growing popularity of podcasts, and have chosen to produce their own podcast or get involved with an existing podcast series that matches their clientele, now benefiting from choosing to advertise within this space, instead of traditional advertising platforms including radio and television. With over 2 million podcasts available and the popularity seeing Spotify and Amazon both enter the podcast market in an attempt to grab a slice off of the apple iTunes pie, by offering listening to podcasts for free on their music platform. Google are currently improving their technology to incorporate podcasts listening to their Google Smart Home Devices and Amazon have added podcast listening to Alexa allowing you to now voice control which podcast you want to listen to. Spotify have been purchasing existing podcast hosting platforms offering free to listen podcasts as well as enabling premium members to listen without advertising, as well as listening to music podcasts that have more music than talk. It is really quite exciting to be a part of the future and thankfully with having an IT background, a future that this podcast host is on top of!
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