the Rifleman’s and the Arthur,.
Wednesday night at the Rife’s, a venture that started out back in 2007 with Durban Poison, and friends, Mark and Jamuna and Paul O’Reilly., the night ran for 2 years in the end, I booked the headline acts and produced a local gig listing magazine called the G.A.S. mag,. It stood for Glastonbury Alternative Scene’s […]
Thinking Green
The Green Gathering 2014 at Chepstow was inspiring in 2 ways. Firstly watching Rory Mcloud was a real pleasure, I’ve heard him round the campfire and caught brief glimpses of him before, but I really got to see this show and he blew me away. He really knows the sound he’s looking for and his […]
Glastonbury Festival 2014
A great way to arrive in the UK after the mission that was getting here. Glastonbury never fails to deliver in its size and chaotic vibe.. The masses start to arrive Wednesday and quickly the population of this makeshift city swells to nearly 200,000. I think it’s almost impossible to see every aspect of this […]
Melbourne to Heathrow via 4 planes, 1train, 2buses and fifteen coffee’s
I was excited to be leaving Avalon airport, Melbourne being that our final destination would be Avalon on the isles of Britain.. Little could I have known that our journey was going to be a bit of a Zig Zag continent hop. My brother has recently started working for British Airways and had nominated myself […]
Return to the UK..
Really looking forward to a return to the UK now. I haven’t had as good a response for festival dates as I’d hoped, however, I’ll be at Glastonbury which gives opportunity to play in several of the smaller venue’s. I’m glad to say that Smithy and Sam have agreed to play on festival dates over […]
Open mics.
It’s been busy these last few weeks. I made a promise to myself back in January to get out there more and start to build some momentous to releasing an album.. That has happened with a tour of the open mic circuit here on the Border. I’ve played at the Kinross and the Albion here […]
Streetcar Named Desire
I find myself watching ‘A Street Car Named Desire’ on the screen and I’m amazed, stunned. I realise I’ve seen it before and a similar sensation came to me then as is now. These movie stars of the 50’s could really act.!! When was the last time you watched a piece of film that has […]
June 2013, Glastonbury Festival.
To all my wonderful friends and the mad masses who are partying hard on the last night of Glastonbury festival 2013, on the other side of the planet.. As I check the clock it is exactly 12:12! at twelve minutes past midnight my friends will be gathered in tents and tipi’s in fine voice and […]
MAY 2013
I’m playing music again. hooray! I have listened to the album cuts over the last week, plus i’m rehearsing material for solo shows, just got to book some gigs now!. Last weekend I started writing a track for TAXI, found that i couldn’t afford to submit it but felt good about the production technique and […]
down an blues
What can i say, January has floated by and i’ve hardly played a guitar. Still, have heard through friends that there’s a guy named Evan down in Melbourne who’s just opened a studio. He’s looking for artists and i’m looking for somewhere to record, so fingers crossed. I’m seriously finding it hard at the moment […]