Forbidden Joe
Overdue updates
01/06/09 15:16
The gig at the Leigh Sawmill on May 15 went GREAT.
Nearly everyone we know turned out, it seemed. At
least, the place looked pretty full to me. We had a
great time playing. I felt like we were all really in
a groove together. Maybe someday they'll have us back
again.
Also had a great time at the Jane Gifford celebration in Warkworth. Well done to the organisers.
The photo page is broken. Sorry. I'll rebuild it soon. Richard Smallfield, a GREAT local photographer, took some shots of us at the Mill, and I'm hoping to get permission from him to put some of them up. They are beautiful, almost ethereal.
Had an AMAZING time at the Waharau Winter Shake-up over Queen's weekend. What great fun! We played so much music, and got to play with so many different musicians, people we've known a while, and new friends. Very special was getting Emily Giles of Forbidden Joe to sit in with us on "Summerfly" and backing up Lorina Harding on her song "35 Below." What a treat. The whole weekend was just like a big bottomless bowl of candy for us, and we're already looking forward to next year. Kudos to Rosie Holmes who, year after year, puts on this great "party" for 125 of her closest friends.
We're playing at the Matakana Farmer's Market this coming Saturday, and going to see Lorina at her CD release concert Saturday night, so it'll be a full weekend for us. We'd love to see you at one or t'other!
Further down the track: we are dangerously excited about the prospect of playing as "special guests" at the Wellington Folk Festival, which is being headlined by TIM O'BRIEN.
Nat and I head back to Colorado with the kids on June 26th, we'll be there for 2 months. I'm looking for a bass I can borrow, so if you know of one, please let me know. I am attending Rocky Grass Academy Bass Camp this July, in Lyons, Colorado. VERY excited about this.
Also had a great time at the Jane Gifford celebration in Warkworth. Well done to the organisers.
The photo page is broken. Sorry. I'll rebuild it soon. Richard Smallfield, a GREAT local photographer, took some shots of us at the Mill, and I'm hoping to get permission from him to put some of them up. They are beautiful, almost ethereal.
Had an AMAZING time at the Waharau Winter Shake-up over Queen's weekend. What great fun! We played so much music, and got to play with so many different musicians, people we've known a while, and new friends. Very special was getting Emily Giles of Forbidden Joe to sit in with us on "Summerfly" and backing up Lorina Harding on her song "35 Below." What a treat. The whole weekend was just like a big bottomless bowl of candy for us, and we're already looking forward to next year. Kudos to Rosie Holmes who, year after year, puts on this great "party" for 125 of her closest friends.
We're playing at the Matakana Farmer's Market this coming Saturday, and going to see Lorina at her CD release concert Saturday night, so it'll be a full weekend for us. We'd love to see you at one or t'other!
Further down the track: we are dangerously excited about the prospect of playing as "special guests" at the Wellington Folk Festival, which is being headlined by TIM O'BRIEN.
Nat and I head back to Colorado with the kids on June 26th, we'll be there for 2 months. I'm looking for a bass I can borrow, so if you know of one, please let me know. I am attending Rocky Grass Academy Bass Camp this July, in Lyons, Colorado. VERY excited about this.
With Forbidden Joe
16/11/08 13:06
Whee! What a great time we had at the Masonic in
Devonport on Friday. Big BIG thanks to Forbidden Joe
for inviting us to be their support band. And thanks
to our friends and family who came out to listen. The
only sad note for us was that Barry couldn’t be with
us, as he’s gallivanting around Australia.
We had an uncomfortable moment there when some locals attempted to enlist our help to promote their campaign to keep the tavern open by saying something on stage. We had no idea what we’d stumbled into. Seems there’s a big to-do down there at the moment as the owner of the building wants to close the pub and turn it all into apartments. Anyone who knows anything about the history of the Masonic in Devonport understands that this is a Very Bad Idea. It’s a terrible idea! I certainly support the locals’ desire to keep their 142 year old public meeting house open. But in the end we declined to use the owner’s stage to say anything about it, thinking that would just be in very poor taste. Anyway, we wish the locals all the luck in the world on their quest.
We just love Forbidden Joe. They are extremely talented and hard working and they deserve to be big rock stars. Learn more about them at their website. With any luck we’ll be able to play with them again at the Leigh Sawmill in 2009.
We had an uncomfortable moment there when some locals attempted to enlist our help to promote their campaign to keep the tavern open by saying something on stage. We had no idea what we’d stumbled into. Seems there’s a big to-do down there at the moment as the owner of the building wants to close the pub and turn it all into apartments. Anyone who knows anything about the history of the Masonic in Devonport understands that this is a Very Bad Idea. It’s a terrible idea! I certainly support the locals’ desire to keep their 142 year old public meeting house open. But in the end we declined to use the owner’s stage to say anything about it, thinking that would just be in very poor taste. Anyway, we wish the locals all the luck in the world on their quest.
We just love Forbidden Joe. They are extremely talented and hard working and they deserve to be big rock stars. Learn more about them at their website. With any luck we’ll be able to play with them again at the Leigh Sawmill in 2009.