Masonic
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.