wild bill - kenny burrell - fear- hamiltonian hellmouth etcetc

Spent the day in town after a 10 am call to an ABC Tardis booth to talk with and play an acoustic song on Leon Comptons show on ABC Hobart. Its always amazing how much looser and less fearful of their audience the local ABC is outside the Melbourne and Sydney frequencies. Always been welcome at ABC Hobart and Launceston and Darwin, Bendigo,Warrnambool, Brisbane, Adelaide and Coast FM. The way they talk to you is different too. Its definitely the feeling they are less scared of upsetting somebody. Maybe they know the audience more in smaller places. More intimate. Anyway. it was great to do the interview and the whole thing being conducted thousands of k's apart via the technology. Would be great , of course, if the ABC could throw as much of its resources behind music as it does to sport.

Dropped into Basement Discs in the city. A lovely , almost spring day walking around that area of arcades and tiny streets. Always dig that. Bought a Kenny Burrell disc called "Midnight Blue" and then spent most of the day in the Melbourne library. Something I've always meant to do if I had a  few hours to spare. Up in the Redmond Barry and Latrobe reading rooms. They are exhibiting Ned Kellys armour in there. Ned was of course sentenced by Redmond Barry and yelled that he'd see the judge in hell and Redmond popped his cork within a  year.

Then met up with Clare and saw a film at the festival called "WILD BILL" about a gangster in south london trying to go straight and reconcile with his two sons, 15 and 11, who are living by themselves in their council flat. The film is great. Seemed to have a  lot of familiar faces in it. Some even people I thought I knew!

Saturday 18th August Republic Bar- Hobart click here to book tix
Thursday 23rd August Starcourt theatre - Lismore Book tickets here
Friday 24th August - Miami Tavern- Gold Coast, QLD
Saturday 25th - Beetle Bar- Brisbane book tickets here 
Sunday 26th August - Sol bar - Maroochydore, QLD Tickets are currently available at Solbar. Ring us for details: 07 5443 9550
Tickets are also available at: Ebony Rose & Billy Hyde Maroochydore
Thursday 30th August - Aararat Live - Vic
Saturday 1st September - Wheatsheaf Hotel - Thebarton SA
Sunday 2nd September - Wheatsheaf Hotel - Thebarton SA
Sat 15th September Westernport Hotel - San Remo
Friday 21st September - Palais- Hepburn Springs
Saturday 22nd September - NEWPORT SUBSTATION - NEWPORT book tickets here

This tour is supported by the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria