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The shows Clare Moore and I did as a duo in newcastle and Northern NSW were very enjoyable.  Clare played her Yamaha electric piano module and I had my Maton EG808 six string.

Newcastle was a great hotel called the Stag and Hunter. When we were playing with the Coral Snakes in the mid 90s we returned to Newcastle over and over playing to minimal crowds - mostly at the Cambridge Hotel on Hunter st- and then one day we all seemed to click and we always have a great time in that town. Always a variety of venues too.

 pic Stuart Errol Anderson.

We generally did two sets with material coming from all across our albums. In Newcastle tehre was a request for "The Birds And the Goats" which has always been a song I am very proud of and it turned out to suit this duo setup too.

 pic Stuart Errol Anderson.

We had flown up and were driving a  hire car. We went from Newcastle to a  place called Wingham where we played in a cafe. 

Along the way we stopped at Taree where I did an interview for community station 2Bob Fm. They made us Album Of The Week the following Monday.

 We had to set up the vocal PA in this room but luckily the cook knew a few things ( about as much as us but we all managed it) due to his having once been a guitarist in one of the great inner Sydney rock bands of teh early 80s Sekret Sekret (several members of which later formed the Cruel Sea). His name was Peter Mullany and he had been the guitarist.

Pic Mathew Berry

It was great chatting with him about old school Sydney stuff. I went back to listen to some Sekret Sekret stuff and still find their song NEW KING KACK one of the standouts of Australian post punk.




We played two sets again. A very brightly lit room. Hey I was enjoying the variety of experiences and meeting the challenges.

 Pic Mathew Berry

We then drove on to Northern New South Wales and a town called Bellingen where we played another cafe. 

These towns are a real relief to the eye after the saminess that creeps into gentrified Melbourne and Sydney. Unique old, weird hotels. 

Charming , unpredictable interiors.

Again there were people at the show who'd been integral parts of the Sydney scene in the 80s and 90s. It seemed like they'd all moved out to these regional centres.

The next show was further on into Queensland at Brunswick Heads. We left Bellingen early and made it aftr a three hour drive and played at 4:30pm in a beautiful venue run by film writer Peter Castaldi. This was in a former picture theatre.

This was the fourth sold out venue and we had a wonderful time playing. The theatre is used by cabaret and other performers to get shows together. The lighting and sound was top shelf.

We made the entertainment pages of the Byron Shire Echo. This area is full of people making their own stuff, including media. Smart people.

Before leaving Melbourne I'd done an interview with Bill Wedgwood at ABC Mid North Coast. I usually feel like I'm on trial with ABC people but this was a delightful experience. He knew of our music over  a long period. It was flattering and enjoyable.

Wednesday 8 May - Brass Monkey Cronulla
Thursday 9 May - The Bunker Coogee
Friday 10 May - Lazybones Lounge, Marrickville
Saturday 11 May - Metro Social, Katoomba
Sunday 12 May - Dangar Bowlo.NSW

Friday May 24th - Tanswells Commercial Hotel - Beechworth (Graney and Moore)

Saturday June 1st - The Railway Club Darwin (Graney and Moore)
Saturday June 15th-Major Toms, Kyneton(Graney and Moore)

Sunday May 26th - Northcote Social Club (afternoon) ZIPPADEEDOO album launch show.

Friday June 21st the Bison Bar, Nambour.
Saturday June 22nd- Sunday June 23rd - the Bearded Lady, Brisbane.
Saturday June 29th - The Caravan Music Club - Bentleigh

July 12th - THE GOV - Adelaide.