October 22, 2009 – 7:17 am
By the way, I’m only moving into a different house because my sweetie and I want to buy one together that is truly ‘ours’ if you know what I mean – Roger Stolle, Cathead Music with a new twist on why you’d sell a house
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Art, Fun stuff, Some places I've been
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Tagged Cathead Music, Clarksdale, Hernando de Soto, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Quapaw Canoe Company, Quiz-Quiz, Roger Stolle, Sunflower River
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October 18, 2009 – 10:00 am
From the dim recesses of memory I recall that Mandawuy turned up one night while we were on tour in Sydney with an old battered guitar, a swag of great songs and a keen desire to get them heard by as many people as possible.
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Aboriginal & Islander Art, Australian politics, The Arts
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Tagged Australian Story, Balanda, Gove Peninsula, Gunatj, Jimmy Little, Mandawuy Yunupingu, Methodist Missionary Society, Natasha Robinson, Paul Kelly, Rirratjingu, Swamp Jockeys, The Australian, Treaty, Yirrkala
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Over the last few years, Paul Kelly has performed a series of unique shows under the banner ‘A to Z’, whereby he sings 100 songs from his catalogue in alphabetical order over 4 nights.
$5 entry, $3 beer – no fire or liquor licenses or other permits or authorities – and Po’ Monkey vigorously enforces his own strict set of rules – no baseball caps, no guns, no baggy-ass pants – this effectively excludes young teenage gangsters from the lounge – no fighting, no beer bought in and no dope smoking.
By Bob Gosford
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Also posted in Art, Fun stuff, Some places I've been, The Arts, Uncategorized
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Tagged ABC, Bolivar county, Cleveland, Delta State University, DJ candy, Good Morning America, jook joint, Luther Brown, Memphis Tennessee, Merigold, Mississippi delta, New York Times, Po' Monkeys, Poor Monkey's jook joint, Southern Spaces, Willie Seaberry
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February 20, 2009 – 6:59 pm
This is a song from the Saltwater Band from Elcho Island in north-east Arnhem Land from a couple of years ago – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was an obvious standout in the band and destined for the many great things he has recently achieved.
February 20, 2009 – 6:09 pm
Often as not now I shed a quiet tear when I hear this – a testament to Paul’s power with words and notes – I’d love to hear how other people react to it…
January 7, 2009 – 4:32 pm
If you jump on a plane RIGHT NOW and get yourself to Mali in west Africa and somehow find your way out to Timbuktu and then get to the small town of Essakane and then hitch a lift to the gig, you just might make this year’s Festival Au Desert.
December 31, 2008 – 7:17 am
I caught up with Paul Kelly recently and asked him a few questions…including: Tell me something you’ve never told anyone else before. PK – No!
October 9, 2008 – 5:01 pm
OK, I have a confession to make – years ago…too many years ago – Nick Cave was my boss. (That’s Nick with the pimples on the right) I’d first run into Nick in…oh, the late ’70s and early ’80s when his band The Boys Next Door did support gigs for The Sports, who I was [...]
