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Roger McLachlan in another line-up …
We saw Secondhand Spacesuits in the Embers Lounge on Saturday night (Oct 6, 2018). The four of them were wonderfully content in their skins; alas not spacesuits. They gelled beautifully; played 2 jazzy-funky sets brilliantly in the very new small room at Memo in St Kilda. The band included Roger (b,v); Michael Oliphant (v, kbds);…
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Who remembers the crayfish … the 1965 Pretty Things tour of New Zealand? Part 1
Of all the UK groups to tour New Zealand in the mid-sixties, it was the Pretty Things who made the greatest impact. Since then Ugly Thing Magazine has published an issue devoted solely to that tour, describing the Pretties as “art student malcontents brought together in one unholy collision of no holes barred 60s R&B…
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Double Shot of Blues as feature act at the MBAS jam night Sept 18, 2018
What a treat we got! John William’s band Double Shot of Blues are always great but on Tuesday night they had special guest Sean Johnson on keyboards. At those moments when the focus went to Sean’s playing, he had the crowd’s full attention. All applauded as the focus returned to the 4-piece band as they…
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Field, See & Mason at the Royal Oak Sunday Sept 2, 2018
They were back to tout their musical prowess, their crowd drawing power & their sheer skill to deliver a fun afternoon & enjoy themselves at the same time. The pub was packed with more people than I have ever seen there before. The booze was flowing, food was being purchased & delivered, the crowd was…
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Music & radio heard in NZ homes from the late 50s — mid 70s: Part Two
As a child my sister can recall hearing brass band music being played on the family radiogram as she was dropping off to sleep. Pa loved brass band music. He also liked to listen to an orchestra called St Martin in the Fields & was known to point out cute little musical twists the orchestra…
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