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Gig
at the Retreat
280 Sydney Rd, Brunswick
on Saturday night
18th August for an all star line-up to raise money for The
Remains. They smashed their van into a cow doing 130 Km's in the
Northern Territory. Ouch!!!
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The Remains
- Get ready for an old school entertainment experience from two of
the hardest working independent bands in Australia – The Red Hot
Poker Dots and The Re-mains. Along with Glenny Rae Virus in some
support slots, you would be hard pressed to find any act with more
runs on the board or gigs under their belt.
- Taking a leaf out of the days of hall dances
and traveling side shows The Poker Dots and The Re-mains are
joining forces and hitting the road to show one and all that great
music and outrageous fun are not something from a forgotten era.
Beginning in Melbourne and finishing in Maitland, the chosen route
will take in towns that often miss out as other touring acts stick
to the big cities. It’s a method that both bands have taken to
heart in their line of work having crisscrossed the country many
times on back-roads and dirt tracks not to mention freeways and
air-routes.
- The Red Hot Poker Dots are without question
one of the most individual and entertaining bands this country has
to offer. These “Twistabilly Country Boppers” (their words) put on
a show that is as visual as it is musical. The diminutive Lil’
O’Dette fronts the band putting forth the argument that it is
possible to play the double bass, sing, yodel, while standing on
the instrument and executing ballerina poses at the same time. Her
trusty side-kick Ray Dee Ator belts out tune after tune whilst
strumming up a storm on his old guitars.
Billy Bob Roobarb (or Rooboy) specializes in left-handed chicken
scratchin slidin’ action on his Dobro and Flying V guitars while
Blind Dawg Walker whacks the daylights out of a tiny drum-kit
adorned with various percussive toys. Together they sing about
love gone horribly wrong, eating pies filled with pony and the
politics of one horse towns. The Red Hot Poker Dots have just
returned from their third tour of the USA where they are steadily
building a serious reputation for their always engrossing and
extremely funny shows.
The Re-mains are renown for their top-class songs, searing
musicianship and explosive live performances that seemingly find
no cause to stop. They have only just finished an extensive
national tour over four months long before heading out on this
jamboree with their great mates, the Poker Dots. Led by the
unstoppable Mick Daley on lead vocals and a couple of frightened
acoustic guitars the Re-mains are a Country Rock ‘n’ Roll
powerhouse. Shaun Butcher is the only rock ‘n’ roll banjo player
in the known world and over on stage right, he assumes the role of
a straw-chewin’ Keith Richards. Over on stage-left, Leigh Ivin
whips a couple of steel guitars into a two-step frenzy not
normally associated with the instrument before unleashing a
torrent of rock ‘n’ roll guitar on the unsuspecting. Up the back,
the silent giant A.M. Ward powers the band along on a vintage
drum-kit once owned by the Easybeats while completing the engine
room is Sam “the pup” Martin on electric and double bass. He is
also the mastermind of this almighty tour.
For the Retreat, Resedale and Mallacoota shows, both bands will be
joined by the unstoppably saucy Glenny Rae Virus of the Toes
Sucking Cowgirls fame. She is an expert singer, fiddle player and
accordionist and there is little doubt that her own solo slots
will be extended into the other bands sets as has been the case so
many times before.
All this may sound like too much, but what is really going on is
some serious camaraderie by some of the best mates in the music
business. It’s like a mutual admiration club on safari. All that
is needed is for you to turn up when the Town Hall Party Tour hits
your town. What would a collection of musical show ponies like
this do without you?
Visit these web-sites for more information:
www.re-mains.com
www.redhotpokerdots.com
ph: Sam Martin for other enquiries – 0401 180 749
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