Leonard Cohen, Paul Kelly, Johnny Cash, Nina Simone, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Gene Vincent, Townes Van Zandt, Dolly Parton, Nancy Sinatra, Marianne Faithful, Lee Hazlewood, Chet Baker, Thelonius Monk, Julian Cope, Cold Chisel and more
Drawing on folk, country, blues and pop, the songs of Baron Field explore love, lonesomeness, travesty and triumph with a lyrical poignancy and in a vivid style like no other.
Having recently penned for folk rockers The Big Brass Bed and with a resume that includes stints with acts such as Murph, The Young Casuals, The Moonies and The Brother Man Dude, Baron Field is currently performing his engaging repertoire in solo mode armed with just acoustic guitar and harmonica.
The songs themselves range from half-lit shadow dramas detailing the age old story of runnin’ off with a stranger, to bluesharp fuelled rattlers about little more than lettin’ out the throttle on an open stretch of road, throw in the odd wrist-slasher tango and chug-along bile spitter about bustin’ up and makin’ out … or off … or both and you get the drift. Equal parts Hank Williams, Paul Kelly, Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Nancy & Lee… Baron Field’s is an ever unraveling song of timeless appeal.
“lyrics (that) resonate through a smoky room of legionnaires, fallen angels and drunkards… disheveled, wordy excellence.”
Time Off
G'day Baron...how was the drive home...I hohpe ol' National 1 treated you well...it was great to have you up here for a visit...looking forward to seeing you blokes back in the North again sometime soon...I found Micks flattened sunglasses in the tyre-tracks of the van...I guess he would have been hurting down the highway, what with the big blue sky the way it is right now...let me know when you're home safe and we should chat about the lonesome trio invitational...peace brother ..m/,
hows it going in hermitt park? did you get my message about the reels last friday? will you be avoiding the big smoke now you've done the Swich?
ROCK AGAINST HUMOUR
@ Clarence Corner Hotel Friday March 27
w/ Vaginabillies The Old Order The Omars Handbag & Compere Alex Oliver (4ZZZ Friday Drivetime)
After the huge success of ROCK AGAINST CHICKS last year, Brother Man Dude has decided to put together the next ‘ROCK AGAINST…’ event while the momentum is on his side. Since the ‘ROCK AGAINST…’ series is really starting to get a name for itself, he has decided it’s time to really make a statement.
ROCK AGAINST CHICKS attracted a lot of attention because of its sensational and provocative undertones. Was it misogynistic? Was it sexually exploitative? It certainly attracted a crowd.
For this next event, Brother Man Dude is happy to ride that wave of publicity. But Rock Against Humour is different in a very significant way: It does not resort to cheap laughs and attention seeking tactics. This is the real thing. No joke.
ROCK AGAINST HUMOUR brings together bands and performers that put passion before professionalism. This does not mean they don’t mean business. Certainly they know how to have a laugh. After all when you’re dealing with weighty subject matter, man, you gotta break the tension somehow.
The evening will be compered by 4ZZZ personality Alex Oliver of Friday Night Drive fame. He will keep the audience on their toes and on task. It’s High Art; it’s challenging but it can be rewarding. So pay attention.
This is not just a night for drinking, partying and escapism.
boy howdy....how goes baron? columbria is performing a re-enactment of days of yore at cafe checocho this friday. The critics are calling it 'the balm for what ails thee' The topical balm will appear around 9. Preservative free.
My dear son and his naughty band have released a fitting tribute to the end of George Bush's reign of terror with their animated filmclip George Bush's Chicken. Starring George W at home on the ranch with his muslem chicken Ned as well as guest appearances from some of his closest circle including Osama Bin Laden, Paris Hilton, Saddam Hussein, Barack Obama and Mr Ed, this is the behind the scenes insight the world has long waited for. I hope you enjoy it and are inspired to forward it to all your other friends in the last days of W’s war n terror. Kindest Regards Gladys Desert Dick Desert's Mum & Webmistress for Dick Desert & The Shotgun Country Club www. dickdesert. com www. myspace. com/dickdesert www. youtube. com/dickdesert
hey stranger!! Happy New Year.. May 2009 be sublime hehehe ouch.. I'm sorry for the lack of communication.. been a bit of a recluse.. Hope to catch you again soon :-)
w/ Girl with Cake The Old Order Legions of Mary Flying Squad.
Chick bands are the next phenomenon to be under the spotlight in the ongoing “Rock Against…’ series promoted and presented by Brother Man Dude from The Old Order.
There’s a lot of excellent all girl bands ‘round at the moment and something must be done; things are getting out of hand. 2 of the best are indie popsters Girl with Cake and grunge rockers Legions of Mary. Classic rockers The Old Order and garage rockers Flying Squad who both happen to be all male are feeling threatened so they are asserting their relevance and staging a showdown.
The idea of the ‘Rock Against…’ series is that for each event a style of music is featured as much as a protest against the genre as a celebration of it. So far Garage, Folk, Country, Roots and Indie bands have been featured.
Its about bringing together bands and performers that may not normally be on the same bill to blur the lines and emphasise similarities as well as differences. The Rock bands are chosen on the grounds that they may have more to do with bands of the particular style or scene featured than is immediately obvious and vice-versa. Poetry, Hip-Hop and Humour are some of the styles to come.
So what are we gonna learn about the bands on the bill of Rock Against Chicks? Will gender stereotypes be subverted? Will sexual identities be shattered? Or will it just be a case of good ol’ fashioned knee-slapping cross-dressing hi-jinx and cheap laughs?
Choose a position. Make a stand. Rock Against Chicks.
see, in school we were the loners; the rebels. but now we're just analog kids in a digital world, lost and confused. myspace 'acceptance' gives us the appropriate digital 'pep' to keep going on.
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