I've been writing songs for some time now and I've been passionate about music for about as long as I can remember. I like that line from the film Almost Famous when the guy is asked what he loves about music and he says "Well to begin with... everything."
I was born in Australia to an Australian mother and an Irish father and,though I haven't lived there for the last few years, it's still the land of my heart. I try to get back for short spells when I can.
Childhood was good, turbulent at times... but wonderful, and I've never been in a hurry to grow up. I think I thought becoming an adult was like joining the army or something. So I joined the rock'n'roll insurgency instead.
I wrote and sang, played frontman, with a couple of bands in Brisbane.
These were great times but after some wrong moves and some wrong people I decided to light out on my own.
I bought a plane ticket, and I had a borrowed red guitar...
I busked on the London Underground, sang Johnny B Goode to school kids in China, fell in love with an English girl. Then early in 2006 I started playing solo acoustic gigs.
The solo shows are going well; though when I write songs, I still hear drums, bass, electricity... Having said that, I believe a song should come through regardless and I hope the raw, one-take demos above capture that.
I've got a lot of songs and I'm always writing.
The future's a wide open road. Hope to meet you on it.
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3 Ages of Elvis+Stuart Anthony+Unwashed Mass+Benni Beard
Opposite of Robot #9 is on Friday 30th January 2009, Yorkshire House, Parliament St, Lancaster, 8.30-11.45pm, £3 entry. All proceeds to Lancaster & District Women's Aid.
The Three Ages of Elvis are a cracking3-piece band who've recently been bigged up in Artrocker and Organmagazines. And rightly so, they rock, they roll, and they're one ofthe most entertaining bands you'll see, mainly because they seem tobe having so much fun!
Stuart Anthony has almost finishedalbum #2, and has had some great reviews for his debut, 'theColourful Truth' out last year. Influenced by Tim and Jeff Buckley,Nick Drake, and with a hint of Noel Gallagher, he crafts somewonderful acoustic gems.
The Unwashed Mass. Paul Neafcy used toplay in local legends Beef Sharky, and frankly, that should be enoughto get you to see him. The Brian Blessed of Lancaster's music scenesays this about himself: "The Unwashed Mass is a surly wasterwith a guitar. It sits in squalor and thinks about doing greatthings, like fashioning wigs from shredded wheat, but never getsaround to actually achieving anything. If you want to hear thevacant, echoing sound of apathetic inertia barrelling through emptypipe-dreams, listen up!"
Benni Beard – Benni was going to beplaying this one with the full band (Lexico), but line-up changesmean he's doing it solo again! A big hit the last time he played anOoR, make sure you get down early and don't miss him!
Hey Dan, Just thought I'd give you a heads up on the new track I have on my Myspace. Will be playing with the band on 11th Jan in Lancaster. Hope to see you then.
