TINY TIM DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1996

THE ABOVE PIC IS TINY'S WEDDING DAY, ON THE JOHNNY CARSON SHOW, PHYLLIS DILLER WAS ONE OF THE GUESTS. HERE TINY AND HIS 17YO WIFE MISS VICKY ENJOY A GLASS OF MILK AND HONEY.
TINY SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK WHILST PERFORMING FOR A LADIES CLUB IN MINNEAPOLIS. HE WAS SINGING HIS BIG HIT, TIP TOE THROUGH THE TULIPS.

ANOTHER ONE FROM MR GARD

STEPHEN GARD JUST SENT ME THIS!

THIS IS PROBABLY WHY THERE'S A BIG MOVE AWAY, TO FACEBOOK. GREAT STUFF!

IT'S A VERY SMALL WORLD

I'M INVOLVED FROM TIME TO TIME HELPING A YOUNG MAN LEARN TO USE A WIND SYNTH. IT TURNS OUT, HIS UNCLE IS ROD JEFFREY, A BLUES/JAZZ SINGER WHO IS ABOUT MY AGE, BUT OUR PATHS HAVEN'T CROSSED, ALTHOUGH WE ARE NOW IN TOUCH. WE LIVED PARALLEL LIVES, HERE IS A PIC OF ROD WITH JAZZ LEGEND, THE LATE JOE LANE. JOE AND I SHARED DIGS IN THE EARLY 70'S. I JAMMED WITH JOE, JUDY BAILEY, JOHN POCHEE, BERNIE MCGANN, EDWIN DUFF, PLUS MORE AND MORE.....ROD ALSO PLAYED WITH MANY OF THEM.

THE MEMBER FOR WENTWORTH PARK

THEY SAY IN RACING CIRCLES, IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMEONE, GIVE THEM A GREYHOUND, BECAUSE THEY WILL BE OUT IN ALL WEATHERS WALKING IT, PAYING FOR IT'S FEED AND VET'S BILLS, AND IN THE END, IT MAY NOT WIN A RACE. WELL, WITH COSTELLO REJECTING THE POISON CHALICE, I THINK MALCOLM TURNBULL IS ABOUT TO BE GIVEN A GREYHOUND. I PROMISE, THAT'S THE LAST I WILL SAY ABOUT IT.

OK, KEEP YOUR PANTS ON, ALL OF YOU BRUTALLY OFFENDED BY MY POLITICAL POSTINGS! BACK TO MUSIC

AS I MENTIONED RECENTLY, I AM PUTTING SOME MUSICIANS TOGETHER TO RECORD SOME ORIGINAL MATERIAL BY STEVE MAHER AND OTHERS. ON THE VIDEO OF THE WEEK, TO THE RH SIDE OF THIS POST, IS A YOU TUBE OF "PAYBACK" A DEMO RECORDING BY STEVE , I WOULD LIKE TO RECORD. YOUR COMMENTS ARE MOST WELCOME. YOU CAN ALSO CLICK ON THE LINK WITH THIS POST.

COSTELLO CAN MANAGE A GHETTO BLASTER

I GUESS THAT SAYS IT ALL REALLY. APART FROM ALEXANDER'S EXOTIC DANCING, THE BEST THE LIBS CAN MANAGE IS COSTELLO PLAYING A CD.
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I THINK KEV WILL GET THE CHAIR WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS.

AT LAST, I FOUND A CONSERVATIVE POLITICIAN WHO CAN PLAY MUSIC.

BUT ALAS, SHE'S AMERICAN. HERE IS CONDOLEEZZA RICE WITH A STRING QUARTET. I ALWAYS THOUGHT SHE WAS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF POLITICS.

EVEN THE LIBS THINK LABOR ARE MUSICAL

THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE WALLPAPER FROM THE LIBERAL PARTY WEBSITE. IT'S WORTH A LOOK. TALK ABOUT NEGATIVE ADVERTISING! ALL YOU SEE ARE POPUPS OF LABOUR FIGURES AND ANTI LABOR ADS. IT LOOKS MORE LIKE JOE HOCKEY'S NIGHTMARES INTERPRETED FOR COMPUTER. I DON'T KNOW WHO THEIR ADVERTISING AGENT OR CREATIVE PEOPLE ARE, BUT YOU WOULDN'T FEED THEM.

YES, GOOD BYE JOHN, AND THANKS FOR THE LAUGHS

THE PM STILL FITS INTO MANY OF HIS SKYHOOKS FAN CLUB OUTFITS.

I CAN'T THINK OF A MUSICIAN IN THE LIBERAL PARTY, BUT THEY DO HAVE A BURLESQUE ARTISTE!

FOREIGN MINISTER, Mme A DOWNER. HE ALSO DOES A VERY GOOD IMPRESSION OF SOMEONE WHO CARES, IN SCHOOLBOY FRENCH. VERY USEFUL IN HIS DEALINGS WITH THE CHINESE.

ANOTHER MUSIC LOVER OF THE TIME

ALTHOUGH BORIS YELTSIN'S FINGERS WERE TOO FAT FOR A DECENT SOLO ON A BALALAIKA, HE DID ENJOY A DANCE.

BILL CLINTON ALWAYS ENJOYED A BIT OF SAX ON THE SIDE

THE POLITICAL THEME CONTINUES. WHERE PAUL KEATING WAS A MANAGER, HIS MATE BILL WAS ALWAYS A PLAYER.

THE FORMER MANAGER OF THE RAMRODS

THE PREVIOUS POSTING ABOUT PETER GARRETT REMINDED ME OF FORMER LABOR PRIME MINISTER PAUL KEATING. IN THE 60'S A BAND CALLED THE RAMRODS FROM BANKSTOWN IN SYDNEY'S SOUTH WEST, WAS MANAGED BY A YOUNG PAUL KEATING.
KEATING SAID IN AN INTERVIEW WITH AUST ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE, HE TOOK THEM FROM NOWHERE TO OBSCURITY. PAUL KEATING LATER BECAME THE LOCAL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, TREASURER AND THEN PRIME MINISTER. MY UNCLE, GREG CLOUT, WAS HIS ELECTORATE CAMPAIGN MANAGER AND MENTOR THROUGHOUT HIS POLITICAL CAREER. I ALSO HAVE AN AUNT WHO WAS A LIBERAL PARTY BRANCH PRESIDENT, AND A COUSIN WHO WORKED FOR B.A. SANTAMARIA, A RIGHT WINGISH CATHOLIC SOCIAL COMMENTATOR. WE HAVE SOME VERY DIVERSE POLITICAL VIEWS IN MY EXTENDED FAMILY!

AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS NEXT SATURDAY

FOR THOSE POOR READERS IN AUSTRALIA, WHO HAVE HAD TO ENDURE MONTHS OF POLITICAL ADVERTISING, IT WILL SOON BE OVER. IF LABOR WINS, WILL IT BE THE FIRST NATIONAL GOVERNMENT WITH A FORMER ROCK STAR AS A MINISTER? FORMER MIDNIGHT OIL'S FRONTMAN, PETER GARRETT WILL BE MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. ALSO, LABOR SEEM TO BE THE ONLY MAJOR PARTY WITH A POLICY FOR MUSICIANS.

DENGATE'S DAZZLING DANCING WAS AT THE USUAL HIGH STANDARD, DESPITE A RECENT HERNIA OP!

DUTCH TILDERS WITH THE FOREDAY RIDERS

SIMON AND FRANK ENJOYING A COLD ONE

PATONGA 2007

PATONGA, BLUES ACROSS THE BAY 2007 WAS ONCE AGAIN A GREAT DAY OUT.
THE RAIN STOPPED, AND ALTHOUGH THE ORGANISERS WERE FORCED TO MOVE THE MUSICIANS INSIDE, WE STILL HAD OUR OUTDOOR PICNIC UNDER BLUE SKIES.
THE HEADLINERS WERE FOREDAY RIDERS, +40TH REUNION MEMBERS, DUTCH TILDERS, WAYNE JURY AND BOB SPENCER.

WILL FLAKE REFORM?

I HAVE BEEN DOING A COUPLE OF RECORDING BITS AND PIECES WITH SONGWRITER STEVE MAHER OF LATE, AND HE HAS BEEN WONDERING WHAT TO DO WITH THE MATERIAL. WE NEED A RECORDING PROJECT TO KEEP US OUT OF THE PUBS, SO I THOUGHT ABOUT REFORMING FLAKE. IT'S THE BAND'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF IT'S ORIGINAL FORMATION NEXT YEAR, SO I EMAILED A FEW FELLOW EX-MEMBERS YESTERDAY, ALL OF WHOM STILL PLAY, AND THERE SEEMS TO BE AGREEMENT AT THIS STAGE, SO IT'S STILL EARLY DAYS, BUT, YOU NEVER KNOW.......I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.

WHO READS THIS STUFF?

I AM ALWAYS CURIOUS ABOUT WHO READS THIS BLOG. ON MY LITTLE MAP TO THE RIGHT OF THIS POSTING, IT SHOWS WHERE PEOPLE ARE WHO LOOK AT THIS BLOG. IT'S BASICALLY EVENLY SPREAD ACROSS EUROPE, AMERICA, ETC. BUT TWO THINGS STAND OUT TO ME. ONE IS, NO ONE ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT HAS SEEN THIS BLOG, WHICH SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE INEQUITY OF ACCESS TO COMPUTERS IN THE WORLD. A SAD SITUATION!
THE OTHER THING I NOTICE, IS THERE IS A SINGLE AVID READER IN THE MIDDLE OF AUSTRALIA. IF YOU READ THIS, DON'T BE SHY, CONTACT ME AND TELL ME YOUR INTERESTS.

ROSS HANNAFORD'S GUITAR PINCHED!

SUBTLE, UNDERSTATED, BEIGE GUITARIST ROSS HANNAFORD HAD HIS GEAR PINCHED RECENTLY, IN MELBOURNE. I WONDER IF ANY OF ROSS' CLOBBER WAS IN THE VAN? IF YOU SEE THIS GUITAR CONTACT THE POLICE, IF YOU SEE ANY OF HIS CLOTHES, CONTACT THE FASHION POLICE.

STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN UP HERE IN THE NORTHERN SUN

GORDON SHEARD, GUITARIST WITH FLAKE 1989 VERSION CONTACTED ME YESTERDAY.


HERE HE IS PICTURED WITH PHIL EMMANUEL AT JOHNNO'S BLUES BAR IN CAIRNS. CHECK OUT MY FLAKE BLOGSPOT FOR MORE PICS.