<bold><italic><color><param>0100,0100,0100</param><smaller>(forward from feb 1st)</italic></bold><bigger>
Hey folks,
Matty and I are killing time in the departure lounge of the Sydney
airport awaiting the flight back to Perth at the end of a great tour.
Sixteen shows in four states, meeting some great people, staying
in some wonderful places and playing some fine venues has made
the whole journey so worthwhile. Hope you managed to catch a
show.
We had some great experiences. The drive north from
Cootamundra left us both pretty stunned as we drove for hours
through airborne topsoil and parched, spent country. Katoomba
was a first for me - the blue mountains standing like heaven's edge
overlooking the haze of Sydney. Sea lice bite you when you swim
at Breamlea, if you play on the same night as Paul Kelly in a
regional town you'll play to almost no-one, Wagga Wagga has a
beach yet is miles from the ocean (the Murrumbidgie) and the
people in the pub are friendly but want to get on stage and sing
drunken harmonies and tend to request cold chisel songs.
Canberra's music scene is a lot healthier than it's soul, sushi
buffets aren't as bad an idea as you'd think but go easy on the
sashimi and Matt kicks arse at playing Big Buck Hunter - it's
probably his Canadian heritage coming through - might be the only
useful thing about being half Canadian he's got beyond the extra
passport he bandies about from time to time.
As usual, we came across some great musicians in our travels.
Vic-local Josh Backwell is one you should know about - a nicer
guy you couldn't find - he writes some clever and quirky songs in a
uniquely australian-folk flavour in the vein of colin hay, paul kelly or
that fella greg arnold from things of stone and wood. He gives away
cds via his myspace site if you're interested.
So I head back to Perth now to start up a WA tour with the Spirits
in a few weeks to promote our next single and to play in the WAMI
festival on TUESDAY 20th FEBRUARY.
We've got something a little different lined up for the WAMI show.
Matt Irvin and I are both doing a solo show upstairs at the Swan
Acoustic Lounge which we will be filming. You're invited. It'll be free
entry, it'll be early and it'll be your way of being part of the WAMIs
and getting yourself a little of that filmic immortality. Please come
down if you can.
The dates for the next two months are currently as follows:
<smaller>Thurs 15th Feb - Swan Hotel Acoustic Lounge - Fremantle - Simon London +Clem
Fri 16th Feb - Prince of Wales Hotel - Bunbury - Simon London + the Spirits
Sat 17th Feb - Cape Wine Bar - Dunsborough - Simon London + the Spirits
Sun 18th Feb - Caves House - Yallingup - Simon London + the Spirits
Tues 20th Feb - Swan Hotel Acoustic Lounge - Freo - WAMI show - Simon
London, Matty Irvin
Sat 24th Feb - Settlers Tavern - Margaret River - Simon London + the Spirits
Sat 3rd Mar - Tanglehead Brewery - Albany - Simon London + the Spirits
<bigger>Good stuff.
Simon
DONT FORGET - you can buy any Simon London cds via the
website http://www.simonlondon.com
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