also includes The Night Parrots
Well, we’ve finally started to mix down some of the tracks from the new record. Here’s a quick sneak peek of the second track on the album (of 12 tracks).
This one’s called Pretty Sally, some of you may have heard me play this one live once or twice.
Anyway, this is what the album feels like…to me it feels good! Can’t wait to get some some new music outta my head and into your stereo.
D
Well, we only play once a year, but Al and I make the most of it when we do.
For those of you who have never seen us, my compatriot Al MacInnes and I played in duo all throughput the ’90s. We had long, drunken residencies at The Great Britain, The Punters Club and The Corner Hotel. We played over a thousand gigs together. That’s a lot.
So, once a year, we play it again, just one more time…
TICKETS ARE HERE: corner.ticketscout.com.au/gigs/1804-dan-and-al
We’ve kept it as cheap as possible again ($12), so the gig doesn’t break the end-of-year festivity budget. Get in early, the show almost sold out last year…
Here’s Al’s brilliant summary of the night. Hope to see you. D
Dan and Al are a couple of withered shards of yesteryear. They play only once a year lest they kill each other, though chances are one of them will weep onstage at some point. Don will become boisterous, magnanimous and mildly violent. Al will become embarrassed and frozen with fear. Are you a ludicrous freak show trapped in an inexplicable vortex of tragic nostalgia and ennui? Tickets are strictly limited, though each year ensures this risk diminishes.
Well, I’ve finally finished those songs I was talking about and have headed into the studio to record them. I’ve decided to go with an extended ‘Night Parrots’ production team – with Marcel Borrack in the main chair, ably assisted by Tim Harvey.
I’m pretty excited, to tell you the truth, as this time I feel like I’ve written some songs quite unlike my old stuff (and some in the same style), so the mood is new… I’ve decide to give the producers full control over the project – so I’ve just turned up for a day or two here and there, recorded the bare bones of the songs, and let Tim and Marcel build the songs up from there.
When I go back to the studio a week or so later, it’s like Xmas Day as a kid. I get to sit down and listen to where these two great musicians have taken my songs.
It’s a great adventure. D
Thanks to those of you who came along to the duo show I played with James Stewart last weekend (now dubbed the ‘crazy pony’ gig).
The good news is that the full ‘Warner Brothers’ ensemble returns to The Yarra Hotel in Abbotsford on Sat 27th April (yes, I got confused about the date on stage last weekend…a little over-excited to see those old friends from the Beehive methinks). So, on the 27th it’s The Warner Brothers, featuring our original drummer, the ridiculously good-looking James Carden.
We’ll be playing songs from our first record, Talking In Your Sleep, plus a lot of those old rock ‘n’ roll numbers we used to play in the old days. The show starts at 8.30 and is all over by 11…so come over early and join us for a beer and a bite. The Warner Brothers at the Yarra Hotel, 295 Johnston St, Abbotsford, Saturday 27th April.
If you missed The Warner Brothers reunion gig at the Lowy at the end of last year – we’re happy to announce that the band has decided to play another show, hopefully the first of many for 2013.
This time The Warner Brothers are playing in a country location, appropriate for the band’s history and their music.
On Saturday night 19th January the band will crank up agin at The Beveridge Tavern, Beveridge (the birthplace of Ned Kelly). Beveridge is just north of Melbourne on the old Hume (and not far from Wallan, Kilmore and Wandong).
Let’s face it, the pub’s on a hill north of Kalkallo…come and sing the song in situ! The gig is free and starts at 8.30pm. Accom is available; give Mick at the pub a ring on (03) 9745 2422 beveridgetavern.com.au
