I thought I'd mention to any Brisbaners here that I'm part of 'The Smokin Crawdads' at the Ekka tonight (Thursday) and Sunday night. I've done twice before and it's good fun.
For those who are wondering, 'What the hell is the Ekka?', it's Brisbane's yearly 'show', 'fair' ... 'expo' ... how else can I put it? It takes place over a week or so at the Brisbane Show Royal Grounds (the Ekka ... short, I think, for 'exhibition' ... aussies do love to shorten those big words).
The Smokin Crawdads are:
Mick Martin, a fantastic guitarist, the best I've ever shared a stage with.
Andy Tainsch on bass, great player and a true gentleman.
Kerry Jacobsen on drums, played with Dragon, Mondo Rock, Ian Moss ... you name 'em.
Randal Terrens on keyboards ... I'm not sure if he's going to be there or not.
Me on
slide.
We all sing, Mick does most of it.
We're at the Stockmans Tavern, 8 til midnight, surrounded by hay bales and horse shoes ... we play everything from country to blues to rock and back.
Naturally, if you do come, make sure you say hi!