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November 2005 |
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Adventures On Kawau Island 11(website news).jpg)
On November 12th the band made an intrepid journey to Kawau Island to play a birthday party for Kawau resident Michael Marris. This was certainly the most unusual and adventurous gig we've played for a long time (probably since the last time Kokomo ventured over to Great Barrier Island - what is it about islands?!), what with putting all the gear on a water taxi for the trip over and carrying the entire set-up 200m up a cliff on a flying fox! (It took four loads on the flying fox, while Nigel and Derek carried their instruments up the 260 steps - more of a problem for Nige with the upright bass!)
It was also one of the most enjoyable weekends we've had in recent times: Michael and his partner Gabrielle - and his very generous friends - all looked after the band wonderfully. There were about 15 people for dinner and we played a little before that - doing both Self-Righteous Brothers as well as Kokomo tunes - and then well into the night when a few more of the island's residents arrived and joined the dancing. Much fun was had all round. We stayed just across the water with Aine and Robert (the Man in Gold, if you've seen the pictures!) - at the water's edge, just about the most entrancing spot you could wake up in the morning - then we had another little session on the balcony around the breakfast table, overlooking the turqoise waters of the small inlet. Pictures of this astoundingly beautiful spot have now been posted in a special section of the Picture Gallery. A big "Thank You" from the band to everyone who made the weekend so special - we only hope the guests enjoyed it as much as the musicians! |
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Mississippi To Mauao
Derek was in Liam Ryan's studio in Tauranga the other day recording slide guitar on two track for Laim's Mississippi To Mauao project. This is shaping up to be a fantastic piece of work, with contributions from Midge Marsden (harp), Cameron Allen (sax), Peri Kohu (guitar) and members of theTorch Songs band, amongst many others. Find out more at the official website. And here's a picture of Liam ----------------------> |
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Rehearsals For Live AlbumThe band have been holed up in the studio in recent times, preparing material for the Baycourt concerts that will make up the live album. Here's a pic of them after a long day last weekend.L-R: Sonia, Grant, Derek, Mike Kirk (guitar), Ian "Beano" Gilpin (drums), Nigel. .JPG) |
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Songs Of Love And Not For Sale Via Cdbaby In UsIf you are based in USA or Canada, you might be interested to know that Songs Of Love And Not is now available via the CDBaby website. We have done this because it will work out cheaper for you than paying the postage all the way from New Zealand - tell your friends! More of our albums will be listed there soon. Simply go to CDBABY |
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