No Anchovies
Oct 10th, 2008 by hoges
The Spectrum gig on September 18th at Adelaide’s famous Rob Roy Hotel proved well worth the trip!
The casual Pizza and Spectrum “No Anchovies” show provided the chance to see the band in a more intimate venue and, although the acoustics were not ideal, Mike and the boys entertained “industry insiders” and a group of my friends with a set comprising older Spectrum numbers and more recent Spectrum Plays The Blues material. Even an Indelible Murtceps number slipped in.
One thing I noted was that the standard of musicianship of the band seems to have increased with age just like fine wine. Speaking of which, I scored a bottle of 2Mates Shiraz from David Minear, who is one of the “mates”!
I took the opportunity to chat to Mike and also former DJ Sheridan, who is the proud possesor of the famous LZ bootleg courtesy of my late brother, Greg. David and Mike now have copies too.
Proceeds of the night went to Support Act, a fund for struggling Australian musos, a group which I’m thinking of joining for the princely sum of $33. Of course, it would have to be the South Australian chapter!
Prior to the gig, I had coffee and a brief catch up chat with old school chum, David . 39 years is a long time to cover in 90 minutes, so I look forward to catching him again on the next trip. Thanks to David for organising the tickets to the gig.
Meanwhile you can check out his surf music label at <<www.bombora.net.au>>.
