Tamworth Country Music Festival

Its not just about the music, its also about the hats!

Xavier Rudd - Tamworth Country Music Festival

Now Im not sure how this lad ended up at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, but Im glad he did. This guy is great, he mixes up his set with a perfect mix of vocals, slide guitars, 6 and 12 string Acoustic/ Electric guitars, Didgeridoos and Stomp Box, Harmonicas, Aztec Drum, Slit Drum, Djembe, and Shakers. http://www.xavierrudd.com/

If you get the chance to see him, take it, I was lucky enough to see him with some great company and the venue was good, plenty of room to move and the crowd were good. Id say most of the punters were here for the boot scootin and the rest of the locals that would enjoy Xavier has escaped Tamworth before the invasion of boot scooters.

He was backed up by band, The Vasco Era, a three piece that I would definelty make a point of seeing again, like Xavier, they mix it up with slide guitars, bass, drums and percusiion. All in all a pretty damn fine mix of music for the evening.

Terrigal - Wamberal

The sun is shining and so starts the next chapter! May my adventures be many and varied!

Veruca Salt - Gaelic Club, Sydney

Since last seen Down Under, in July of 2003, I was delighted to be able to get to the Veruca Salt gig at the Gaelic Club, must say good venue and nice crowd atmosphere (first time at the venue since the old Irish National Association started as s gig spot).

Lead singer Louise Post and band were in fine form indeed, belting out tracks from there previous three albums and bringing me on a trip down memory lane. There guys rock and know how to keep the crowd going with crowd favorites and just the right amount of new stuff for good measure and give us a taste of what to expect from the forthcoming album.

Now Im not a gig writer so ill finish up here, oh I should make mention of Decoder Star, Japanese rock band who were a bloody nice little opener, my only disappointment for the night was that the bar ran out of cider! Ah well, Ill let them know Im coming the next time, and thankfully the Imperial in Erskineville had plenty!