Amazing Rhythm Aces & Lost In Suburbia at the Lady Bay Hotel 8th Jan 2000

 

Peter Bird

 

Peter Bird

 

Trevor McKenzie, Wendy Goyen, Michael Schack

Lost in Suburbia

Marty Atchison

 

Russell Smith

 

Tony Bowles

 

Billy Earheart

 

Jeff "Stick" Davis

Rhythm & blues gig

Warrnambool Standard 11th Feb 1999 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 1999.

 WARRNAMBOOL is set for a taste of authentic Memphis country roots blues tonight, with the return of The Amazing Rhythm Aces. If you don’t remember the Aces, you’re probably not alone. Their heyday was in the mid-seventies when they picked up a grammy for Best Country Group. But in the last few years the group has made something of a comeback, releasing albums in 1995 and 1997 and touring the US, New Zealand and Australia. Not that they weren’t busy in the intervening years; singer Russell Smith has been penning tunes for Nashville country stars like Randy Travis, while pianist James Hooker was working with artists such as Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. Organist Billy Earheart and bassist Jeff “Stick” Davis have been appearing with an array of performers from Waylon Jennings to B.B. King and Bob Dylan. Since reforming, the Aces have come to regard Australia as a second home and Australian and New Zealand audiences will be the first to hear the band’s new album Chock Full of Country Goodness. Tonight’s live show promises to be a potent mix of classic roots, blues, country and soul from some of the American country scene’s most accomplished musicians.

The Aces will also be joined by some faces that may be familiar toWarrnambool country music fans. The support slot will be filled by Lost In Suburbia, featuring ex-members of 1970s Warrnambool band Nevada — Peter Bird, Murray McDowall and Trevor McKenzie — along with Rob Bevan (Hot Tamale Baby) and Wendy Goyen (Second Line). Also in the line-up are Roots Music Award winner Lee Morgan and Michael Schack, former member of The Dead Livers. The Aces gig kicks off tonight at Warrnambool’s Lady Bay Hotel.

 

Russell Smith, Pete and Meg Bird, "Stick Davis"

Photos from a 1991 concert at Lake Pertobe organised by 3WAY-FM

 

Brian Keilor-Reid and the Galbraith bros.

 

Derek Rowe and band

 

Emu Creek

 

The Jammers

 

The Motorvators

Reaching for a star

Warrnambool Standard 4th March 1999 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 1999.

 Rock group Thirteen is moving to Melbourne in a bid to climb the ladder of success.‘We’re in it for the long haul, we just want to work as hard as we possibly can’. Warrnambool Unearthed winners Thirteen, having just released its debut EP, is the latest local act to take on the Melbourne music scene. The alternative rock four-piece will move to the capital over the next few weeks and hope to take the next step towards commercial and live success. Guitarist Rosli Wheelock says the move was one the band — which originally met in Broome in Western Australia — had been planning all along. “We made that decision when we first moved (to Warrnambool), we knew we wouldn’t be here forever,” Wheelock says. Warrnambool was a good place to get started, but the members of Thirteen are confident they’ve got what it takes to make it in Melbourne. “We’re in it for the long haul, we just want to work as hard as we possibly can,” says drummer Scott Ryan. The four — including bassist Jay Chesson and singer-guitarist Jason Aldersea — said they were constantly writing new songs and had developed musically since recording their self-financed and produced EP No Future In A New Wave. Once in Melbourne they hope to record a single. “We’re looking forward to spending a bit of time and money on one song, hopefully that will get us a bit of airplay.” But the focus, as always, will be on the band’s dynamic and intense live act, which they hope to bring to a wider audience. “We have a work ethic to play the best we can play each time,” Wheelock says.

Thirteen’s six-pack a promising drop

IT’S not hard to spot the influences of Warrnambool’s Thirteen — Nirvana for one — but the debut EP from this alternative rock four-piece also shows a great potential to break the garage-band mould. The talented four-some have certainly mastered the rolling barrage of guitar sound, but they’re also not afraid to tone it down occasionally and that’s when the uniqueness of their style shows through. Highlights of the six-track CD include Cupid, the track unearthed by ABC Radio station Triple J and Bleed which contrasts some rocking guitar with a gentler sound that lets Jason Alderson’s throaty vocals shine. Get out your air guitar for the final track, Not Hip, where Thirteen really crank it up and go all out — a song well suited to the band’s dynamic live show. Thirteen, who originally met in Broome, Western Australia, say people in the Warrnambool music scene considered them“blow-ins” for a while, but if this EP is anything to go by Warrnambool may one day be proud to say this is where the band got its start.

Willie Nelson Patsy Cline Tribute - 3WAY-FM fundraiser 29th June 2001

 

The Red Tent Singers sang "Walkin After Midnight" and did some more traditional choir work before supper.

 

Ruben Shannon of the "Frisky Go Cats" sang the Willie Nelson classic "Night life"

 

The saxophone provided a nice feel to the jazzier songs of Willie Nelson as interpreted by John Hudson and the Frisky Go Cats

 

"Lost in Suburbia" guitarist

and singer, Trevor McKenzie 

sang "Good hearted woman"

and "Don't come around"

 

Wendy Goyen fronted"Lost in Suburbia"  for 

the opening act. She

moved effortlessly through 

"3 Days", "A bottle of wine

and Patsy Cline", "Crazy"

and "Walkin After Midnight"

 

The nights organiser, Peter Struth, also fronted the Struth Brothers Band for some rocked up Patsy Cline songs

 

Mick Ferrier had some introductory questions about car parking before launching into "There she goes"

 

Gavin Steer of the  Monaaros

 

Hannah Schack was backed by 

Peter Bird, Rohan Keert, Murray

McDowall and Michael Schack 

for her rendition of "She's got you".

She was then joined by her sister 

Rebecca for "When I get through with you"

and "7 Lonely days".

 

Heather Goddard commenced the post supper entertainment with "3 Days" and "All of me"

 

John Hudson donned a Willie Nelson head 

band to play "One for the road", "The red

headed stranger" and a brilliant combination

of "On the road again" and "Viva Las Vegas"

 

Frisky Go Cats drummer John Emry donned a cowboy hat for the occasion

 

Mark Struth kept the beat going and supplied the drum kit as well

 

Michael Schack was kept busy as an

accompanist for Mick Ferrier, Joan Woof

and Heather Goddard

 

Another Monaro come Struth Brother

 

Murray McDowell

 

Rohan Keert

Heather takes gold for her on-air style

Warrnambool Standard 16th October 2000 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard  2000

THERE was no Oscar and no tears but the winner of the Radio 3WAY FM Gold Mona Award, Heather Martin-Trigg, summed up her feelings perfectly yesterday: "I felt just like Gwenyth Paltrow (Oscar winner for best actress - Shakespeare in Love)," she said with a laugh. As presenter of the weekly radio show Gourmet Breakfast and the monthly program Headless Chickens, Ms Martin-Trigg said she was thrilled to receive the award, which recognised her talent." I was actually gobsmacked when they read my name out. I thought I'd maybe have a slim outside chance of getting a bronze, but not gold." The Mona Awards are held annually and celebrate the achievements of 3WAY FM program presenters. Winners for each category and the overall Mona award winners are judged by members of 3WAY FM. Also claiming a Mona Award for the best breakfast program category, Ms Martin-Trigg was humble about her efforts for the community radio station. "Everyone works hard here; everyone puts in and does their show. I don't think I've worked any harder than anyone else," she said.

 Winners of the Mona Awards 2000 were: Gold Mona, Heather Martin-Trigg. Silver, Stuart Prince. Bronze, Peter Struth. Easy Listening, Afternoon Delight - Monday with Bruce Rogers. Information-Talk, Football 2000 with Tony Francis, Daryl Agnew, Christian Williams and Kathy Finlay. Retro-Rock, Rock 'n' Roll Trivia with Stuart Prince. Roots, Southbound with Mark Struth. Adult Contemporary, Good Vibrations with Lyn Charles, Annette  Cuolahan, Kerri-Anne Rabach and Ann Morris. Alternative-Indie-Heavy, Party on the Patio with Peter Struth (Snork).   Alternative-Mainstream, Flick Chics with Heidi O'Neill and Vickie Brough. Breakfast, The Gourmet Breakfast Club with Heather Martin-Trigg. Specialist Shows, The Hank Williams  Hour with Mark O'Neill. New Programs, The Hank Williams Hour with Mark O'Neill.
                     . . . (Report: REBECCA TROTT. Picture: DAMIAN WHITE)