Cosy Friday evenings

Warrnambool Standard August 2nd 2001 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard  2001 All rights reserved

 Warrnambool musicians John Hudson and Lyn Eales will bring some warmth to cold August nights with a series of intimate live shows. The duo have teamed up to take up a residency at the Mahogany Ship Bar every Friday night during the winter and Eales promises audiences their live show will be a comfortable and cosy affair. Hudson plays acoustic guitar and Eales provides the voice. She used the words intimate, relaxed and improvised to set the scene for the show. She said the duo had been playing together in this format for only a couple of months. “We’ve probably wanted to do this sort of stuff for quite some time. It’s a pleasure to do because we can be spontaneous with our presentation,” Eales said. She said the bar setting allowed an intimacy between performers and audience and provided a comfortable and cosy space. “The idea is you can have your dinner in the restaurant then come out and finish off. It’s a comfortable sort of setting.” She said the pair would perform at the Mahogany Ship every Friday night during August and wouldn’t play anywhere else in Warrnambool in that time. The duo have also put together a CD, for which they re-corded five tracks. “It’s really laid-back, jazz, bluesy, a bit of New York, Carole King, 70s sort of stuff,” Eales said. Lyn Eales and John Hudson play the Mahogany Ship Bar tomorrow night and every Friday night in August.