Summary of the Standard's Offbeat page 5th Feb 2015

Read the Warrnambool Standard today for information on:

1. The Vanns' performances in Portland and Warrnambool

2. Lepers & Crooks appearance at the Loft in Warrnambool tomorrow night with support from Melbourne bands House Of Laurence and Zuzu Angel

3.The Van Go Gos appearance at the Victoria Hotel.

4. Tom Richardson's all ages gig at the Mozart Hall.

5. The band "Foley"

6. This month's 15 minutes of fame at Crossley.

7. Trevor Keilar and Robyn Gleeson's road trips.

8. A "metal" night at Your Break featuring Geelong band Vendetta

9. Melbourne's Cherry Bar’s annual mini festival featuring Portland

exports Dr Colossus

Warrnambool Gig Guide Thursday 5th Feb 2015

Information sourced from Warrnambool Standard

Shane Howard (above) will be at the Lighthouse Theatre Friday night

FRIDAY 6th Feb
15 Minutes Of Fame: St Brigid’s Hall, Crossley
Lepers & Crooks, House Of Laurence, Zuzu Angel: The Loft, Warrnambool
Shane Howard: Lighthouse Studio, Warrnambool
Liz & Warren: The Last Coach, Warrnambool
Hot Palms: The Artery, Warrnambool
Christo Rook: The Stump, Port Fairy
The Van Go Gos: Victoria Hotel, Warrnambool
Daniel Unwin: Seanchai, Warrnambool
Wendy Goyen, Nick How: Whalers Hotel, Warrnambool
Wild Roomers: Kirkstall Hotel

SATURDAY
Rocking Daddies: Victoria Hotel, Warrnambool
Traditional Irish session (arvo), Traffic Jam (night): Seanchai
Tank Dilemma: Whalers Hotel
Tom Richardson, Scott Cook (arvo): Mozart Hall, Warrnambool
Vendetta, Mass Rejection, Redman, Ethereal: Your Break, Warrnambool
Chase City, Bonney Ranch: The Loft
The Vanns, Indiago: Gordon Hotel, Portland
The Sax Man: Flying Horse Bar & Brewery, Warrnambool
Michelle’s Velocity: The Stump
Ian ‘Bidge’ Boyd: Commercial Hotel, Koroit

SUNDAY
The Vanns, Indiago: Hotel Warrnambool
Glen Kelly (arvo): Victoria Hotel, Warrnambool

TUESDAY
Wendy Goyen: Cally Hotel, Warrnambool

WEDNESDAY
Cleveland Blues: The Loft

Warrnambool gig guide 29th Jan 2015

THURS 29TH JAN 2015
In Full Swing with Hocking & Dwyer: Hotel Warrnambool
 The Getaway Plan, Gatherer, Say Please: The Loft, Warrnambool

FRIDAY
Tom Richardson, Jackson Greene, Jess Skye: Wunta on Liebig, Warrnambool
Jason Bull: Port Campbell Hotel Bill O’Connell: The Stump, Port Fairy
 SSSR: Victoria Hotel, Warrnambool
 Zygoma: Whalers Hotel, Warrnambool
The Bearded Gypsy Band, Subb Michalski Trio: The Loft

 SATURDAY
Pierce Brothers: Whalers Hotel
Jacob Pugh & Cooper Lower, Altered Minds, Tapwater (arvo): Warrnambool Skate Park
Michelle’s Velocity: Port Campbell Hotel
Gazjaz, The Jazz Fracas, Tabasco Jazz (arvo): Warrnambool Botanic Gardens
Subb Michalski Trio: The Stump
BAGSVDK, Deefi n, Josh Brown, Will & Hollas (arvo): Lake Pertobe, Warrnambool
Dave Burgess: Victoria Hotel, Warrnambool
Altered Minds, Cooper Lower: Your Break, Warrnambool
Zygoma: Royal Hotel, Warrnambool
Joe Musico: Woolsthorpe Hotel
Sheriff, Red Eagle, The Alamo: The Loft

SUNDAY
Traditional Irish session (arvo): Victoria Hotel, Warrnambool
Nick Costa, Altered Minds, Evareign, Granny’s Grave, Louie Clancey Band, Lost In Suburbia (arvo): Lake Pertobe
Jason Bull (arvo): Hotel Warrnambool
 Maricopa Wells, The Fire Alive, Donnie Dureau, Analog Menace: The Loft

TUESDAY Phil Royle: Cally Hotel

Warrnambool gig guide Thursday Jan 22nd 2015

THURSDAY 22ND JAN 2015
Frenzal Rhomb, Acid Vain, Laura
Palmer: The Loft, Warrnambool

FRIDAY 23RD JAN 2015
Dave Burgess, Nick How: Whalers Hotel, Warrnambool
Bill O’Connell: Commercial Hotel, Hamilton
Russ Goodear Band (arvo): Lake Pertobe, Warrnambool
The Van Gogh-Goghs: Victoria Hotel, Warrnambool
Zeon: Star Of The West, Port Fairy
Cosmic Psychos, The Go Set: The Loft

SATURDAY
The Doctor (arvo): Premier
Speedway, Allansford
The Australia INXS Show: Whalers Hotel
Wild Roomers: Mickey Bourke’s Koroit Hotel
Mitch, Steve & Tristan: Seanchai
Dave Burgess: Victoria Hotel, Warrnambool
Zeon: Star Of The West
King Of The North, Zuzu Angel: The Loft

SUNDAY
Richard Tankard (arvo): Premier Speedway, Allansford
Say Please: Whalers Hotel
Ken Smith’s Country Music Charity Concert (arvo): St Pius Hall, Warrnambool
Dave Burgess Band (arvo): Proudfoots, Warrnambool
Traditional Irish music session (arvo), Mitch Crute & Jackson
Greene (night): Seanchai
Big Love (arvo): Victoria Hotel, Warrnambool
Zeon: Star Of The West
Lost In Suburbia (arvo): Hotel Warrnambool
Gramps, The Black Belts, Zuzu Angel, Silverkane: The Loft

MONDAY
Russ Goodear Band (arvo): Simon’s Waterfront, Warrnambool
The Sax Man: Star Of The West
Bareback Titty Squad, Crossfi re Hurricane: The Loft

TUESDAY
Richard Tankard: Cally Hotel,

‘No great singer’, but a great bloke (John Anscombe)

This article was written by Matt Neal and published in the "Offbeat" section of the Warrnambool Standard November 6 2014 

The hard work of Woolsthorpe musician John Anscombe was recognised at last week’s Warrnambool Business Excellence Awards. Anscombe was named Volunteer Of The Year, with the award acknowledging five decades of musical fundraising by the guitar-playing farmer.

“I enjoy people,” he said of his motivations. “I get enjoyment out of helping people — that’s my biggest reward.” Describing himself as “the world’s worst guitar player” and “no great singer”, Anscombe has held concerts to raise money for muscular dystrophy research, localchurches, the Red Cross, southwest hospitals, CWA groups, and many other charities and organisations. He also regularly donates his time to playing at aged care facilities, which he said he finds both enjoyable and rewarding. “I enjoy going to the old folks’ homes and singing songs they can relate back to,” he said. “Some of the residents can’t have a conversation with you — the way Alzheimers treats people is not a nice thing — yet they sing along with you when you sing the old songs like Coming Round The Mountain or You Are My Sunshine. It’s incredible. “I just like singing with people and getting them having fun.”

Anscombe began his fundraising and musical career as a 16-year-old and said he had no idea how much money he had raised over the years. He has regularly run concerts in Koroit, Port Fairy, Grassmere and around the southwest, and was also involved in the board of management at the Koroit Hospital, for which he often raised money.

In later years, the Slim Dusty fan has been involved in the Warrnambool & District Country Music Group and Ken Smith’s country music fundraising group.

A member of the now-defunct Rubber Band, Anscombe and his musical mates were a regular sight busking at Moyneyana and the Port Fairy Folk Festival, donating every cent that went into the hat to a local hospital or charity — a figure that is estimated to be close to$13,000. While his fund-raising efforts predate starting a family, Anscombe’s own circumstances spurred his passion for charity work even further. “We had two boys who had muscular dystrophy so we raised a lot of money for them,” he explained. “They passed away when they were 19 and 21 (but I still raise) a bit of money for muscular dystrophy research.”

As for being named Volunteer Of The Year, Anscombe said the  “recognition was nice to receive”. “But I never go out there because I’m gonna get pats on the back — I just think about the next place (I’m going) and putting on a good show for them.”

Warrnambool gig guide July 17th 2014

THURSDAY
Goyen, Franklin, Galbraith, Halliwell,Tankard: Hotel Warrnambool

FRIDAY
Louise Adams, Ciaram
Granger: The Loft, Warrnambool
Jackson Greene: The Last Coach, Warrnambool
Mick Keane: The Stump, Port Fairy
Alby Pool, Bidge Boyd: Commercial Hotel, Koroit
Ben Cross: Victoria Hotel, Warrnambool

SATURDAY
Louie Clancey band -- Whalers
The Space Keys, Electric Sun Kings, Odd: The Loft
Dexter, Brenton Hussey: Gallery Nightclub, Warrnambool
Tank Dilemma: The Stump
Sneaky Butchers: Port Campbell Hotel
Louis Helmsley: Victoria Hotel, Warrnambool
Joe Musico: Woolsthorpe Hotel

SUNDAY
Owen Blundell (arvo):City Memorial Bowls Club, Warrnambool
Acoustic Al (arvo): Victoria Hotel, Warrnambool
Tank Dilemma (arvo): Hotel Warrnambool

TUESDAY
Jason Bull: Cally Hotel,

Gig guide July 3rd 2014

THURSDAY
Jazz: Hotel Warrnambool

FRIDAY
The Lost Fridays, The Mellows: The Loft, Warrnambool
Christo Rook: The Last Coach, Warrnambool
Loose Cannons: Victoria Hotel, Warrnambool
Phil Royle: Cally Hotel, Warrnambool
Gavin Riddel: The Stump, Port Fairy
Press Play, Lucille Croft, Sammy La Marca, One Trick, Max McKay, Corey Ryan, Shorty J, DJ Warwick, D-Mac, Porter,Lachlan Milne, Trent Turner, Josh Brown: Gallery Nightclub, Warrnambool
Louie Clancey Band: Seanchai, Warrnambool
15 Minutes of Fame: St Brigid’s Hall, Crossley
Karis Britton & Kerry Cheeseman, Ben Cross: Whalers Hotel, Warrnambool
Wild Roomers: Kirkstall Hotel
Eddy & The Exciters: Port Fairy Cricket Club

SATURDAY
Lakes & Craters Band (arvo): Port Fairy Consolidated School
Tracy McNeil & The Good Life: The Loft
Wilnko: Victoria Hotel, Warrnambool
Jarrad Kilsby: Port Campbell Hotel
The Doctor: The Stump
Alfa Tides: Whalers Hotel
Nick How: Victoria Hotel, Port Fairy
Plexus (arvo): St John’s Anglican Church, Port Fairy

SUNDAY
Lakes & Craters Band (arvo): Leura Oval function room, Camperdown
Graveyard Train: The Loft
Rusty Bucks (arvo): Hotel Warrnambool

TUESDAY
Nancie Schipper: Cally Hotel, Warrnambool

WEDNESDAY
Gordi: The Loft

Hank Williams tribute 2014

Warrnambool Standard July 3rd 2014

WARRNAMBOOL’S annual Hank Williams tribute night has gained international recognition, with the museum in the country musician’s home town sending a letter of appreciation. Hank Williams Museum director Beth Petty, of Montgomery, Alabama, wrote: “We’re so happy folks like yourself pay tribute to this wonderful man and his music”. The annual concert is a fund-raiser for 3WAY FM and returns on September 18 at City Memorial Bowls Club .

Celebrating with a Crossley ceilidh

Warrnambool Standard June 26th 2014
ST Brigid’s Church in Crossley celebrates the centenary of its first service this weekend and music will fittingly play a part in the festivities. The church and hall have been the scene of many gigs since they were purchased by the local community. One of the regular gigs has been the 15 Minutes Of Fame concerts and a special Irish themed version of the open mic-style show will be held tomorrow night as part of the centenary.
On the bill will be The Rusty O’Bucks, poet Mary Bourke, The Tin Whistles [i.e Wednesday Whistlers], The Beale Family, Roy Carson, poet David O’Brien, and Likely Celts.

A ceilidh — a traditional Gaelic night of music and dance — will also be held on Saturday night following the centenary dinner .

The Likely Celts

 The Wednesday Whistlers

Robert Burns Fest 2014 -- Likely Celts

Scottish Festival entrees -- Warrrnabool Standard June 19th 2014

THE festivities of the Robert
Burns Scottish Festival won’t
be confined to Camperdown
this year. Two curtain-raiser gigs
(or “kilt-raisers”, as they’re
calling them) will be held at
Skipton Mechanics Hall on
June 25 and Port Campbell
Surf Lifesaving Club on June
26 before the event kicks off
properly on June 27.
Both concerts will feature
artists from the festival.
Skipton’s show will star
Danny Spooner, Likely
Celts, Don Grieve & Angela
Preiss, and Peter Daffy &
Luke Plumb, along with piper
Donald Blair.The Port Campbell concert
will feature Spooner, Fiona
Ross Band, Tuniversal, Daffy
& Plumb, and Lex’s Shed.
Both shows start at 8pm.

Zuzu Angel, Ten Thousand, Dead Letter Blues @ Espy - Jordan Lockett

South-west musos at Espy = Warrnambool Standard June 19th 2014
THE south-west will be well represented at The Espy’s Rock N Load festival on Saturday.
The famed St Kilda venue will host 34 bands across four stages and 12 hours. Among them will be Zuzu Angel (which features former Port Fairy drummer Jordan Lockett), Ten Thousand (which features former Warrnambool bassist Luke McKenzie), and Dead Letter Blues (which features former Warrnambool guitarist Justin Salmon). Also on the bill is Tumbleweed, King Of The North, Sun God Replica, Neon Queen, My Echo, and stacks more. Head to oztix. com.au for tickets and a full line-up.

Cherie Amor, Kate Gane, Om & The Pea and Oriel Glennen - Refugee week June 22nd 2014

Refugee Week performance -- Warrnambool Standard Thurs June 19th 2014

A DAY of song and story will be held in Warrnambool on Sunday to mark Refugee Week. The event has been put together by Rural Australians For Refugees’ Warrnambool branch and is sponsored by the Lions Club. Gunditjmara duo Tuurann and south-west singer-songwriters Cherie Amor, Kate Gane, Om & The Pea and Oriel Glennen will perform, as well as the OEMV Choir. The gathering at the Mozart Hall in Warrnambool from 12.30pm will raise money for Scarves For Hope and Friends Of Refugees.