What a great gig from the multi-talented and gorgeous Vanessa Amorosi - 27 July 2008 - 

The TRAK centre venue is a really nice room…. good bar placement, great auditorium style space with good acoustics and excellent viewing for 95% of the patrons… (Apparently it used to be “Silvers Disco”)

This was a fantastic show with a great mix of her old favorites and songs from her new album…  and a few classic versions thrown into the mix.  

A great way to kick off her new album / tour - if I had another hand, I would give it 3 thumbs up!

Well done V and thanks for the invite…    Photos as promised  

Well it was another rocking night at “The Corner” which is fast becoming my favorite haunt for shooting rock photos…

The two artists, Aussie rock icons, legends of pub rock, call them what you will…. gave a great performance to the largely over 30’s crowd.

James Reyne (Australian Crawl) and Mark Seymour (Hunters & Collectors) both belted out new songs and old hits and crowd favorites. … although there was the usual chorus of “why didn’t he play….. fill in the personal favorite …. ?” But if the boys did play all the requested favorites… we would still be there.. !!!

I will shut up now and let the pix do the talking..  (CLICK the more link just below for more pix… G)

(Low res with watermark only here.. if you want high res or prints… e-mail me)

Cheers Tex

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Had the great opportunity to shoot Dallas Frasca and her Gentleman at the Northcote Social Club on Saturday Night… What a great and powerful performance.

Dallas and Geoff rocked the intimate room with some great blues roots music.   For a two piece outfit, they have a fantastic sound and filled the place with some hard rockin’ music.  The knowledgeable and loyal crowd were well versed in the bands “join in” pieces.  ”Take a look… Take a F***** look!”"   Reminded me of live gigs at Bombay Rock with the “Angels” … “Am I ever going to see your face again? ” No Way… well you know the rest!… oh how I wish I had my cameras back in hose days… *drifts off to nostalgia-land*.

Here are some pics of the night…  Enjoy.

I saw this “Shiba Inu” in the park yesterday and had to get a photo… she’s a beaut!

 Mike Compton is one of the leading mandolin players in the United States. Although also a talented multi instrumentalist, it is his magic mandolin playing that has him nominated for the highest awards in the business at the IBMA Mandolinist Of The Year in 2001 and 2002; at the 2002 Grammy’s TV broadcast he was the mandolinist on with the Soggy Bottom Boys; his playing is featured in much of the “0 Brother” soundtrack and Down From The Mountain CD and tour; and who the New York Times called a “new bluegrass instrumental hero” He is the leading interpreter of the great Bill Monroe’s mandolin style, a composer of traditional mandolin tunes and a leading teacher of Monroe-style mandolin at camps around the world.

Mike was preceded  by the Dancehall Racketeers, who are a Melbourne institution, although dormant for many years they are resurrected in fine form and lead by three of the original members, Andy Baylor, Rick Dempster and Graeme Thomas, and this evening were joined by Peter and Donal Baylor.

Thats a poster or album cover right there, boy! 

Needless to say, the crowd were stunned……

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Giddy up!

Tex 

What a great little venue the Corner Hotel (Richmond, Melbourne) is…  This week I caught up with Bobby Flynn on the launch of his 08 Tour… …. and shot these pix at the ‘Corner’. 
    

         Zachary Armytage, shredding…   Bobby was in my studio for an interview about his tour and he also graciously did an acoustic set for us… its a very special thing… Thanks Bobby  Cheers Tex   

Hi there blog fans… Forgive me for its been a while since my last blog…(kinda sounds like confession don’t it?) The past couple of months I have been away “on assignment”… shooting pic’s in Bali and Tasmania.Bali was a blast and there was a great deal of nice blokey subjects to shoot. War-games, kickboxing tournaments and such…  Then on to Singapore for some R&R and not too many Singapore Slings…. Then Virtually as soon as I return to Australia.. I am off to Tasmania for the annual “knee Draggin’ Ecstasy Tour. or “Man School”.So…here are a few of the prize pics from that last month or two.   Enjoy G 

This last one I titled… “My black Balaclava is in the wash… on this day I need it most!”

Tonight was a very special gig…. Dweezil Zappa playing the music of his father, Frank.  Special guests, original guitarist, Stevie Vai, and singer Ray White.       I took my little camera along to see if there was any chance to get a couple o happy snaps… LOL… little… pffft!           

 ….. the sax player and I had a little eye contact thing going….. 

Arna 3.jpg, originally uploaded by Gavin ‘Tex’ Warren.

Arna’s Guitarist