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Review: CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE– Brisbane – Sat Sept 21, 2024 – The Tivoli

Review and photographs by Robin Jones I could not help but wonder how this gig was going to turn out. Live music is still suffering the post covid effect and a lot of people are having to be careful with their spending, but it was encouraging to see a full house for a Blues gig in Brisbane. By the time Charlie came on there were only a very few seats not taken and with standing tickets also being sold there was a large and appreciative crowd. Local [...]

By BASEQ Editor|2024-09-27T18:24:54+10:00September 27th, 2024|News, Reviews and Events|

Vale Frazer Goodman

The sudden passing of well loved Gold Coast musician Frazer Goodman came as a shock to all. BASEQ would like to pay respect to this kind, gentle and talented musician by publishing here the thoughts of some of the people who knew him, with the acknowledgement that his passing has been felt by many more here in S-E Queensland, and indeed internationally. From Kevin Briggs I sometimes lose my faith in humanity from all the ego, greed and selfishness that I witness in this world. And [...]

By BASEQ Editor|2024-09-27T16:54:26+10:00September 27th, 2024|News, Reviews and Events, The Groove|

A local band to watch out for – Shade Hadie (formerly Writers Tongue)

So your humble BASEQ editor stumbled upon a group of four very young musicians who left me impressed. It wasn't their youth, it wasn't the use of vintage high powered guitar amplifiers played at a very comfortable volume but just dripping with tone. It wasn't really even the choice of material they were playing. Michael Georgas (Bass), Peter Donaghy (Drums), Oskar Thaw (Guitar), Buddy Moyes (Guitar, Vocals and Harmonica), It was the feel of that material. It was the musical communication between the members [...]

By BASEQ Editor|2023-09-26T15:24:43+10:00September 26th, 2023|(default), News, Reviews and Events|

The four LP’s that introduced me to the Blues

By Robin Jones, BASEQ President In about 1972, when I was 14, an older friend, who had been to university and played harp with a uni band called Climax Chicago, started going on about “the Blues”. To give me an idea of what he was talking about he produced three LP’s from his smallish collection. When ever at his place we listened to these three records almost constantly. Although I was not that aware of it at the time these three LP’s and one other, would [...]

By BASEQ Editor|2023-02-23T00:02:43+10:00February 23rd, 2023|News, Reviews and Events, The Groove|

Local Musician In Conversation – Simon Worlo Paying Homage to his Heroes.

Simon Worlo has been a regular down The Colonel [1] jams for many years, originally starting on bass before moving to singing and playing guitar. It comes to no surprise for Simon to have a strong affinity to the early electric blues era from the late 1940s and early 1950s, which he delivers as "Simon Worlo & The Colonel", or with Trev Gollagher as "The King Tones". Trev, Simon and The Colonel "Muddy Waters first caught my ear. Through research and listening I [...]

By Barry B|2021-07-23T12:16:08+10:00July 23rd, 2021|(default), News, Reviews and Events, The Groove|