4 January 2007

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
TAMWORTH is looming with only 2 more weeks to go...oh my god is it that soon! So for you Country aficianados I suggest you get onto the Tourism Tamworth website and book your tickets to your favourite shows before they're sold out!
One show you wont want to miss is the annual NORTHERN TERRITORY NIGHT, hosted by myself and Music NT, which had a short hiatus last year. This year's show "Barkly Diamonds and Arafura Pearls" at the Family Hotel 6pm on Sun 20th will be bigger and better than ever with the very best of what the Territory has to offer. Featuring Rising Star and Best New Talent nominee Harmony James and her award winning song "Tailwind", charismatic larrikin Tom Curtain performing songs from his new album "Heatwave", country rocker Matt Scullion who will have you all up on the dance floor and newcomer Leah Flanagan who won Best Emerging Artist at this years Indigenous Music Awards and will blow you away with her soulful voice, a voice that belongs to someone much older than her 23 years. Rumour has it Neil Murray will join u, and for the Cowgirls fans, I think I've been able to twist Gleny's arm into getting up for a few old favourites. Plus there'll be some surprise guests turning up to perform a song or two inspired by their time in the Top End. Tickets $15 from Tourism Tamworth www.visittamworth.com phone 02 67675300 or $20 on the door.

Other shows not to be missed will be "From The Top End Down" at the Hogs Breath Cafe Function Room (upstairs 265-267 Peel St) Mon 21st, Tues 22nd, Wed 23rd 12.00 -2.30pm (doors open 11.30) featuring Harmony James, Leah Flanagan and myself. Fabulous female Songstresses from the Territory presenting their award winning songs in an informal unplugged pass the guitar concert which allows you to get up close and personal and hear the stories behind the songs in a more intimate setting.
Harmony has been nominated for Best New Talent in the Golden Guitar Awards, Best New Talent in the TIARAS, Best New Talent at The Victorian and Independent Music Awards, was a Top 5 Finalist In the MUSIC OZ Awards and Won Best Country Song in the International Songwriting Competition with her song 'Tailwind'. Along with Tailwind, her latest release 'Somebody Stole My Horse' have both made it into the top 10 in the Country Charts.
Leah has just finished recording her debut album "Before the Fall" with Chris Thompson and Steven Schram in Melbourne. She won Best Emerging Artist at this years Indigenous Music Awards and has recently received a Sponsorship with Maton Guitars. Leah has performed at The Dreaming Festival, National Young Writers Festival, Woodford Folk Festival and will be appearing at this years Blues and Roots festival.
Tickets are $25 for a meal and show package. For tickets and more information contact Liam at Hogs Breath Cafe on 02 67669 522 .

Since the Cowgirls split last year, all the plans I had for this year seem to have been caught up in the chaos of moving back to Darwin and finding a day job, a necessary evil when there's not enough gigs to make music a profitable thing. Been having fun cooking and barista-ing with Patti and Paul at the Roma Bar - Darwin's best cafe/hangout for the left leaning politically aware, artist, journo crowd or anyone that enjoys a good cup of coffee...made famous by Midnight Oil in their song "Trugininni".
In between coffees I've managed to get down to Cobargo for the best little Festival in Australia and catch up with old friends and made some new ones too. Check out The Beez from Germany, kinda like the SNACs with accordian but better looking! While I was there I organised time with Damon Davies to record a 4 track demo at his Planet Mars Studio a couple of weeks later. 'Red Door Demo' was the result and you can listen to it on my myspace site www.myspace.com/traceybunnmusic. Other stuff this year included performances at Darwin Festival, Gympie Muster and recently NU Country TV's Xmas party in Melbourne with Leslie Avril, amongst others, which will be televised shortly on Channel 31 in Melbourne and Brisbane. So tune in if you can and check it out.
I hope you're all enjoying the Christmas break and looking forward to Tamworth as much as I am. The coming year should see me heading down to Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra for the National Folk Festival and a few short tours either side of that. Keep on supporting live music by getting out and seeing some!

Cheers and beers
Tracey

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28 JULY 2007

Next week I'll be heading down to visit you Melbourne mob with fellow Darwinian songstress Leah Flanagan in tow, check her out at www.myspace.com/leahflanagan
We'll be doing a small series of showcase gigs from Thurs 5th - Sat 7th July at the following venues:
Thurs 5th July - Lomond Hotel, East Brunswick
Fri 6th July - Newmarket Hotel "Country Review", St Kilda
Sat 7th July - The Convent (Lentil as Anything Cafe), Abbotsford
We'll have a few special guests with us to give us a hand - Damien Neil on guitar and Waz Foster on Bass.It's been a while since I've been in good ole Melbourne town but I'm hoping you haven't forgotten me. I surely Haven't forgotton your fabulous Melbourne hospitality and will be looking forward to catching up with a lot of you over a few pints of Guiness at the Lomond, a couple of schooners of Coopers at the Newie and a bottle of red or two at the Convent! This Northern gal is gonna need a few drinks to thaw her out before she can sing! I hear it's freezing down there!!!
I Hope you're all keeping the music alive by supporting your favourite artists by going out to see them live at your local (or not so local) pub, club or cafe and by requesting their songs on your fave radio show.
See you on the 5th - 7th July.
Cheers and cold beers
Tracey Bunn

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26 April 2007
Hey all you Cowgirls fans. The Katherine Muster is almost upon us again, and for those of you who haven't already planned on getting yourselves here, it's time to roll up your swag, grab your guitar, throw your esky in the truck and hit the road to the NT's best festival of country music. The Cowgirls are no longer performing together, but Gleny and I are both performing separately with our new bands so you'll get double the dose of Cowgirl fun PLUS a whole lotta other fine acts as well. There'll be our mates Katie Oliver, Whiskey Creek, Marcus Bader, Jackie Izod, Patrick Webster and new rising star Harmony James (who won the Country section of the International Songwriting Competition).
This year will see the Muster shrink down to a one day event due to funding issues, but will spawn 2 more events later in the year to make sure everyone gets their fill of quality Country Music. See www.kcmm.com.au for more info on the muster and upcoming events. Next year the muster will revert back to a 3 day country music spectacular.

10 September 2006
Yes, we're still alive!! Even though it's been a while since you've heard anything from us. Many apologies for being slack! Lots of stuff has happened since our last gig, one of which being Gleny going off to do her own thang - no doubt another musical adventure. As for what I've been doing, I can't say it's been a lot musically. I haven't been actively searching for a replacement for Gleny to continue the Cowgirls, as life has been bowling me a few spinners! This time last year I was happily married but since then I've been ceremoniously dumped, have divorce proceedings in place and am now picking up the pieces and trying to find the humorous side of it all...sounds like a country song, hmmm!!??
Funny what life deals up to you. But I have been writing some of my best songs yet...at least I think so( my dogs like them too!)
As far as Cowgirls stuff getting out into the universe goes, we've been included on a recent independent country compilation "The Australian Country Music Series - volume one" recently released by Dirt Road www.therecordcompany.com.au , available at all good music stores. Features (aside from us) James Blundell, Carter and Carter, Jonah's Road, Sweeney Killeen & lots more. So buy one for the folks, the love of your life or the dog (the love of his life?) for Christmas, for any reason - and while you're at it get one of ours if you haven't already, before we run out. We still have a few copies left under the bed but you better be quick. Go to our Have A Listen page to place your order.

Now, what has been going on aside from all this, you may well ask? I've been told never to let a divorce get in the way of having a good time.(I've also had offers to throw a divorce party and even received a happy divorce card!) Any excuse for a party up here in the Top End!!

Well, our good friends The Re-Mains were in town(Darwin) last weekend and it was great to catch up with them over a few refreshing ales (rums, red wines, bourbons, vodkas...!) Ended up on a balcony with my mate Susan doing a fantastic job at keeping the cocktails coming till the sun came up. Spent the night passing the guitar and engaging in the usual verbal diarrhoea that accompanies such late night excursions. Needless to say it was a great night had by all. Aahh... reminds me of the good ol' Cowgirls days. The next day they were spreading the gospel of CRnR at the Ski Club and asked me to get up with them for a couple of songs. As soon as I slung Micks guitar over my shoulder, I knew I needed to get back to my music. Thanks guys for giving me a a well needed kick up the bum.

Apart from that it's been heads down bums up and back to a day job to get a few bucks in the bank so I can get back to doing what I love most... my music. Especially recording another album, as I have such a backload of songs that I have kept aside which have not really been Cowgirl material. So I'll be actively searching out some musicians to work with over the next few months and hopefully by early next year, will be back out there gigging again. I really miss all you fantastic people that have given us so much support and encouragement over the last few years to keep doing what we love doing most, our songs and our music, and look forward to catching up with you all for an overdue beer!

Keep an eye on the website as I promise I'll get to it as soon as possible. Hopefully with a link to Gleny's goings on and a new page for my own adventurings. Thanks again to all our loyal fans that have been with us through thick and thin. I hope we get to see you all again in the near future in whatever guise it may be. One thing for sure is that we'll still be having a hoot of a time doing it!!!

Oh by the way you can still purchase our CD's and merchandise from us via the website or else drop us an email and we'll get it to you on the next pony express or camel train out of Darwin!!!

Cheers and beers
Tracey

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4 May 2006
Well, a big GIDDAY from a very soggy place! I've been rained in here at Daly River for the last few days and am getting a bit nervous as to whether I'm going to make it out in time for our next lot of gigs! It's been raining pretty much constantly for the last week and there could even be a cyclone forming off Darwin!
Katherine river is rising and Daly River Community is starting to call together an evacuation plan! Our good friends The Walsh family in Katherine are preparing to get wet feet. i only hope it's not another 98 flood!!!
Aah, life in the tropical north in monsoon season.
NEXT GIGS!
This is just a quick little blurb to let you all know we'll be in Sydney next weekend for the Hawkesbury Fiddle festival up at Clarendon Showgrounds:
Fri 7pm - 8pm
Sat 1pm - 2pm
Sun 12pm -1pm

And we'll be doing a workshop around 4.30pm on Sat "Roadkill Roadrage and Roadhouse Food" for those of you planning on taking off into the wide blue yonder in search of the Aussie dream. We'll have a few tips on how to survive on the road using only what you'd find in a Cowgirl's handbag. Mind you our handbags have been known to carry everything but the kitchen sink! There'll be a few tunes as well as a few travellin' tales guaranteed to give you a giggle.

Then on Sunday night we'll be heading back to one of our favourite haunts in Sydney, the Botany View Hotel from 6.30 - 9.30pm. Michael Vidale will be joining us on bass and Paul Dunn on drums, two guys that were there at the very beginning of the Cowgirls. We don't know when we'll be back in Sydney again, and as Gleny has decided to call it quits and move onto greener pastures, it could very well be our last gig ever. Unless, of course, I can find someone to fill her extremely large (and smelly) boots, though I must say, female accordion/fiddle players with an oversize personality and a great voice are a little thin on the ground. So get out there and spread the word and dust of your hats and boots and come down and join us for a big weekend! Hope you're all still giving it all you got. Keep on sucking

Cheers
Tracey (and Gleny)

PS Keep an eye on our website in case i can't get out of Daly River in time for my flight to sydney.If that happens then Gleny will be presenting a show of her own which will still be a great party!

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10 December 2005
Yeehaar!!!
It's almost that time again when we make our annual pilgrimage to the Capital of Country Music to catch up with old friends over a beer and to make new ones in the toilet queue. Amazing who you can meet in that narrow hallway... and the stories you hear! Look out for the book "Tales from a Tamworth Toilet" - a gutwrenching read.
But before we descend on that beloved city, it's off to wonderful Woodford for Australias largest festival. Six days and nights, mornings and afternoons of festivities: music and masked balls, film and forums, circus and comedy, poets and plenty of pints of BEER. Lead us to the Guinness bar!
Tickets for the festival are only available online and will sell out, so get them early. Check the GIGS page for our performance times.
Back to Tamworth gigs. This coming festival will be all over bar the shouting (your shout that is!) for us after the first weekend as we only have four shows.
We'll be kickstarting our festival at the Goonoo Goonoo Room at the Longyard on Saturday afternoon. Somewhere you can sit down and enjoy the show with a kick ass sound system and plenty of room to table dance if the urge takes you (not much room up front i'm afraid). Tickets $18 available at the door.
Then we're off to the Family Hotel on Saturday night where you'll have ample opportunity to kick up your heels and get showered in our sweat in the process. It's only a small venue so it'll be pre sold ticket holders in first then whoever we can fit in after that. Tickets can be purchased from Tourism Tamworth on 02 67675300 or online at www.tamworth.nsw.gov.au $10 pre-sale or $15 at the door.
Back to the Family on Sunday night for our showcase of Northern Territory talent "Crocs and Cyclones". I'm sure you'll be blown away by the awesome Neil Murray, and the talented Tom Curtain will have you smiling like a snappy handbag! Other guests include Martin Oakes, Matt Scullion, 2005 Telstra road to Tamworth finalist Jessica Mauboy and 2006 Tamworth CMAA College Graduate ....?...... and of course the Cowgirls. Phew, what a night. Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 7.30pm sharp, so get in and get your bums on seats early. Tickets $10 presale from Tourism Tamworth or $15 at the door.
A new one for us this year will be our "Cowgirls and Friends" night at the Tamworth City Bowlo on Monday night. We had a great show there last year and it was such a fantastic small intimate venue, we thought it would be ideal for an up close and personal kind of thing where we can invite all our musically talented friends up for a bit of a singalong (maybe even some talented in other areas as well?!). They were all in the audience last year so it makes sense to get them up and do something rather than just sitting on their bums heckling us! Keep your eye on our gigs page for updates on who'll be there.

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26 october 2005
Gidday all!
Well, it's been a good couple of months since the Cowgirls have seen any road action, and I must say we have been enjoying home sweet home and all it's trimmings…the same bed every night (with the same bloke sometimes), having a vege garden with lots of herbs, somewhere to put all the junk (boxes and boxes of cowgirls CDs), having children (furry 4 legged ones), starting a wine cellar (that one seems to be taking some time as the wine doesn't seem to last long enough to make it to the cellar!). It's also nice to have a spare bed handy for all of you that have put us up (and put up with us) in case your ever up Daly River way and need a camping spot, or a spare couch at Gleny's place if your visiting Brunswick Heads.
Regardless of us not being on the road, cowgirl stuff still needs to be attended to and our album, Thirteen Thongs, needs to be shoved at radio people and the like to get our music out there (and move some units from under the bed!) We've had some really great reviews and some fantastic radio DJs out there have been giving the album a good work out on their turntables - a BIG thank-you to all of you who have played our CD on your show.
If there's any radio folk that don't yet have a copy of our album and you'd like to add it to your stations library, drop us a line and we'll get a copy out to you asap.
Also for all you listeners, please call up your local radio station and request our songs. If they haven't heard of us, tell them they're missing out on some great new Aussie talent, and if they don't have the album, tell them to contact us and we'll send them one! How can we achieve world domination if no-one is playing our music?!
Work on the website is happening, though a little slowly. New stuff just added includes reviews of both of our CDs on the HAVE A LISTEN page, a couple of new photos (with more to come on a gallery page.) Still got heaps to do but please be patient with me, I'm still on my "L" plates!
Well we've got a couple of gigs coming up for all you Darwin and Katherine mob, or for anyone passing through in October.(see GIGS page)
One not to miss will be the Mini Muster in Katherine with our mates the Red Hot Poker Dots. It's a fundraiser for Kerry Diehm, of whom some of you will know from all her tireless work with the Katherine Muster over the last 5 years. Recently Kerry was diagnosed with lung cancer, and while the outlook is very positive, the ongoing treatment has been a major drain on the family resources. Gleny came up with the idea when she realized the Poker Dots would be touring through Katherine at the same time as the Cowgirls. It'll be an ideal chance for people to come together in support for a woman who has done a great deal for country music in the Territory and to have some fun at the same time. It'll be a gold coin donation but you are allowed to put more in the bucket if you're feeling generous - and we hope you will be! There'll be raffles and a Country Music Trivia Quiz for those of you who want to test your musical knowledge with prizes including CDs and merchandise from Australian country music artists. Jimbo the Clown and face-painters will be there to keep the kids out of your hair (and your beer). So all in all it's going to be a great day.
Aside from that we'll be doing a short stint at Mindil Markets as a warm up to our only Darwin Show at the Groove on Sat 15th. It's only a small venue so book early.
So far next year looks promising with Woodford Folk Festival over the New Year, then Tamworth for 4 shows in Jan and a couple more festivals and gigs in the pipeline. We'll update you as we get confirmation. We hope you're all enjoying the spring weather or getting hot and sweaty (in the best possible way!) if you're up North like us. Thanks to you all for hangin' in there while we have an extended break, we've definitely needed one! See you at the next gig where we'll be refreshed and back into it with all the Cowgirl energy and enthusiasm we can muster. If you can't wait that long - our new CD Thirteen Thongs will have you dancing around the bedroom. Keep on spreading the word and requesting songs from Thirteen Thongs on your local radio station and we WILL have world domination, but only with your help. Keep on sucking, trucking, bucking…?!
Tracey and Gleny

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13 july 2005
Gidday folks! Well, it's about time we took a bit of a break so that's exactly what we're doing. Got heaps of things we've both been wanting to do for some time but with our constant touring, haven't been able to. Aside from these other things, which we'll tell you more about soon, we're in the process of updating our website with spiffy new pages, including a photo gallery, media page, reviews and an interactive guest book. But these things take time...especially if your learning how to do them from scratch! So be patient and come back soon and we'll have some photos and more stories about what we're up to (and a few gems from past tours) to keep you entertained till we can do it for you on stage personally! Till then, keep on sucking what you like best. Cheers and beers
Tracey and Gleny

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23 february 2005
Songs and Thongs and Goings On!

Gidday folks! (thought it about time to stop sounding like an American, we are Australian afterall!)
Well we've got our new cd "Thirteen Thongs" out and it's been selling like bomb shelters in Baghdad. We've been getting some good airplay all over the country and even overseas…we made number 30 on the charts in Toronto! And that was with our last cd "Flamin Sheilas"; wait till they get Thirteen Thongs. Thanks to Elizabeth Burroughs from Austrade who passed a cd onto Ron Burd at CIUT FM Toronto. Hit Country in Geelong have our single Winds of Change on high rotation and we've been having a bit of fun with a couple of djs from the station, Ron Cockell (pronounced Kerkell, be careful now!) and Kevin Wilson who we met at Whittlesea. Thanks to all the radio folk that have been playing our single on the NfS 93 compilation. If you'd like a copy of the album, please get in touch as we'd be more than happy to send one out to you.
At Tamworth this year we were showcasing our new cd and the musicians we had playing on it, the awesome Ray 'Papa Bear' Cullen on pedal steel and Lindsay Martin on fiddle and mandolin as well as the usual suspects, Sam 'Bobcat' Martin on double bass and Grant 'Hotrod' Bedford on standup snare. What a rockin' band! It was something different for us having only the 3 shows instead of the usual 10 or 12. It meant we could put on the best possible show for all our gigs instead of dying in the ass halfway through, losing our voices and our brains! Also having a cover charge was a bit of a risk with all the free shows that are on offer in Tamworth, but we're happy to say we had great crowds at all our shows! Thanks to everyone that came along and coughed up the 10 bucks, I hope we gave you value for money.
The Territory night was a huge success for the 3rd year in a row. A sellout crowd was entertained by Warren H Williams and Gus Williams and family, Matt scullion, Martin Oakes, Tony Sergeant, Kate Oliver and many other talented territorians. Karen O'Shea came down in between her Bella commitments and showed us all why she won a golden guitar with that beautiful voice. Congratulations Karen. Then the charismatic Tom Curtain finished the night, albeit a little shorter than we expected due to the Tonight Shows lack of patience and courtesy (we apologize to all of you who expected to see us perform again after Tom). Nevertheless it was a great night and always gives us something to be proud of.
The City Bowlo was a new gig for us but proved to be something pretty special. A small intimate atmosphere and a great sound system made it a great venue to get up and personal with the crowd, though the smell emanating from the front row made me wish I was playing at the SCG! AND I blamed it on our bass player and drummer! Sorry guys, no wonder it got stronger the further I moved away from you. I thought I could let rip, but whoever you are, I hand over the trophy!! Also drink prices were very reasonable…you could actually get fairly pissed for under 20 bucks, something unheard of in Tamworth these days.. Thanks Terry for having us, we'll be back.
The Longyard was another great gig but definitely a lot less personal being so high up on the stage. We were very fortunate to have bumped into an old mate of mine from New Orleans, Mike West, who was in Tamworth with his partner Katie Euliss. We invited them up to do a guest spot at our shows so that they could get a bit more exposure and get their fantastic songs out there. As they were setting up the crowd looked a little uneasy and when we introduced them the applause was a little restrained. I'm sure they were all thinking 'whose this long haired hippy guy with the scruffy clothes and the hillbilly gal with tattoos all over playing a washtub, have these girls had too much sun?!!'. Halfway through their first song, the crowd went wild! These guys could play the banjo and gutbucket bass like the devil himself! They definitely won a whole legion of new fans that day. For those of you who missed them check them out at www.truckstophoneymoon.com and buy a cd, it'll be the best one you buy this year (aside from Thirteen Thongs that is).
We had a bit of fun at the family hotel on the last sat with a few songs and thongs. Sorry to the woman I hit in the head with an airborne double plugger! Must practice that over arm chuck a bit more! Thanks to Karen Lynn and some of Acoustic Shock that got up in our break and played some beautiful bluegrass songs. We love having our awesomely talented friends part of our show. We finished the night off with an all star cast up on stage including Steve McCloud on Dobro, Nigel Lever on Mandolin and a bloke that jumped up out of the audience with the pair of thongs he won in the beergut comp slappin em like a professional percussionist. He even counted us in!!
Thanks to everyone for coming and making our shows such a success and for buying our cd and having as much fun as we do. Keep it up!
Since Tamworth we've been to Sydney for a show at the Empire with the Remains and Truckstop Honeymoon which was HUGE! Them Re-Mains sure know how to play that country rock and roll. Then up to the Clarendon in Katoomba and the Heritage in Bulli with Richard Steel. Thanks Richard for some beautiful steel guitar playing.
Last weekend was Whittlesea Country Music Festival and the Victorian Country Music Awards. The first time we've performed at any awards, and we didn't get pissed and fall off the stage…well almost. We had a ball! Congrats to all the winners and the runneruppers as you need them for there to be a winner. The festival was fantastic fun; thanks to all the organizers…you did a bloody good job of looking after us. Sat was a bit cold for us Northerners, but we know to pack our thermals for any excursion into the Deep South. The red wine kept us very toasty as well. Thanks Phil. Thanks to Andrew Embling for being such a great emcee and we thought we could spout endless bullshit…you take the cake mate. We love you! Also to Merle and Graham for getting us down there and all the behind the scenes crew, Sean, Dave and Sheena. You guys ROCK! We hope to see you again for another party.
Phew, having a bit of a break now. Me down here in Eurongilly renovating an old jailhouse and stirring up the ghosts (I kid you not; they've been fairly active in the door slamming at night!) and the rat carcasses under the floorboards. Gleny's up in Brunswick Heads getting ready to start uni and get her Dip Ed so she can teach music out in the remote communities in the Top End. Got a few more gigs and festivals before we take a break in May till the end of the year, so if you want to catch us before Tamworth next year, now's your chance. Thanks again to everyone for supporting us by coming to our gigs, buying our cds, requesting your favourite song to be played by your local radio dj and for having lots of fun with us. Keep on Sucking!
Cheers
Tracey, Gleny and the blokes Sam and Grant


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8 december 2005
Tales of Nymagee and Dec gigs

Yeeharr! Just one more weekend of gigs and the silly season will be upon us. Then Tamworth Country Music Festival will only be around the corner and we'll have our brand spankin' new cd Thirteen Thongs with us. Produced by Richard Pleasance ( Paul Kelly, Jimmie Little, Archie Roach, Debra Conway) and featuring the sugary pedal-steel of Ray Cullen and mandolin by Lindsay Martin, it contains thirteen new tracks with something for everyone…bluegrass, swing, polka, blues, ballads and bawdy tales of lust, liquor and life on the road. We'll be launching Thirteen Thongs at Tamworth at only four shows, including the famous Territory Night, so you'll want to be early as past shows have been chockers!
This year we'll be showcasing another of our friends, fantastic singer/songwriter Tonchi Macintosh. For those of you who have never heard his songs, you're in for a real treat. We met Tonchi at Nymagee Folk Festival in October where along with Neil Murray, Glen Scuthorpe, Country Generations(Canada),Todd Williams, The Re-Mains and a cast of fellow party animals, we had an absolute hoot of a time! Neil entertained us on the first night with his knee knockin' accordion playing and fiddle sawing at the after gig piss-up. We hope someone got footage of that classic moment. Talk about laugh... we nearly wet ourselves! Sat night was an awesome dance fest with the Re-Mains finishing off a great day with some good ole country rock and roll. At one point in the gig Sean aka Uncle Uncle Burnin Love aka the Inanimate Object Dry Rooter (banjo) went walkabout somewhere so Wardy (drums) took up the banjo and started dancing with it. Then sometime later Sean came flying back up on stage and got on the drums. Very versatile mob them Re-mains…wonder what Sean was up to? Got back to our digs for a couple of quiet beverages and found the whole festival in full on party mode spilling out of every doorway! We had one of the clowns (the face painted variety) in our face screaming at us she needed red wine, gotta have red wine, have you got some red wine. Then when we'd dug around for the hidden stash and found the cask, by the time we got back to her she'd passed out. Obviously didn't really need any more red wine! There was a session going on in every room and people were passing out on every available bed, table, floor, until it ended up being a sea of bodies. At some point a few of us decided to go for a walk up the old slag heap, which at the time seemed like a great idea until the reality of barbed wire fences that bite and sharp rocks that chew holes in your expensive cowboy boots, and flimsy short dresses in 5 degree temperatures made the exercise a little bit stupid. Oh well, the sunrise was pretty specky from there. Only problem, we had a gig in a few hours time! We made it, only just. Luckily the audience, all 5 of them, were probably as hung over as we were. We were heading to the bar after the gig (nothing like a cold beer at 11am to take you right back to where you were the night before…drunk again!) when Sambo flew past on an extremely little mini bike(peewee 50). Apparently he just stole it off some little kid (he said borrowed). Anyway it was the funniest sight, knees sticking out the sides fully decked out in cowboy hat and jeans tucked into cowboy boots, ripping around the festival site! Go Sambo!! Sunday night ended with us, Tonchi and the Re-Mains doing a mega all on stage together finale for the last few songs. What a great weekend. Thanks Jay for all the hard work and putting together a ripper of a festival.
Since Nymagee we've been to Adelaide, Canberra, Nowra, Melbourne, Maldon, Darwin, Katherine, Tennant Creek, Tanami Desert, Alice Springs and Majors Creek…PHEW! I thought we were having a quieter year this year. Anyway all those gigs have amazing stories but will have to be put into another mailout or a book or else come up and have a beer with us the next time we're in your neighbourhood and we'll tell you a few. We'd like to thank everyone that has helped us out, whether by buying our cd or a few beers for the band, bringing all your friends and family to our gigs or by requesting our songs on your favourite radio program. Every little bit helps as we're still doing everything ourselves. Look out for the new website, hopefully up in a couple of weeks - just waiting on the new cd artwork. Also the first single "Winds of Change" off the new album will be out on the December issue of NfS (a compilation cd that goes out to all the Country Music Radio programmers) so call up your local radio station and request it and we'll be on top of the charts in no time!? Gotta keep on dreaming!
See you at the next gig. Keep on sucking…

Tracey and Gleny and the blokes, Sambo and Grant.