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Mick Coates & TheAllNightLongers Hit Geelong for Last Sunday Concert!
Get along to the Geelong Folk Music Club's Last Sunday concert this month at Irish Murphy's Geelong and catch central Victoria's favorite son entertaining the crowds with a few friends and even the odd special guest?!?!
The Allnitelongers were formed in July 2009 by three musician friends who are long time fans of the late Johnny Cash. Melbourne muso Don Gula (double bass player) is one of the organizers of the Newport Folk Festival, and it was suggested that they should do a Johnny Cash “Sun Recordings” tribute for the Festival. They were all well aware that most of the Cash tributes were not up to a standard of presenting the great man’s songs as they should be, just “cashing” in on “Walk the Line”.
With Mick Coates (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Oliver Dear (Electric guitar and Fender Tweed amp) they had a very authentic replica of Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two, and got down to practising for the Festival. The 3 guys had been playing some of the stuff in their own bands for many years, so the sound and the feel was happening virtually from the start. The act at the Festival, held at the Newport RSL, was so popular, that they are still playing that venue once or twice a month’ as well as numerous hotel and bar gigs around Victoria.
In the relatively short space of time since, The Allnitelongers have widened their repertoire to include more material from the rest of the Cash catalogue, encompassing the Sun days to the prison concerts and Rick Rubin’s American albums. This has necessitated the band adding the services of a drummer, thus replicating the Tennessee Three. They are flexible in being able to operate as a 3 or 4 piece.
Mick and the boys will play The Last Sunday Folk Club Irish Murphy's Geelong Sunday 28th March 2010! BE THERE Read more »»
Last Sunday Folk Club 28th Feb 2010
RedCat - Kerry, Rob and Mike have an enviable performance history between them. Since forming in 2008 they have played at many festivals and venues around Australia to rave reviews. Listeners can expect to hear music from Celtic favorites such as Mary Black, Luka Bloom, Dougie Maclean, Christy Moore, as well as some great original work. Red Cat will also have their brand new CD ‘First Life’ available for sale. Latest details on where you can see Red Cat can be found at: http://www.myspace.com/redcatoz Read more »»
Wrap-up from the first Last Sunday Folk Club
The last sunday concert at Irish Murphy's for July was a cracker, Rant kicked the night off with a brilliant opening set which included 'Ramble On' followed by a wonderful blend of Russian, Gaelic and French cafe style songs and tunes. A truly versatile and talented young outfit destined for a great career.
They were followed by veteran trio Doole, Evans and Farnsworth who proceeded to make everybody comfy with great renditions of a couple of Steeleye Span style songs from Pat Evans and very sharp instrumental sets from Rob and Prue. Nice accompaniment Read more »»
GFMC AGM
Hi Everyone,
The GFMC AGM will be held next Tuesday night June the 9th at Irish Murphy's Geelong at 7pm. Directly following the meeting will be the June Open-Mic kicking off at 8pm.
Hope to see you all there!
Cheers Adam
Myra McRae Band a knockout!
It seamed like half of Geelong had turned out last night at Murphy's to see the newly formed Myra McRae Band perform at the September Live & Local. With crowd numbers rivalling the reformation of Loch Ard back in 2007, Irish Murphy's front bar was packed to the rafters... and they were not disapointed! Read more »»
Beatles singalong a monster success!
A huge thanks to all involved in making the Beatles singalong at Murphy's a huge success! With an almost full house the room was packed with singing, humming, whistling, foot tapping and dancing punters letting their hair down to some of the last decades greatest pop hits!
A huge thankyou to Paula for making it all happen, without her vision and commitment to community music in Geelong this sensational event just wouldn't have happened. Paula, you're a gem!
Here's a sample from Geoff Sinnbeck and friends.
More audio here. Read more »»
