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Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Hunter & Suzie Owens on the comeback trail . . .
Last Friday night saw the first of a series of gigs scheduled for the newly-renovated rooms of the Balmain Bowling Club. Rob Luckey and the Lucky Bastards made the most of a good crowd which was up and dancin' most of the night. This coming Friday (March 18) the much-missed Hunter & Suzie Owens band make their first appearance at this venue.
A comedy of errors and venue mismanagement saw this fine band kicked from venue to venue in order to find a suitable room to satisfy their solid base of fans. While it's been some time since they last played at the Orange Grove Hotel in a non-smoking mode, the Balmain Bowling Club offers a well ventillated environment which smokers and non-smokers alike should find suitable. The band will have the old line-up back, with Jake Lardot on lead guitar, Tommy Graso on pedal steel and Doug Bligh on drums. Not forgetting of course, the instigators of the outfit, Hunter Owens on rhythm guitar and lead vocals and Suzie Owens on electric bass (and, between them, being responsible for most of the songwriting material the band performs). That's not to say they won't do more than a few covers from the likes of John Prine, Dylan, Paul Kelly and a host of others.
The Balmain Bowling Club is in the eastern section of Darling Street, Balmain, and is at the bottom of the dip on the way to the Commercial Hotel at East Balmain. The music starts at 8pm and finishes close to 11pm (mostly to avoid noise-related problems with the neighbours) and the bar serves club-range drinks - meaning cheap! - until almost midnight. Check it out!
And for those who'll be out celebrating the Green with the hordes of Irish folk let loose in Balmain (and the greater area of the universe, in fact), Rob Luckey and the Lucky Bastards will be providing the entertainment for St Patricks Day, Thursday March 17 at 7pm at the abovementioned club. They'll also be playing this venue on the Thursday night before Good Friday (March 24) at 8pm.
A comedy of errors and venue mismanagement saw this fine band kicked from venue to venue in order to find a suitable room to satisfy their solid base of fans. While it's been some time since they last played at the Orange Grove Hotel in a non-smoking mode, the Balmain Bowling Club offers a well ventillated environment which smokers and non-smokers alike should find suitable. The band will have the old line-up back, with Jake Lardot on lead guitar, Tommy Graso on pedal steel and Doug Bligh on drums. Not forgetting of course, the instigators of the outfit, Hunter Owens on rhythm guitar and lead vocals and Suzie Owens on electric bass (and, between them, being responsible for most of the songwriting material the band performs). That's not to say they won't do more than a few covers from the likes of John Prine, Dylan, Paul Kelly and a host of others.
The Balmain Bowling Club is in the eastern section of Darling Street, Balmain, and is at the bottom of the dip on the way to the Commercial Hotel at East Balmain. The music starts at 8pm and finishes close to 11pm (mostly to avoid noise-related problems with the neighbours) and the bar serves club-range drinks - meaning cheap! - until almost midnight. Check it out!
And for those who'll be out celebrating the Green with the hordes of Irish folk let loose in Balmain (and the greater area of the universe, in fact), Rob Luckey and the Lucky Bastards will be providing the entertainment for St Patricks Day, Thursday March 17 at 7pm at the abovementioned club. They'll also be playing this venue on the Thursday night before Good Friday (March 24) at 8pm.
