on and on the riddle rolls unsolved…

soooo… ’twas a great five week tour in Europe taking in Ireland, Wales, England, Germany and Poland..

Giggin with Jon and Toni is always a blast.. at times zany, at times wonderous, at times mind blowing..

From Dingle to Castleblaney & Dublin, Old Colwyn to Lakes District, Huddersfield & Chester then on to Rheine, Halle, Zlotov & Mullenbach… wow! quite simply..

Sitting late night wired again before the rectangular-eyed cyclops tapping on its toenails i wonder where it all went. Supping coffee watching the autumn leaves turn, miles and miles of autobahns, ferries, show after show of? good vibe, music and laughs. time moves on, but time can take a while. we’ll do it again no doubt…

next chapter, after all it’s not about where you’ve been they say.. but if that were true i’d have only written three songs, hmmm speaking of which, two new songs near completion.. working tiltles – ‘i love europe’ and ‘baptism’ just about done… liking them too. maybe another recording session soon.

shows comin up though fewish and farish between… Oparau festival in a couple of weeks then Prana festival over new years… yeee and haaar!! A couple others will no doubt be thrown into the mix..

Lookin forward, as is often the case.. adios amigos

d

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The quiet..

the quiet gloom of an exceptionally cold winter dissipates to the brightening skies of a not too distant summer.. a jaunt to the northward hemisphere draweth nigh after shows here in NZ, salubrious in nature, enjoyed of late and so to come.. from one the funkiest bars in New Zealand located in Wairoa of all places, to the depths of the Waikaretu Valley Caves, the Wine Cellar in Auckland and the Waiheke Island Blues Festival.. much fun, much music, many friendly faces new and remembered well from the recent decades grace these memory bank walls…

visit, please do, the ‘shows‘ page and get along..

see you there

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Solo Album – Surrounded – done & dusted

have recently recorded a wee solo album, a mix of old & new… had a rather nice low-key album launch at Rick & Dori’s yesterday arvo in the warm sunshine. album is available at gigs..

onwards!!

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what a summer…

summer was great, quite simply

a small stack of festivals – a few extensive-ish tours of? New Zealand – one microscopic tour in the north island – one album released – and amoung other things, finally making it to Stewart Island for a couple of nights..

too many highlights to pin down the quintessential.. suffice to say that the swimming hole in Oruru ranks somewhere up near the Auckland Folk Festival finale concert in that good for the soul kind of way… chocolate at Bennetts ranks right up there with cruising Ulva Island.. West Coast south island sticks in the memory alongside a show in Taihape where the brazier burnt late to the night..? Dingle Rd, Wanaka, Donovans Store, Picton and the fine art of burnt toast in relation to wine, the Mussell, Cathedral Cove on crystal mornings, crayfish at christmas, service station vege pie overdose and on it goes…!!

Thanks to all those who have hosted us along the way.. thanks to those who have shared a melody, a laugh or two, a meal, a tale and so on..

a solo tour and a trip to the other side of the planet in the pipe line… mayhaps

see you out thar

d

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