Thursday 21 February 2008

Queen Victoria's Mash Up...

or the Susato Sandwich?

Have just returned from playing a 10-piece brass gig for the MSO which farewelled the Queen Victoria from the Melbourne wharf.

You know how certain club owners have to be asked a couple of times to switch the house music off because, like, the band is back on stage? Well, we had that on a large scale tonight. We were getting stuck into the hits of the English brass eighties with Susato Suite, Three (or Four) Brass Cats, and something by Ray Premru when the ship PA started blaring the hits of downunder out at the same time. Slim Dusty, Men At Work, Midnight Oil and some others I think.

Anyway, the client was nice enough to slop a bit of Yellowglen into our plastic cups and the band(s) played on, fought it out.

What did it sound like on deck? Was this Melbourne avant-garde at its best?

.....Bon Voyage

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