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Stephen Bisset caught up with country music superstar Lee Kernaghan amid his seemingly never-ending national tour, to chat about his new album and plane rides with country music royalty.

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Willis’ has since reprised his role as the wise-cracking New York Cop out of water, John McLane in three subsequent sequels with varying degrees of success. The latest, ‘Die Hard With A Vengeance’, however is the weakest of the bunch.

This time around, McLane, fearing for the safety of his seemingly criminal son who finds himself in hot water after an assassination, travels to Russia to talk some sense into him and help him out.

Myriad car chases and explosions ensue but much of the original tension is sorely missing.

f your musical proclivities extend to the swampier, blusier side of the spectrum, then you’d do well to pick up a copy of Newcastle outfit Catfish Soup’s latest long player, ‘We Got What You Need’.

Right from the album’s opener, ‘Back To The Blues’, these gyes grab you and refuse to let go with a tubthumping rhythm section and some truly slinky guitar lines thanks to axeman Paul Longworth, while frontman Kevin Mills brings a fair amount of bar-room gravel to proceedings. While these guys have definitely got the blues – think more Stevie Ray Vaughn rather than Robert Johnson – they are not afraid to rock out when the situation calls for it. Also, given that Catfish Soup have built up quite a reputation as formidable group, the latest record serves to impress.

Standouts here include the rocking blues of ‘Pass That Bottle’ and the barrelling rumble of ‘Boogie Man’.

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‘Black Dog Barking’ follows a hugely successful run with their 2010 album, ‘No Guts, No Glory’. After a busy year so far, with months of writing, recording and their own headline tour in the US, Airbourne are taking their music home, with a small Aussie tour as a first taster for the new album.

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here’s no denying that there is an awful lot of love in Newcastle for Lee Kernaghan but, as the country music superstar told TE, the feeling is definitely mutual.

“I’ve got a lot of love for you Newcastle folks – Newcastle is a very sentimental place for me,” Kernaghan explained.

“I was actually playing a show at the Civic Theatre a few years back and next thing I know, Mike Munroe is walking across the stage saying, ‘Lee Kernaghan, this is your life’ – it surprised the living daylights out of me, I can tell you. My wife, Robby, was in on the whole thing leading up to it and I actually thought she might be having an affair.

But, yeah, Newcastle always holds a special place in my heart.”

It’s no surprise, then, that Kernaghan would include a Newcastle show on his seemingly endless national tour (kicking off in March and wrapping up in November) to support his eleventh studio album, ‘Beautiful Noise’.

Kernaghan will be bringing Tasmania’s Wolfe Brothers (who first came to national attention on ‘Australia’s Got Talent’) to town as both the support act and his backing band.

“The Wolfe Brothers are just fantastic and the show really is going to be a double banger with more hits than you can poke a stick at,” he said.

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Kernaghan’s latest album, ‘Beautiful Noise’ is awash with the same downhome and honest approach that has

made the singer one of the most bankable stars on the Aussie country scene and a sense of wanderlust that reflects the artist’s own journey.

One of the album’s standouts, the poignant ‘Flying With The King’, tells the story of the time Kernaghan shared a plane ride from Sydney to Perth with country music demi-God Slim Dusty.

Kernaghan said ten years after Dusty’s passing, the effect he had on his career was immeasurable.

“That was just one of those memories that become even more precious as the years go by,” he said.

“Slim was just such a massive influence, not just on me but Australian country, and that memory is something that I will always carry in my heart.”

Dusty gets another look-in on the deluxe tour edition of the album, with his classic ‘Lights on the Hill’ getting the Kernaghan and Wolfe Brothers treatment.

“I’m really excited about the deluxe edition – there’s the duet with the Wolfe Brothers, which just pumps, another one with Colt Ford, one with V8 Supercar legend Craig Lowndes and another one with my wife Robby, which is just great.”

When it comes to the rigours of the road, Kernaghan is definitely no stranger, with untold kilometres clocked up since the days he packed his wares into an old horse float and set off in search of fame, acting as his own sound guy and lighting man along the way. However, Kernaghan wouldn’t have it any other way.

“When you’re playing in front of a country crowd it’s just like lighting a stick of dynamite. I just bloody love it!”

Catch Lee Kernaghan when he takes the stage at Wests Lambton on Saturday, August 10.

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“I’ve wanted the fabulous Amy Hardingham to direct my work ever since we met on ‘Skate’ in 2003 and now my dream has come true,” she said.

Great entertainment for everyone aged 10 and up, ‘House on Fire’ is a witty, contemporary play that provides a refreshing insight into teenage life and features some of the Hunter region’s most talented young actors.

As the play opens, child prodigy India introduces the audience to her neighbours – the Conway sisters. Evie’s suffering from peer pressure from the cool girls at her new school, Michaela’s freaking out about the HSC and Bec’s dropped out of uni and is on the verge of dropping out of life. Over the course of one crazy day, the sisters’ challenges simmer and come to a head, forcing them to take a hard look at what really matters in life.

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ith a professional career spanning 30 years, there’s little denying that Kevin Borich has done it all. Beginning in New Zealand with the La De Das, writing the classic hit ‘Gonna See My Baby Tonight’ to his Kevin Borich Express and the Party Boys, Borich has played at some of the biggest rock events in the country.

Think the likes of Sunbury and the Rock Arenas with more than 60,000 punters, playing alongside Fleetwood Mac, Santana and The Little River Band as well as numerous national supports with the likes of Elton John, Status Quo, Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy. Borich has played and recorded with artists such as Renee Geyer Dutch Tilders, Richard Clapton and Joe Walsh.

He is well known for his high energy electric guitar style. At the ‘Gimme Ted’ benefit concert for Ted Mulry, his performance was hailed throughout the music industry as world class.

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fter making some pretty decent headway with their last single ‘Black and Blue’, Newcastlebased The Havelocks have called it a day (well, for the foreseeable future at least), but fans of the power-pop quartet need not be too despondent as frontman Lennie Tranter is spreading his wings in solo mode with a new single and video about to drop in the next couple of weeks.

While The Havelocks bread and butter was jangly guitar hooks and full-bodied harmonies, Tranter told TE that the new project would veer more into strippedback territory.

“I’d say the new stuff has more of a country-folk vibe, which is pretty different to what I was doing with the Havelocks,” he said.

“With the band, it was more about trying to write the same stuff but, now that I’m only writing for me, I feel a little bit more

free to take things to different places.

“I’ve got a new song that I’m planning on putting out as a free single in the next couple of weeks to launch the whole thing - it’s pretty exciting.”

A refreshingly honest Tranter said the main reason for the Havelocks’ demise was a lack of communication.

“It wasn’t a decision I came to easily,” he said.

“I broke my arm in Melbourne earlier this year and after that we did a few shows and there seemed to be quite a lack of communication. I wouldn’t say that I’m a hard guy to play with, but I may, at times, be a little hard to deal with when I’ve been drinking, so I decided that it was best to try the solo thing.”

Tranter said that he had enlisted a backing band that also includes Havelocks guitarist Craig Whibley and Damien Cullen from Sydney outfit Bayonettes For Legs.

“At this stage, I’m looking at booking a few shows around mid to late August in Newcastle and then maybe a bit further around September,” he said.

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The departure lounge TE caught up with former Powderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning ahead of his turn at the Civic Theatre next week and at A Day on The Green later in the year.

Congratulations on the number one debut for ‘Departures’. You’ve now had six albums debut at number one, an amazing achievement. Were you just as excited about this one?

“If you mean as equally unexcited as always then yes, certainly. To be honest, I find most of the stuff where musicians and artists are ranked against each other to be a bit irrelevant.

“Don’t get me wrong, I am happy that people buy my records, but I honestly don’t mind if more of them buy a Pseudo Echo record in any given week.

“I think it is all of the label people and managers and anyone that puts an effort into the promotion and marketing and sale of the album that are most interested in where it ends up on the charts. And fans too. After all, they are the ones who have actually invested money in it.”

You’ve said that you had no interest in making ‘Tea & Sympathy 2’. Given that, you must be pleased with how it has been received?

“Yeah, I am pleased with how it has been received. I think overall there has been pretty constructive criticism and in most cases a pretty positive response.

“I realize that for some fans that mentality of wanting to change things and broaden my musical ideas, is not really what they are after.

“But I wouldn’t be able to sleep straight if I ended up making records based on anything other than what I wanted to hear.

“The way I look at it now is that there are things that I could have done better, but I suppose that is always going to be the case.

“When Jeffrey Smart died recently, I was reading that a famous quote of his,

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The songs for the album were written in Madrid. What’s the music scene like over there and has living and writing there influenced your music?

“I didn’t really see many bands, except for flamenco stuff, which was great. Actually, I did see Wilco which was incredible. They are a revelation, that band. I don’t know if where you are has much influence on what you are writing, unless you are consciously trying to make it so.

“I certainly wasn’t trying to shoe horn any Spanish influence into my songs. I just went about my business how I usually do, which is to sit down and apply myself and chip away at songs until I think they are ready.”

it within five minutes of meeting all of the guys. They were all very casual and cool and keen to improve the songs any way they could.”

You’ve said that these were the hardest vocal sessions you’ve ever done. Can you elaborate?

“Mainly it was that there were tonnes of banks of vocals that had to be pieced together. When I made the demos, the songs were coming together over a matter of weeks at a time so it was a more gradual process, but when I was doing it with Joe [Chiccarelli – US producer] it was pretty much a song altogether in one block.

“One song, ‘Call You Home’, had about 25 vocal tracks on it so it kind of adds up when you are doing it again and again.”

How are rehearsals going for the tour and what can fans expect at the live shows?

“Rehearsals have been great. I have a newish band with a couple of guys from the Tea and Sympathy stuff and a couple of new guys. Most of the newer stuff is pretty rhythm heavy, so I was looking for a band that was a little bit more groovedriven than last time, where it was all about melody and lots of ‘down home’ kind of sounds with fiddle and mandolin.

“I am actually surprised at how well the two albums have blended side by side despite the fact that they sound very different. I think that the nature of both albums is that there are lots of light and shade moments, so that is definitely something that we work towards live as well – having pretty dramatic dynamics of both power and beauty.”

Bernard Fanning will be performing at the Civic Theatre on Tuesday, July 30 and at A Day on The Green at Bimbadgen Winery on Saturday, November 2.

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Has it been liberating to work as a solo artist?

“Yeah in some ways I suppose it has. There is no-one else to please or consider in terms of what sort of sounds you are going for. I think it is, more than anything, on an organisational level, as it is a lot easier than trying to massage the Powderfinger machine into something manageable.

“For me, that was the main reason I wanted out of the band, because I wanted to be able to make decisions for myself and my family, without having to put them to a committee.”

The musicians on the record are some of LA’s top session guys who you’d never worked with before. What was it like handing over your songs to them?

“Well, that was my intention, to play with people I didn’t know, to see how that would influence it. I had no problem with

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fter carving out a niche for himself as one of the most adventurous musicians on the Australian scene with the criminally underrated 80s and 90s outfits, Not Drowning Waving, and My Friend the Chocolate Cake, as well as a formidable soundtrack resume and solo canon, singer-songwriter David Bridie is showing no signs of slowing down with his brilliantly evocative fourth solo effort, ‘Wake’.

The album traverses considerable musical and lyrical territory ranging from tales of love lost (‘You’re No Flower’), to the plight of asylum seekers (‘Delegate’) to Seussian whimsy (‘Dr Seuss is Painting the Sky’).

Bridie will be hitting the road in support of the album, but while he said he was looking forward to giving punters a better taste of the new tracks, there was some trepidation involved.

“There is always trepidation when starting a new tour, there’s trepidation when you’re recording and trepidation when you release a new album,” he explained.

“But I really think that you do need to have that fear of failure, not just in terms of music but with most things in life. We are informed as much by how we don’t want things to go, I think.

“Also, I care about the idea of live performance greatly, so a lot of work goes into the set-lists, the set design and even the placement of the mics.”

That’s not to say that Bridie will be going it

completely alone as he will be bringing a band with him that will include New Zealand-based singersongwriter Eden Mulholland (who will also be supporting) and fellow Not Drowning Waving alum, John Phillips.

“It really is a different discipline playing live and it really gives you the chance to take the songs in different directions,” he said.

“This time around, I’ll have Eden Mullholland playing with me and John, who was in Not Drowning Waving and who I’ve been playing with since I was 19. So, there’s also every chance that we might whip out a few old tracks like ‘Willow Tree’ or ‘Walk Me Home’.

While Bridie said he still had a great deal of affection for his band days, he said going solo has helped him to solidify his musical vision, which has manifested itself on such soundtracks as ‘The Man Who Sued God’, ‘Remote Area Nurse’ and ‘The Circuit’.

“I really loved the communal aspect of the band dynamic, but as much as I liked the camaraderie of being in a band and the collaborative aspect, going out on my own, I have been able to follow through on my musical vision, which I hope comes through on the new record.

“It’s also interesting because this is really the first album since the early Not Drowning Waving stuff that I’ve recorded away from record company intervention, so there were no A & R people involved either. In fact, the musicians I worked with on the album kind of took on the role of A & R, which was a very interesting process for me.”

Catch David Bridie when he plays at Lizotte’s Lambton on Sunday, July 28.

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This cosy cafe-restaurant, perched by the lake in Brooks Parade, Belmont, offers a simple dinner menu that delivers a massive punch of flavour.

Unlike some restaurants that offer up a menu so crammed-full with options you run the risk of coming down with a serious case of dining-induced stress before you’ve seen the first course, at Deck 56, the choice is much more straightforward.

Despite the menu’s compact size, you certainly don’t feel like you’re missing out. Everything a hungry diner could want for is there.

Entree options include soup of the day, perfect for these chilly Winter nights, tomato and capsicum tarte tartin and Asian prawn laksa, while mains include staples like lamb shanks, scotch fillet, chicken supreme, fish, pork and pasta, all served with their own flavoursome twists.

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I followed this up with house-made ricotta and spinach gnocchi, served with sweet roast pumpkin and asparagus in a creamy white wine sauce topped with a crunchy pistachio gremolata, while my dining partner devoured his hefty portion of scotch fillet, triple-cooked kipfler potato wedges and sweet corn in a flash.

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We chose a glass of the local Ironbark Hill verdelho to accompany our meal.

Impressively, Deck 56 also make their own desserts. As well as the items on the menu, there is an ever-changing array of cakes and pastries on display in the fridge to choose from. We capped off the evening with a latte crème brulee and sticky date pudding – delish.

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Benjalu have always taken the ‘old school’ approach to promoting their music. They have toured all around Australia the past 3 years, clocking up well over 600 shows including nearly 20 festival appearances. With more than three years of almost non-stop touring

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Combining the formidable talents of vocalist Shelley McInally and guitarist Mark Webster, Good Grief offer up a great night’s entertainment.

McInally has a very diverse history in the music industry. She has gone from being a classically-trained vocalist at the Conservatorium to perfoming in many

musical theatre productions with the Newcastle Light Opera Company and the Metropolitan Players, through to wedding vocalist, singing teacher and even a magician’s assistant.

Sometimes referred to as a bit of a clown prince of the music biz, Webster has poured more than 30 years into the scene in bands such as Small Toys, Fabba, Stark Raving Mad and Incognito.

The pair plan to hit the ground running with a special launch show at the Gallipoli Legion Club on Saturday, July 27.

and four EPs under their belt, there’s no denying upon listening to ‘The Battle’ that this is a band that is clearly growing as a formidable songwriting unit.

While the same rootsy vibe that was so apparent in previous releases can still be found here, this time around, wings have been spread to include more straight ahead bluesy-rockers like ‘Way To The Coast’ and the stripped back and starkly beautifyl version of the Rodriguez classic, ‘Sugar Man’.

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hen it comes to longevity in the oft-fickle world of popular music, there are few that can hold a candle to bona fide legends, The Delltones.

Since 1958, the light-hearted, doowop influenced group have been singing their way into Australian hearts and are sure to show no signs of slowing down when they hit the Hunter for two special shows next month.

The group’s honeyed-tonsiled baritone and original “Delly”, Ian ‘Peewee’ Wilson told TE that the shows would be a reflection on the band’s entire career.

“We haven’t been to either Belmont 16s or Hexham for quite a while now, which is a shame, but we’re really looking forward to getting back. It’s always a really good show in the Newcastle area,” he said.

“The show will basically be the Delltones performing history. It’s a twohour show that will showcase a lot of our own early pop songs right through to songs from albums in the 80s and 90s – it’s going to be a lot of fun.”

After playing their first show in 1958 in a Kings Cross nightclub (for which they were paid spaghetti bolognaise and beer), The Delltones have released an impressive 31 singles (including such iconic tracks as ‘Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands’, ‘Hangin’ Five’ and ‘Get a Job’) and 19 albums and have been performing pretty much non-stop ever since.

Wilson said he was constantly surprised by the band’s remarkable

career, especially considering when he and Noel Widerberg – two Bronte Surf Club Lifesavers – formed The Delltones along with Warren Lucas and Brian Perkins, rock and roll was considered a fad that would not last the year.

“Back in those days it was a case of don’t give up your day job because a career in the music business was just unheard of,” Wilson said.

“We had no plans for the future or any career aspirations because it just wasn’t an option – we just rolled with it and we are extremely humbled and lucky to still be rolling with it today.”

While Wilson said it was hard to put a finger on why the band had lasted for so long, he said he suspected it was due partly to the Delltones’ unpretentious and refreshingly upbeat sound.

“We’ve amassed such a great pool of wonderful songs over the years which is great because we can mix up our sets, which always keeps us sounding fresh,” he said.

“The music we play is aimed directly at the heart and at the feet and there’s still a definite sense of joy and wonder with all of us on stage. There are no old farts in the Dellies – we keep raging to stop the ageing.”

Catch The Delltones when they play at Belmont 16s on Friday, August 9 and Hexham Bowling Club on Saturday, August 10.

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To enter, email your name and contact details to editorial@ newcastlepost.com.au by no later than 5pm on Tuesday, July 30.

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