GRAHAM BROWN AND THE SHED CREW DISH UP A BARRELING 'BAR BEACH GROOVE'............

Graham's been lurking in The Shed since mid 2016. He fronts up to most every Sesh. He brings a big smile, and loads of enthusiasm............a very popular Shedder indeed. Graham is the first dedicated percussionist to have joined the PBGB Family. That offers us opportunities to learn from his training in percussion, and to suss out percussion as a key component of our music.  Fine by us Graham..............bring it on !!

Slowly but surely Graham has claimed a corner of The Shed. He's got a myriad of percussion gear............congas, bongos, tambourines, whistles, cowbells, chimes..............you name it ! Throw in microphones and leads. He's over there somewhere !

Graham has his percussive touch on nine of our songs now, with writer's credits for three. See Graham's 'Musician's Page' for a rundown.

But Bar Beach Groove is the first song entirely conceived and directed by Graham. He has taken the decisions about the basic feel, the tempo, the arrangement, the lyrics, and the choice of instruments. This is his concept from beginning to end.

The song is of course an ode to Merimbula's Bar Beach. Let's face it, Bar Beach is an inspiration. Anybody who has loitered around the Bar Beach Kiosk drinking coffee or partaking of their fab foodstuffs while admiring the stunning view knows that. Not to mention surfers who have tackled waves at The Bar on a good day...........The Bar can turn on a brilliant wave, make no mistake about that !!

Bar Beach Groove is a studio, rather than live production. It has been built up in layers, with Neil manning the recording desk and piecing it all together.

The recipe started with a basic clave feel on the kick drum. Then the layers started...................a modicum of melody, a brace of bass, a pinch of piano, a dash of drums, a garnish of guitar, a few party vocals, and of course platefuls of percussion, including guiro, clave sticks, bells and congas. And, in what we think might be a first, Bar Beach Groove features harp on a predominantly percussion piece.

Anyway, THIS is what we eventually dished up.  

It's been loads of fun, and most everybody who happened to be in The Shed at the time got to throw something into the mix. A real PBGB Shed production.

Thanks for the fun and games Graham.............let's have another one !!

Tossing ingredients into the Bar Beach Groove are..................

Graham Brown - Writer, and a Plethora of Percussion

Neil Porter - Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Production

Ken Vatcher - Drums

Mick Nadin - Harp

Dawson Graham, Mick, Pete and Graham - Party Vocals

JOCK LOGUS AND DAWSON GRAHAM DUET ON DAWSON'S 'IT AIN'T RIGHT'

Jock and Dawson

It's been our privilege to play music with Dawson for a couple of years now. He always arrives with a big smile, a swag of swingin' original tunes, and a totally humble, down to earth demeanour. He's great !

And we've been blessed to have Jock sing with us for the best part of a year now

Dawson is always happy to share his talents, and it was immediately clear how well Jock and Dawson sound when they sing together.

Back in June 2017, we posted Tony Green's 'You And the Blues', which represented Jock's debut on the PBGB Blog........singing Backing Vocals.

But now we are stoked to feature Jock in full flight, singing duet with Dawson, on his great song 'It Ain't Right'.

Click HERE to have a listen. 

Jock's debut on lead vocals has been a long time coming, but we hope you agree it has been worth the wait. It's a great song, and we reckon Dawson and Jock sound fantastic together. Well done team !!

Dawson explains the song.......................

"'It Ain't Right' was written to feature Jock.

Basically, it portrays a conversation between a gambler and his wife.

He's out running around and gambling most nights. All his wife wants is for him to stay home at night, and be with her.

So after many lonesome nights, she decides to go home to Mama.

When he gets home and his wife is not there. He laments 'It Ain't Right, somethin's gone wrong'.

He ends up crawling to his wife, trying to get her home, making promises.

So his wife lays down a few rules of her own.

Again he groans............'It Ain't Right' "

All we know is it was great fun to play, and we're very pleased to give Jock a chance to belt out some down home Shed blues.  And she sure dun did that !!

Great result team !!

Getting down and dirty on It Ain't Right are...........

Dawson Graham - Writer, Vocals, Resonator Guitar

Jock Logus - Vocals

Mick Nadin - Harp

Steve Faggotter - Rhythm Guitar

Tony Green - Bass

Pete - Drums

'It Ain't Right'   -  Produced by Neil Porter