The newest member of the PBGB Shed Squad, Matthew Higgins, came to us as a lyric writer with a hankering to sing and record his songs.

 

That was fine by us, but we were also attracted by his video production skills. Matthew, you see, is a retired historian who has made a slew of videos of Australian wildlife. To take a look at his beautiful camera work, tap "Matthew Higgins Platypus'  into your Youtube searcher and follow your nose from there.

 

Anyway, back in August 2021 we posted the first PBGB rendition of one of Matt's songs.......'Parbery Nail'.  Scroll down a bit and you'll find the story.

 

While we were finishing Parbery Nail, Matt was scooting around The Shed with his video camera. He soon came up with a vid we called  "A 2021 Snapshot of the PBGB Shed". Or hit the VIDEOS tab at the top of this page to view that and a bunch of other PBGB vids.

 

Shortly after that, Matt sent us a link to a video he had made to accompany the Parbery Nail sound recording. Seems he had taken himself out on location to Parbery Creek, the inspiration for his song, set up his camera, combed his hair, and hooked into an on location rendition.

 

Take a look.

 

Thanks for that Matt. All good fun, and it is great to be able to add to our collection of PBGB vids. Keep 'em comin' !

MANNY AIGNER RETURNS FOR A 'THROW OF THE DICE'

 

We've been throwing this little ditty (dice?) around for a good while now, so much so that the exact origins have become a bit vague.  Lots of Shedders have contributed ideas, thrown in a lick here and there, so the feel and the music have tumbled together into what we have finally settled on.    

 

Lyric wise, as Mick remembers.........."Just the other day, I actually found the original lyrics I had written for the song before I gave them to Graham to see if he could make more sense than what  I had. My lyrics were nothing more than a bunch of one liners without any real story behind them. Graham came back with a whole new set of lyrics which contained only three of the original lines, and contained all those wonderful metaphors about gambling, even though it wasn't meant to be a song about gambling."

 

Graham reckons .....  "We were actually in The Shed when Mick and I started playing around with some words which seemed to fit a groove we had in mind. I think at that point we came up with the line  ‘you’ve got the moves….I’ve got the answers’ and didn’t get too much further, other than agreeing to pursue the idea.  I said I’d have a go at some lyrics. 

So I went home and put some words together before sending it back to Mick".

 

Then, not so long ago, Manny strolled back into The Shed. Hadn't seen Manny for a while, maybe a year. Anyway, in he came, armed with his trusty acoustic. We ran through Throw of the Dice and liked the flavour Manny added. Really helped lock it in.  

 

So on went the recorder, and after Neil had waved his wand over it, THIS is what came out

 

Lyric credits go to Mick and Graham, and Manny gets a tick for bringing the feel together. Then again, Louise has been playing bass on it since the early days, so she gets a tick too.  Maybe we should just call this another group effort!

 

Anyway, the story is a purely fictional.......the old love going wrong thing. Nothing too deep.

 

The players?

 

Well,

 

Mick Nadin wrote the core lyrics, sang it and played harp

Graham Brown lyrics and percussion

Louise Nadin helped shape it and played bass

Manny Aigner brought something special and played guitar

Neil Porter did all the production work and shook a couple of eggs

Pete played the drums