MICK NADIN DRIFTS OFF INTO 'A DREAM'.

Here comes Mick again !

Mick's appeared on some twenty PBGB songs since strolling into The Shed just over two years ago. That's a great effort, but will come as no surprise to those who appreciate the gusto with which Mick throws himself into all things PBGB. He's an enthusiastic regular who picked up on The Shed zeitgeist with a passion. Mick always has a new song ready to throw into the ring, is happy to have a sing, and loves blowing his harp. He's also stuck his head into the technical side of things and is now a good pluggerinnerer...................all in all a brilliant Shed all rounder !!

If you listen back to the songs Mick has written, you'll quickly realise that Mick's songs offer up a sharp image of his views and opinions on a wide range of socio / political  issues. The titles of his songs bear witness.................'Bureaucracy', 'Nanny State Madness', and 'Destiny'.

Mick continues on this path with his latest offering 'A Dream'. With a tip of his hat to John Lennon, Mick delves into free speech, religion and politics, and laments what might be in a world without war or poverty.............. a world of equality and compassion.

Nice thoughts Mick, beautiful dream.................if only ay ??

'A Dream' was a great song to put together...............a relaxed approach to a steady groove, with a neat little end passage.........thanks Mick, that was cool fun.

And we should point out that 'A Dream' features Louise' debut on Bass!  Yep, just like hubby Mick, Lou will happily have a go at anything and has of late been picking up the bass in a bid to help out with the eternal Shed Achilles heel..................a dearth of bass players. Well done Lou, great job.............keep it up please!

Mick wrote the song, sang it and played harp.

Helping Mick out on 'A Dream' were

Manny Aigner on Guitar

Louise Nadin on Bass

Graham Brown on Percussion

Peter Reid on Drums

Neil Porter did the Production work

LOUISE NADIN IS IN LOVE WITH 'THIS PLACE'

Louise has been a regular and consistent Shedder since 2015. Since signing on she's made great strides with her guitar playing, her singing and her song writing. She's great .........enthusiastic, fun to be with, keen to learn, lots of smiles. A pleasure. Lou gets plenty of Shed Koala Stamps !!

Louise has contributed to ten songs featured on the PBGB website.................see her 'Musos' Page' for details. 

We always encourage Shedders to bring original songs to the table. That's our bag. We tend to kick the bones of a song around until we think we are on the right track............everybody throwing their two bob's worth in as we get new songs together.   

Louise offered up her first original song 'This Place', in early 2017. We tried a few different feels, set a tempo, and started shaping it up. When the concept was locked in Tony Green offered to produce it. Tony has the wherewithal to add overdubs at home, so he took the bare bones of the song home, and from there he and Louise worked together to decide on the details. They patiently glued it all together with the help of Dawson and Mick.

Louise tells the story behind the song......................

"This Place came to me while trekking the South Island of New Zealand. On the second day, which happened to be my birthday, it started raining. Our small group hurried off to the next location leaving me to enjoy my own company, at my own pace.

It was euphoric. I had no distractions. I was surrounded by stunning natural beauty. I was feeling at one with my surroundings and the universe.

Next thing a tune and words popped into my head. That was the beginning of 'This Place'.

Nice one Lou, and congratulations on your achievement - a recording of your own song featuring your good self on guitar and vocals !!

Helping Lou out are:

Tony Green                  Bass, Keyboard and Production

Dawson Graham         Ukelele

Michael Nadin             Harp and Backing Vocals

Peter Reid                     Drums

JOCK AND YARNI LOGUS SHOULD HAVE LISTENED UP WHEN............. 'MAMA TOLD ME SO'

Jock

Jock has been a regular Shed frolicker for the best part of a year now. Always fun to have around. She's belted out stellar vocal contributions to Dawson's 'It Ain't Right', and Tony Green's  'You And The Blues'.

Yarni, Jock's husband, works in Canberra, comes to The Shed when he can. Good guy. We hand him a beer and a bass and he smiles.....  happy Yarni.   

Some time back, Yarni and Jock let slip that they had an original up their sleeve............ 'Mama Told Me So'.

We were curious. Fooled about with it a bit, liked what came out, decided that next time Yarni was in The Shed we'd hit record, see what happened. 

Yarni

John on keys, Manny on guitar

Last week, Yarni was available for two Seshes in a row. Opportunity knocks. We dragged out Mama, shaped it up, knuckled down, got serious, and .........

THIS is what came out. 

What a ripper !  Go Jock !  WooHoo !

The title says it all.  It's about all the good advice that mums dole out..............advice we sometimes ignore. And what do you know? Mostly, later on,  we figure Mama was right after all.  Should have listened.

We had a ball with Mama Told Me So. Jock sang her heart out, and Yarni nailed the bass. John Drews laid down a hip Hammond groove, and Mick threw in a dollop or two of tasty harp.

The great guitar chops belong to Manny Aigner. Manny's  very new to the Shed........he'd hardly arrived when this happened.  Welcome aboard the good ship PBGB Manny ! 

Go team Mama......... that was fun !

The team:

Jock Logus                         Co-Writer and Lead Vocals

Yarni Logus                       Co-Writer and Bass

John Drews                       Keyboards

Manny Aigner                   Guitar

Mick Nadin                        Harp

Dawson Graham              Backing Vocals

Graham Brown                 Percussion

Peter Reid                          Drums

Neil Porter handled all the Production work.     Thank you Neil.

We're stoked..................we finally got to post Jock and Yarni's song, and, big bonus, to introduce Manny. Welcome to the PBGB Family Yarni and Manny. Great to have you on board guys !!!