WHAT CAME TO BE 'LOVE TURNS AWAY'

Sometimes in The PBGB Shed a song morphs all over the place as it ripens. Probably a result of us often starting with nothing more than a riff or a beat.....whatever. Anything that gets our creative juices flowing. 

In the case of Love Turns Away, our starting point was a particular bass and drum  'sound' Pete was keen to chase.  We got that pretty well worked out and thought we could build a song on it.

Neil got a set of chords and a rhythm guitar pattern together and we were off.

Mick, as he often does, had a set of lyrics in his kit bag that he thought might fit. We tried it out, liked how it sounded, and decided to put two and two together.

   

It was early in song development and late in the day, so we decided to record a demo for ourselves, to take home and ponder what we each might do to spice it up.

 

As is often the case, once Neil gets a set of tracks together he starts fiddling. By the time we got back together Neil had pretty well transformed our basic demo into an almost fully developed song. He played it to us and we all thought it sounded great. Not what we were originally after, but then again we didn't really know what we were after, but we liked what we heard and decided to run with what Neil had come up with.

 

Manny and Mick, having only played the song once, dropped in a new lead solo and vocal track respectively. 

 

Back at home, Neil went back into action, adding some keyboards and some percussion parts and replacing bass and guitar tracks. It kept betting better.

 

Pete and Neil sat down and did some fiddling with the drum track, and Love Turns Away was pretty much done.

 

Sounds like THIS

 

Really a long way from what we started with, but that's cool..........we're more than happy with how it ended up. Hope you like it too!

 

Lyrically, it's a reminder that loving relationships can turn bad if you take your eye off the ball. "Hurt the one you love.......Love Turns Away.......and then you pay"

Credits:

Vocals/lyrics - Mick Nadin

Harmonica solo - Mick Nadin

Guitar solo - Manny Aigner

Rhythm guitar - Neil Porter

Bass/bass synths - Neil Porter/Louise Nadin

Keyboards - Neil Porter

Drums - Peter Reid

Production - Neil Porter

GRAHAM BROWN DREAMS.......A BLOODY NIGHTMARE.

Spending time in hospital can be a healing and/or harrowing  experience, as regular Shedder Graham Brown is well aware.  And of course, when surgery is involved, so are potent cocktails of all sorts of mind bending pharmaceuticals.  It may have been as a result of a drug induced dreamlike state that Graham started having nightmares about the quantities of blood being extracted from his body during a recent hospital episode.

 

Why did the late night nurse look so excited when she was about to take a sample? What was that red stain on the other nurse’s lip? Are vampires just the stuff of legend?  Or............??

Real or imagined, it was questions such as this that spurred Graham to start obsessing about vampires. Next thing you know he was jotting down lyrics to a song he eventually titled 'Ward Vampire'. Of course it is a piece of pure bleedin' fiction, which we had lots of fun extracting.

 

Got a taste for the red indeed!  HERE is what the Shedrats cobbled together around Graham's lyrics.

 

Hope y'all like it, and that it keeps the vampires at bay.

 

Graham wrote it, and played a deadly tambourine.

Mick Nadin sang and played harp

Manny Aigner played guitar - welcome back Manny !

Louise Nadin played the bass

Pete played the drums

Neil did the production

PETE DREAMS UP A DITTY 'BOUT A 'HITCH HIKIN' FOOL'.

Pure fantasy this little number.

It's a yarn Pete dreamed up about a dude who gets his rocks off  spending his weekends following fate to wherever and whatever his thumb takes him. Gets out on the Princes Highway, just north of Pambula, sticks his thumb out , and is more than happy to go waft off wherever a ride might take him. Further on up the road as it were.

 

On this occasion a beguiling temptress pulls up. Hmmmm.........

 

Story goes that around dusk they glide into Milton feeling a bit peckish. Pull into the pub, one drink leads to another, and another, and then...........well take a listen to the lyrics.

 

Didn't quite turn out as our blindly optimistic fool of a hero thought it might. But you know, them's the breaks. Close to a kewpie doll, but you can't win 'em all.

 

We'd been playing around with this one for quite a while. It started out as a sort of marching drum beat, but that didn't seem to have the legs ( as it were ). It stayed on the back burner for a while and nearly got lost in the queue. But we sort of liked the story so, you know, try this, try that. Eventually we figured "what the hell, it's only rock and roll". So out came the old four on the floor.

 

And HERE it is.

 

Works for us!

 

Pete wrote the lyrics and banged away on the drums

Mick Nadin belted out the lyrics  and blew his harp

Neil Porter played the guitar and did all the production work

Louise Nadin played the bass

Graham Brown gave the tambourine a thrashing

 

Good fun thanks team !!!

A HUMANS BEING WAKES UP TO FIND "SHE'S GONE"

The PBGB Shed has evolved over the years, what with so many musos coming and going, all the while doing their own thing outside life in the PBGB Shed.

There was a time when some of The Shed regulars split off and started rehearsing at our terrific  local community radio Sapphire FM studios in Pambula. That line up was Mick Nadin, Louise Nadin, Graham Brown, Steve Faggotter and Pete. After a while, Pete drifted away from that leaving the quartet of Mick, Lou, Graham and Steve to make a go of it.

 

Next thing we knew they had a repertoire and started  gigging. They are still at it and now perform regularly around the local traps. They go under the name Humans Being.

 

When potential venues started asking them for samples of their songs, they came into The PBGB Shed to record some quick demos. .

 

It's  traditional that we post at least a sample of whatever is recorded in The Shed, and as Lou, Graham and Mick are now part of the regular Shed line-up, we thought we'd post one of their demo recordings.

 

We chose a ditty they call "She's Gone".  Came up sounding  like THIS

 

It's a story about waking up in the morning feeling somewhat hungover and having trouble remembering just exactly what went on and what you said the night before. Oops, baby's gone.  What happened ? Can we rewind please? Baby please don't go.

 

Have a listen and if you like it, catch Humans Being at a gig near you!

 

The song came together with all players pitching ideas into the ring.

 

Graham Brown wrote the lyrics and played a plethora of  percussion instruments.

Mick Nadin sang and played harp.

Steve Faggotter played the guitar

Louise Nadin played bass

GRAHAM BROWN WARNS US ABOUT MRS. JEKYLL.............A DUAL REALITY ??

It's been  a while since we last posted a new song  on the PBGB blog, but now we’re back, with something different.

Graham has written a number of songs drawn from real life situations........the sort of  situations which most of us have faced at some point.  ‘Can’t Take it Back’ and ‘First Impressions’ , both of which you can listen to in the PBGB Vault,  are two examples. 

 

Mrs Jekyll (no relation to the original Dr Jekyll & Hyde of course!) is about the duplicity and the ability that some people have to hide their other, sometimes darker and more manipulative sides from us. 

 

Mrs Jekyll was written nearly two years ago.  At the time we tried different melodies and styles but gave up and pushed it to the back of the song queue.

 

But recently Graham decided to put it back on the table and suggested a particular Latin groove, with a more percussive feel.  

 

We’re more than happy with the result.  Mick’s vocals really bring the lyrics to life; the solid drum and bass duo of Pete and Lou keep the groove tight and give Neil, Mick and Graham the opportunity to add some spice with their instrumental interludes!  And, as always, Neil’s production is what makes it work.

 

We had lots of fun putting it together and we're pleased with the result. Click HERE to have a listen and see what you reckon

 

Graham Brown wrote the lyrics and played the percussion instruments

Mick Nadin sang it and played harp

Neil Porter played the guitar and did all the production work

Louise Nadin played the bass

Pete played the drums

 

Hope you like it!

MICK NADIN RETURNS WITH HIS 'IRIE WOMAN'

It's been a while, what with Covid restrictions and the holiday season, since the PBGB Shed has seen much action.

But recently we finally got the core crew back together and dusted off our instruments.

 

Perhaps surprisingly we seemed to be in good form. In fact we played through Mick's new song 'Irie Woman' a couple of times and figured we pretty much had it wired. So we switched on the recorder and reeled it off. We thought it came up pretty well.

 

Have a listen CLICK HERE and see what you think.

 

Mick tells us the story behind the song................

 

"This song was influenced by an old instrumental reggae rhythm. 

It was originally set to a faster tempo, but we slowed it down a bit and it turned out we liked it better that way.  

The melody line and lyrics just seemed to roll off the tongue so to speak."

 

Well Mick, what rolled off the tongue suited us just fine, so just keep that tongue rolling please.........so to speak. 

Mick Nadin - vocal, harmonica, writer

Peter Reid - drums

Louise Nadin - bass

Graham Brown - percussion

Neil Porter - guitar, production

Al Noble Tribute 2SEAFM

Here are the three parts of yesterday's 90 minute radio show.

The show includes all the 10 songs on Al's "Owl Noble" album plus 4 later songs recorded in the PBGB Shed and a further 3 non-Shed songs, one early recording by/with Dyann Olson, and covers by The Figmentz and myself.

There are 3 parts to this 90 minute radio show featuring the songs of Allan Noble, first aired on 2SEAFM (Eden) on 19/02/2022. Thanks Graham Wykes for the encouragement!

This has been a long time in the making, but I finally got myself organised! The show is mainly chronologically ordered, and I hope it is a worthy tribute to Al - a fine musician, vocalist and songwriter, and a great guy to boot.

I know that I speak for everyone from the PBGB Shed when I say we miss Al enormously, both as a musician and friend. 

😎👏✌🏼

Released January 5, 2022

The band:

Allan Noble (songwriter, vocal, guitar),  Michael Nadin (harmonica, backing vocals),  Louise Nadin (bass),  Steve Faggotter (guitar),  Graham Brown (percussion),  Manny Aigner (guitars),  Ken Vatcher (drums),  John Drews (keyboards),  Peter Reid (drums),  Neil Porter (bass, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, production).

Plus a cover by The Figmentz, and an earlier song, "Angelica" produced by/with Dyann Olson.

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This Sunday (19/1/22 at 4pm). The Al Noble Tribute Show with Neil Porter. A 90min PBGB Radio Special on 2SEAFM.

Al Noble Tribute Radio Show

This has been a long time in the making, but I finally got myself organised!  The show is mainly chronologically ordered, and I hope it is a worthy tribute to Al - a fine musician, vocalist and songwriter, and a great guy to boot.

I know that I speak for everyone from the PBGB Shed when I say we miss Al enormously, both as a musician and friend. 

Don't miss this collection of Al Noble songs from The Shed and beyond 

 A tribute to our dear friend.

The band:

Allan Noble (songwriter, vocal, guitar), Michael Nadin (harmonica, backing vocals), Louise Nadin (bass), Steve Faggotter (guitar), Graham Brown (percussion), Manny Aigner (guitars), Ken Vatcher (drums), John Drews (keyboards), Peter Reid (drums), Neil Porter (bass, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, production).

Plus a cover by The Figmentz, and an earlier song, "Angelica" produced by Dyann Olson.

Will make the show available here on the blog after the broadcast.

2SEAFM radio link