Surf Club Gig

PBGB SURF CLUB GIG RAISES $555 FOR LOCAL INDIGENOUS KIDS

The generous spirit of the Pambula community was amply demonstrated at our gig at the Pambula Surf Life Saving Club on June 25.

We played two sets of our original material to a very responsive audience, and between a few fund raising activities collected $555 for the NSW Aboriginal Education Council.

As agreed with the AEC the money raised will flow directly to support indigenous kids in public schools in our region.

PBGB was overwhelmed by the support of many people and organisations in making the evening such a success.

Heartfelt thanks go to :

Pambula Surf Life Saving Club Volunteer Officials

Pambula ‘Little Bottler’ Liquor Store (Owners Glen Baker and family)

Merimbula News Weekly

ABC South East New South Wales Radio

SEA 104.7 fm South East Access Radio

Jason Holley from J&K Entertainment

And of course all the punters who came out on a bleak Winter’s night and gave so generously to the cause !

The gig was the first time Chris has played with us at a public appearance, and he did a fantastic job getting across material new to him. Chris slotted straight in on the bass and drove the bottom end extremely well. Well done Chris !

The PBGB Family was well represented. In addition to the four key players (Gus, Chris, Neil and Peter), Heather stepped up to perform beautiful renditions of two songs (Nobody Knows You and Wade In The Water). And we had Ken Vatcher (the newest PBGB Family member) and his wife Susie in the audience. Ken has just recently started to pop into the shed, and has in fact already recorded a version of Gus’s ‘Boozer Blues’ which will likely appear on the soon to be released PBGB 6. Ken is a brilliant drummer with a great reputation and we hope to see and hear far more of Ken, who has recently moved to Pambula Beach from Mallacoota – Welcome Ken and Susie !

We also had a very pleasant surprise – Col and Jane Enright travelled down from Rosedale for the gig, unannounced. A real treat ! Although Col didn’t play on the night, he did conduct the auction of the case of wine kindly donated by the Pambula Little Bottler. The auction raised $230 !!! Well done Col ! Thanks for coming.

All in all a top night, and the first time PBGB has done an ‘all original material’ gig, (Heather’s songs notwithstanding) so we were very pleased with ourselves.

Huge thanks to the Pambula Community

For those who have to know this stuff, Gus is using an Indie guitar (he also used a Squire "Telecaster" for slide) through a Behringer 100W amp, Chris used a Warwick fretless bass and a Warwick fretted bass through a MarkBass 400W amp (yes, that tiny thing pumps out a cool 400 Watts!), Peter is using his Roland v-drums through a Hartke 200W bass rig and Neil uses a Fender Telecaster (plus that 1960s Kawai surf guitar) through a VOX VT30 amp into a 100W Doobie bass amp.

Neil's CD - "Signs Of Life" released

Finally! Worth a listen PBGBers!

"Signs Of Life" is a (kind of) solo album from Neil, with cameo appearances from some great musicians in the US and Norway, as well as Oz. Unfortunately no other PBGBers here, but there will be on the next Neil Porter CD - that's for sure! Click on the cover to go to the album page, where you can listen, read about the tracks, read the lyrics and, if the urge takes you, purchase a copy :)

Pambula Surf Club Gig - June 25th

PBGB TO PERFORM RETURN CONCERT AT PAMBULA SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB - JUNE 25, 2010.

Following on from the very successful 2009 PBGB concert at the Pambula Surf Life Saving Club, PBGB has been invited back for a return show in 2010.

The date has been agreed with club officials – Friday evening, June 25.

PBGB happily performs at the PSLSC for free. We appreciate what a great job the Club does for the local community, and what the Australian Surf Lifesaving movement in general stands for, and we are pleased to be given opportunities to contribute. Proceeds from drink sales on our concert nights go directly to Club coffers, and this year we will also be attempting to raise funds for the NSW Aboriginal Education Council.

You can learn about what this great organisation does for Indigenous kids at

http://www.aec.org.au

So if you can make it to the show, please bring along a few extra dollars to drop into the collection bucket.

If you can’t make it on the night, perhaps you might like to make a donation anyway. You can do so directly via the website.

Hope to see you there !

A good cause!

Recently, PBGB made a donation to the Graham and Grunden Music Scholarship Committee.

The Committee is co-ordinating professional development scholarships for young ( ages 8 to 20 ) Indigenous musicians in the Mallacoota region.

Awards will be presented during NAIDOC week, in July.

Donations are tax deductible.

Friends of PBGB may be interested to make a donation.

You can do so by mailing a cheque to

The Graham and Grunden Music Scholarship Committee

PO Box 414

Mallacoota Victoria 3892

The PBGB Blog goes public.

Thanks for coming and having a look at our blog. Well, like most things with PBGB it's a little more complicated than that - it's more of a website than a blog, although the main page will be regularly updated..

Use the headings across the top of the page to navigate around - read the history of PBGB; the story of "The Shed" in local folklore; see pics of the band; read our original song lyrics; play a few songs on the player on the right of each page; visit the shop to buy a T-shirt or soon, a CD; there's even a video to watch.

No expense has been spared to provide a multi-media PBGB experience :)

One last thing - we will be doing a few gigs this year, so why not join our mailing list (you can do it in the right hand column) so we can let you know where and when. "Friends of PBGB" will always get preferential tickets.

Now, have a wander around - leave a comment if you like.

Have fun!

Interview ABC Canberra 666 Radio

Pete and Heather visited Canberra ABC's studio on Saturday to appear on Greg Bayliss' "Garage Idle" - Neil got in a phone hook-up to talk about his "jiguma" project as well. You can listen to a recording of the relevent bits of the show here:

PBGB on Canberra ABC at MacJams

Just click on the link then use the player under the PBGB logo to listen. While you're doing so, you can check out the comments of other MacJammers.