Bap Kennedy w/ Bill Chambers + Danny George Wilson
It is with great pleasure that Civil Society announces very special guest Bill Chambers, playing alongside Bap Kennedy on his upcoming tour of Australia in January 2007 - adding to the already superb line-up with Grand Drive’s front man Danny George Wilson.
Needing no introduction, Bill Chambers is a shining star in Australia’s country music sky. In between playing guitar in daughter Kasey Chambers’ band and producing numerous albums for other artists, Bill found the time to self produce his second solo album ‘Frozen Ground’.
With echoes of Tony Joe White and Steve Earle, ‘Frozen Ground’ is honest music exploring Bill’s many moods, taking in the good with the bad - making him the perfect accompaniment to Bap Kennedy onstage.
Bap Kennedy’s story begins exactly where it should - with an infamous encounter at a pub and drinks over Bap explaining that it was the Irish who invented country music, The Beatles and fighting. The man he met was Steve Earle, who unsteadied by his meeting with Bap declared that night "Someday skinny, you’re coming to Nashville to make a country rekkid and I’m gonna perduce it".
Bap emerged on the scene a serious contender with his recorded works and live performances highly acclaimed by his industry peers and media. Bap’s latest offering ‘The Big Picture’ is regarded by many as his best album yet - a seamless blend of Celtic Soul and Southern Roots and not without a cast of notaries, including the great Van Morrison and Shane McGowan. Bap’s songs are full of tongue & cheek and heartbreaking tales, which tells Bap’s own story. Suffice to say that Bap has "lived" and the resultant self-deprecating humour and good-natured cynicism has been captured in his work.
Danny George Wilson does not let his location dictate his style. Originally from Queensland and now living in South London, Danny plays deep Americana.
Touring off the back of his debut solo release ‘The Famous Mad Mile’ - a powerful and personal record that speaks in its own voice; Danny’s voice and with Wilson’s trademark gift for simple but powerful lyrics and haunting melodies.
Having recently shared the stage with Cara Dillon, Neal Casal and Peter Bruntnell - witness Danny bringing to life on stage the songs he writes about life, day to day; rather than the things he thinks people want to think about. It’s brute honesty, tracing a path between the past and the present, wistfully pulling lessons from the wreckage.
Tour
Melbourne
Sunday January 10
Harvest Festival
Sydney
Tuesday January 23
The Basement, 29 Reiby Place, Circular Quay
Tickets $35 + bf - available from all Moshtix outlets & The Basement
Tamworth
Thursday January 25
The Pub, 99 Gunnedah Road, Tamworth - 4pm show
Tickets $15 on the door
Press
Bap Kennedy
Imagine the best possible Van Morrison, with empathy replacing bitterness and a sense of wonder revealed for all to share in. Fabulous!
MOJO
Danny George Wilson
“Here are echoes of Bruce Springsteen, Ryan Adams, Lucinda Williams. Yes. They are that good. There’s true singer/songwriter greatness here…”