BalconyTV/Melbour – FOLLOW ME DOWN…live

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The other boys were still getting up, brushing their teeth…. from a trip down to Melbourne just before Jan ~ Great Version of Follow Me Down

WANT RAW?

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Taken from the bowl of nuts at THE WIDOWBIRDS Xmas Party last Dec 2011…
A true rollicking with a love song that TURNS all hot n steamy..
Fea. Lachy Doley, friend of the flock…

SWEET LADY MARY ~ Music Clip…

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Taken from a long the road in the last weeks. We filmed and cut this ourselves for a bit of fun, memories and figure we captured some good old soul in this.

Hope you enjoy…

~ NEXT ~
THE SHENANDOAH ALBUM TOUR BEGINS THIS MONTH

Be sure to secure your tickets to, one of many shows.
We’re looking at coming down to Adelaide, Tasmania and back up to Brisbane to deliver our record in a few months.

X Bird Kisses

~ BIRD DIARY : TAMWORTH ~

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~Wow~
What a week spent up in Tamworth.
Day 3 saw the band get on up to TRECC and perform the Touchwood Stage, with Friday a double header at Joe Maguires Pub and the HILUX Peel St Stage.
To then close on Saturday with an early start in the annual Cavalcade march followed by an early set, back at the Coca Cola stage 3pm and a good yelping up at Joe Maguires to finish a days work by 8pm… BEER TIME.

We’ve stripped the boots off and put the legs up after an eventful week, meeting great new friends, spread some love and an absolute rip snorter of a ride home.

Yes! We managed to blow 3 tyres on the way home in the Faclon!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We just wanted to thank the whole bird crew for making this Tamworth 2012 Festival experience the best one yet… Adriana for the awesome Cavalcade outfits,
Gabby for being the ‘go to girl’ and Andrew for driving the FALCONIAN and being the ‘go to girl’, Mikela for the soul being… and last and definately…
Matt, Andy and Franci ~ CATS ARE BLACK for some spectacular shows together.. you are our new favourite band.

lots of love and laughs.

 

(Tuesday 24 ~ JAN Day 2)

Well, what a start to The Widowbirds week of shows, with a welcoming crowd at Joe Maguires Pub last night.

Cats Are Black ~ are the great support act. Beautiful cinematic
acoustic folk, echoing Bruce Springsteen balladesque moods.
Fronted by the gorgeous female vocalist, Franki along with
brothers Matt & Andrew on acoustic guitar and drums.

Cats Are Black: Support THE WIDOWBIRDS

The Widowbirds open their festival duties with an amazing and dynamic 3pc performance.
Their bass player Simon Wiltshire arrives today cementing the 4pc line up
for the remainder of the festival. Handles on a conga prove ‘Handy’ – as Shane
took to the audience floor with a conga and hand claps drawing in the spirit
of live music into Maguires back bar. All round awesome night, big sound ~ great crowd!

GIGS ~ AHEAD
Coca Cola Stage: 4:30pm – Wed 25th
Touchwood Stage: 1:00pm ~ Thurs 26th
Joe Maguires ~ Fri 27th & Sat 28th

(Monday 23 ~ JAN Day 1).
The mighty 67′ XR FALCON 500… belted all 302 cubic inches up
the New England Highway, arriving in Tamworth yesterday.
Not bad for it’s maiden voyage in 5 years.

   

Settling in on The GEBUNG Horse STUD Farm – We’re in for the night, resting and
ready to get our first show on at Joe Maguires Pub on Peel Street
tomorrow night  (Tues) ~ We’ll be here until Sunday with 6 shows in total,
3 of which will be with our good friends CATS ARE BLACK supporting
our Joe Maguires gigs

We’re documenting as we live and breathe the country air this time
round, so keep a watchful eye on the stories..

TWBirds.

~ TAMWORTH this week & Upcoming Album Tour ~

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As summer sweeps through the city, The Widowbirds will ride the breeze north to the Tamworth Country Music Festival in less than 3 days. The band will be performing from the 23rd Jan through to the 28th Jan at selected venues and outdoor stages.

S H E N A N D O A H Album tour begins immediately after their TCMF performance. The list of dates for the time being see’s NSW and VIC dates, whilst Adelaide, Brisbane and Tasmania legs will be released at a later date. The album tour will feature 2 exclusive performances at the AUSTRALIAN BLUES FESTIVAL – Goulburn.

My Fathers House – Bruce Springsteen Cover Version ‘Bare Knuckled’ Sessions by Simon Meli

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NEW CLIP: ‘Bare Knuckled Sessions’
Simon Meli has taken it upon himself to record a collection of live solo performances, featuring songs that have inspired him and the writing of The Widowbirds debut album.

The Clip has just gone live and people are jumping on the simply sedating version of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘My Fathers House’ with more tracks to come each week.

The Official SHENANDOAH Album Tour 2012. PRESS RELEASE

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THE WIDOWBIRDS announce their debut album tour for February 2012. After a soaring 18 months, an arms length of festival appearances and international supports, the release of their debut album is another feather to stick in their already bushy cap.

‘You boys make a real good noise, and I mean Real Good…’ Tony Joe White (USA)

Their strong passion for the deep yearning in 1960′s and 1970′s based soul rock music, with an undeniably passionate live performance and the handmade boutique approach to their first recording, has crafted them a genre of their own - Hard Soul.

SHENANDOAH is a beautifully sewn first offering touching on the true stories of lives lived, loved and dreamt with the layering of great textures, lying amongst conga junk kit rhythms. Hemmed with an orchestra of strings, Lachlan Doley on Hammond Organ (Powderfinger / Jimmy Barnes) and the amazing soulful raw (roar) of vocalist Simon Meli, completes a great soul album.

The album was recorded and produced by the band on the side of a mountain where singer Simon Meli had been living in Blue Mountains, with the final moments having being captured in a roaming flight out to the inner west where the band have finally nested. Friend and fellow falcon Steve Balbi was responsible for the final mixes, offering his own sleeves to rub up a good shine on the bird’s first lamp.

‘A FEW weeks ago at the Sydney Blues and Roots Festival, Widowbirds built to a standing ovation and compere Glenn A. Baker stormed the stage to predict similar impacts throughout the 2012 season of summer festivals’…  Anthony O’Grady – The Australian Album Review: 4 out of 5 Stars.

Shenandoah puts The Widowbirds squarely on the Australian – and hopefully, the world – map. As a debut, it is scarily solid and fully-formed. None other than swamp king Tony Joe White, who the Widowbirds supported on a recent tour, said “You boys make a real good noise… I mean real good!” As a creator of real good noises himself, Tony Joe should know – in The Widowbirds’ case he is right on the money.
John H – The Orange Press.net
Proudly releasing their record through Laughing Outlaw Records, under the watchful eye of none other than Stuart Coupe - Shenandoah albums have been growing wings and moving units steadily in the last 2 weeks after it was only officially released as physical copies on the 4th November and 18th November through iTunes and Inertia Distribution.

 

 
Friday 3rd February               The Front Gallery, Canberra                      ACT
Tickets $10 available from venue 
 
Friday 10th  February             Australian Blues Festival, Goulburn           NSW
Goulburn Workers Club Auditorium  - Free Festival
 Saturday 11th February          Australian Blues Festival, Goulburn           NSW
Astor Hotel  - Free Festival
Saturday 11th February          The Clarendon Guest House, Katoomba    NSW
Tickets $18 + b.f available from
www.clarendonguesthouse.com.au/whats_on.html

Sunday 12th February            Lizottes, Kincumber                                 NSW

Tickets $24 available from
www.lizottes.com.au/live

Thursday 16th  February        The Vanguard, Newtown                           NSW

Tickets $17 + b.f available from
www.thevanguard.com.au

Friday 17th February              The Junkyard, Maitland                            NSW

Free Event
Sunday 19th February            Brass Monkey, Cronulla                           NSW
Tickets $15 available from
www.brassmonkey.com.au/

Friday 24th February              Thornbury Local, Melbourne                     VIC

 
Saturday 25th February          Union Hotel, Brunswick Melbourne           VIC
Supporting Spoonful
Free entrywww.unionhotelbrunswick.com.au/music.html

ADELAIDE & BRISBANE DATES – Still To Come!!!