1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: Alrighty, looking forward to this chat. Let's dance at the 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: Regal Ashes to Ashes the David Bowie Experience. It is 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: on this Saturday night, eight o'clock the Regal Theater at 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: Kensington Road, Kensington Park, of course, and in the studio 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: with me, Guy Hunt, Paul Matthews, gentlemen, good evening to 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: you both. Hello, now, tell us a little bit about 7 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: the show. Firstly, no, let's go right back. David Bowie. 8 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: How did you get involved? What is it about Bowie 9 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: that got you in? 10 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 2: I just, like most people, grew up with his music 11 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 2: and absolutely loved it. And yeah, I've always wanted to 12 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 2: perform his music and it was just a matter of 13 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 2: finding the right caliber of musicians around me now and lucky, 14 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 2: I've got a good group supporting me. This man here 15 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 2: on my left is amazing. 16 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: So that's guy. You're poorn just for people listening. So okay, Paul, 17 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: while we're with you, your background singer, musician obviously. 18 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, vocalist and yeah, all right, so you're Bowie. I'm yeah, yeah, 19 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 2: I don't like to think of myself as Bowie, but 20 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 2: that's as big shoes to fill. 21 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 1: How does it feel performing these sons? That you grew 22 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 1: up with. 23 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 2: It's great. It's great, like it's it's a it's a 24 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 2: it's a celebration. It's a celebration of a man's life 25 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 2: and his music, which everyone can recognize that that's what 26 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 2: it's about, and they just love it. 27 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 3: And he certainly does justice to it. Yeah, he's got 28 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:31,839 Speaker 3: divorce for it, that's for sure. 29 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: Okay, fantastically, what about you, guy, And you've got the 30 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: guitar with You're going to play a little bit for 31 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: us and you'll be singing in a bit, Paul, But well, I'm. 32 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 3: A bit younger than my exposure in the eighties with 33 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 3: you know, the real popular period, Let's Dance and China Girl, 34 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 3: Modern Love, all those great pants. But I was retrospectively 35 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 3: got into him from there, and and you know, he's 36 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 3: worked with so many I'm a guitar player, but he's 37 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 3: worked with so many fantastic guitar players over the years. 38 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 3: You know, there's at least a dozen or so guitar 39 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 3: players of a very very high caliber. So it's great 40 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 3: to play in the band. You know, Bowie worked with 41 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 3: the best musicians throughout the throughout the decades. 42 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: How did you two come together? What were you doing 43 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: before the Bowie group. 44 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I'd been in a few different bands doing originals, 45 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 2: dabbling songwriting myself, and yeah, been in around the original 46 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 2: scene around Adelaide, and then probably for about a decade 47 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 2: I pulled away and had a family, and around two 48 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 2: thousand and seven I got back into it and I 49 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 2: jumped into a band called The Invasion. We were a 50 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 2: regular house band in Monte's venue, which was the old 51 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 2: Cavern down on North Terrace and performing there quite regularly 52 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 2: doing sixties music, which is another a lot of music 53 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:06,520 Speaker 2: that I love, British British sixties music, and did that 54 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 2: and then got invites to join other bands, and then 55 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 2: I found myself around some amazing musicians and that were 56 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 2: eager to do Bowie as well. 57 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 1: So yeah, it's worth. 58 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 3: The band formed before Bowie died and before there was 59 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 3: any indication that bow and about to pass away, and 60 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 3: as I understand it, the band was on the verge 61 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 3: of gigging. I've been in the band about eight years, 62 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 3: so you know, seven or eight years now, but the 63 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 3: band's been around for ten. And you deferred your first 64 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 3: set of gigs, didn't you, Whereas you didn't want it 65 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 3: to time with the. 66 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 2: We did, we did, We didn't we did. We didn't 67 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 2: want to be looking like we're cashing in on somebody 68 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 2: that's just recently passed away. But as it was, the 69 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 2: momentum was there, and there was a number of other 70 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 2: acts paying homage, and we thought, well, we're probably doing 71 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 2: ourselves a bit of disservice because we're doing it all 72 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 2: for the right reasons. You know, it's just because we 73 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 2: love his music. 74 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: It came out of the blue, didn't it. 75 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 3: His death. 76 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: I mean, I can remember just being at home. It 77 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: was about six pm or thereabouts, and they broke. 78 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 2: It came out of the blue. But it was well orchestrated, 79 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 2: you know, he was well all had what he was facing, sadly, 80 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 2: and yeah, there was contracts and everything written up for 81 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 2: some of the musicians that he had for Black Star, 82 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:32,359 Speaker 2: his finale, and yeah, so but yeah, for the world 83 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 2: certainly shocked. 84 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 3: He made an art for me, even out of his 85 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 3: own death, you know, in sort of the way that 86 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 3: he orchestrated the release of that final album. 87 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 1: Just incredible, amazing, amazing career that he had, yeah, you know, 88 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: and the changes in persona all the way through that 89 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: career with ziggy starts. You're covering the whole gamut, aren't. 90 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 2: You, Yes, yes we do. And touching on that whole gamut, 91 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 2: There's very few artists that can produce such changes that 92 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 2: he did and have a following that continue to follow 93 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 2: and support I haven't you know normally, like even for 94 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 2: the Easy Beats, they went over to Britain and they 95 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 2: felt that they had to change their music somewhat because 96 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 2: their songwriting was a little bit childish. But uh, that 97 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 2: was a disaster. And and so for Vander and young 98 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 2: that they said to the young boys in a c DC, 99 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 2: you know, you're not changing a thing, and it worked 100 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 2: for him. So for some bands you stick to what 101 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 2: you know and continue with that, and but for Bowie 102 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 2: it was just quite the opposite. 103 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 3: Yeah, he could always held true, didn't he He didn't? 104 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 4: You know? 105 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 3: Well, I think in the eighties there in fact, the 106 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 3: Let's Dance album, he did pursue a commercial hit because 107 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 3: he needed he needed he needed the income. Actually at 108 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 3: the time he had just gotten rid of his the 109 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 3: manager that that had that has squirreled away most of 110 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:02,840 Speaker 3: the cash and I think he actually needed to make 111 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 3: a bit of money with that. But that's probably the 112 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 3: only time in his career where he really sort of 113 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 3: did try to do something commercial. A lot of people 114 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 3: don't realize that even before the successive Siggy start Us still, 115 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 3: you know, prior to that Space Sodity, you know, he'd 116 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 3: been working as a folk musician for many years, trying 117 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,279 Speaker 3: to forge your path there in the UK. So it 118 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 3: wasn't a quick path to fame and fortune. 119 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,719 Speaker 1: Was he David Jones? Then he was in those not 120 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: Davy Jones. 121 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 2: We don't do the laughing name. 122 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, sometimes we play it, you know, just before the gig. 123 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 3: We've got a few set of quirky songs that we 124 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 3: might throws. 125 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 2: A grave digger. 126 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 1: The okay, the show, so we're going to see all 127 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 1: of that, and you're covering, as we said, the whole 128 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: lot of seats still remaining. 129 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 2: Ye, there's a few tickets still remaining. So actually I 130 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 2: think we're going to have a Selloutkay, it's looking really good. 131 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,479 Speaker 2: So if people are keen to get tickets, they better 132 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 2: get them. 133 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 3: A handful downstairs and the stalls really standard upstairs as well, 134 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:04,719 Speaker 3: but only handful left downstairs in the stalls, Yeah, jump 135 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 3: on them, quick ticket, your ticket Ticketmaster Ticketmaster, No, no, 136 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 3: it's not Ticketmaster, So it tribooking, trybook a trybooking, and 137 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 3: just for people's awareness as well, there's a dance dancing 138 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 3: area in front of the in front of the stalls. 139 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 3: People think being a theater there might have any room 140 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 3: to dance, but in fact they they're encouraging put a 141 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 3: dance floor area that's great in there in the front. Yeah, 142 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:30,119 Speaker 3: which is great. 143 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: So they got a bar at the Regal as well. 144 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 2: That will help, Yes, that'll help. 145 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 3: Drinks all available, really, yeah, all right, that's a great venue. 146 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: Did you guys see him live anyone at the Adelaide 147 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 1: Oval back in the day in eighty three? 148 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 2: I missed that one, miss that one. 149 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: Yeah? 150 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 2: Was that the one that was with the Angels or 151 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 2: was that seventy seven. 152 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: The Models? I want to say eighty three. 153 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, but that would have been the serious Moonlight. 154 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: Yes it was, Yes, So I was there for that one, 155 00:07:58,040 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: but I didn't see the seventy seven one. 156 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:02,679 Speaker 2: Too young, Yeah, yeah, I was too young for both. 157 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 3: The connection with the serious Moonlight tours. That ice House 158 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 3: supported them with the serious light to tell that. Yeah. 159 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 3: And and in fact we have we've got a very 160 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 3: special drummer who's only just joined the band this year, 161 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 3: and that's Paul Wheeler, who also plays with ice House. 162 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 3: He's been with the band. He's been with ice House 163 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 3: for forty years next year, I. 164 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 2: Think his longest serving. Yeah remember at the moment. 165 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: So yeah, forty years. He just missed that tour he did, 166 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 1: That's right, exactly. 167 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:36,839 Speaker 3: But he joined just before the Man of Colors album, 168 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 3: required that album and has been with them since. Wow. 169 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: Okay, there we go. So but you have seen him 170 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: live somewhere along the way, Yes, I have where? 171 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 2: Yeah? I saw him at the Entertainment Center Center here 172 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 2: in Adelaide. 173 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: He came back after Yeah. 174 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 2: And that was for the reality tour. 175 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: I don't remember that. 176 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm trying to remember which year. 177 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:56,319 Speaker 3: I think. 178 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 2: Okay, no, no, no, no, it would have been too thousands. 179 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: Oh really as recent as that relatively. 180 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:08,559 Speaker 2: Or two thousands, I can't no, no, yeah, but there 181 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 2: we are. 182 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: Okay, g I didn't know he came back. Yeah, well 183 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:18,079 Speaker 1: I didn't remember anyway. So there we are. Okay, what 184 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: are we going to hear? Oh? 185 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:20,319 Speaker 2: We can do? 186 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 3: But sorry, what are you saying? 187 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,839 Speaker 2: Sorry? Yes, yes, we've got a we've got a fan 188 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:28,599 Speaker 2: out there, Margaret, she always loves this one to be 189 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 2: dedicated to where tor So, thank this one's for you, Margaret, 190 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 2: Good on you, Margaret. 191 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 3: Right really. 192 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 2: With too long one be old o the god. 193 00:09:54,600 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 5: So you had to fund trying to spend my money. 194 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 5: You're out to play your higher class games. 195 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 2: That sub. 196 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 3: S you. 197 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 5: Never the do let you know your auta. 198 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 2: Something tells me you're a terrible start. 199 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 4: Solb So I tried to find it can tears her 200 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 4: and never sisters, how much I miss soble Saue with 201 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 4: your arm on hair and your eyes on air? Had 202 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 4: you only thing I ever got from you? S sorru. 203 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 2: When you long long I couldn't sleep last night. 204 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 4: When you long long hand? 205 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 1: How good is that? That sounds so good? 206 00:11:59,000 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 2: Thank you? 207 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 1: Now? Is there a thing? Was there a little accent 208 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 1: that I heard in there as well. 209 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 2: As it sounded like there was Yeah, I don't know, London, 210 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 2: don't ask me to talk. 211 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 3: No, and sounds much better with the full band, remember 212 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 3: like five piece band. 213 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:16,719 Speaker 1: You've got the violin to start that with. 214 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 3: We've got yes, well, are very talented keyboard player Marko Jardini, 215 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 3: I call him. 216 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 2: We're given that string parts is a magician on so. 217 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 3: You can, you can make it sound the way it should, 218 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 3: an accomplished rhythm section. We mentioned Paul Wheeler, and we've 219 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:38,439 Speaker 3: got Brayden Leskie who's a sensational bass Player's got such 220 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 3: a great groove about him. 221 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: Yeah. 222 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 3: Really fortunate to have him in the band as well. 223 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: Does it help you know growing up in that era? 224 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:48,680 Speaker 1: It must, right, or it's part of your DNA is yeah, 225 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 1: totally yeah, and that way you kind of feel it 226 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: a little bit more amazing doing these songs. And uh 227 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: and Bowie is you know such a name about it? 228 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:03,319 Speaker 1: What do you reckon he'd make of it if he 229 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:03,599 Speaker 1: heard you? 230 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,719 Speaker 2: I think it'd be I think he's pretty gracious with 231 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 2: a lot of artists. Over the years. He's been supportive 232 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 2: of a lot of different musicians and encouraging. Yeah, always encouraging. 233 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 2: As what I heard from the Brewster Boys when they 234 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 2: performed in seventy seven opening up for Bowie, he made 235 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 2: sure the sound crew gave him the best sound. 236 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 1: Is that right? 237 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:32,199 Speaker 3: Ever? 238 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, unlike the Kings right. 239 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 3: I think what bow like about us as well is 240 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,079 Speaker 3: that we're not trying to be a parody band. We're 241 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,679 Speaker 3: not trying to copy what he does, and we do 242 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:45,439 Speaker 3: a few of the deep cuts as well, So we 243 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 3: try and represent him from across the years. And I 244 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 3: think he would really love the fact that we approach 245 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 3: it with a real rock gusto because at the end 246 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,959 Speaker 3: of the day, Bowie was a rock star and a 247 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 3: lot of people don't remember that necessarily. They think they 248 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:04,079 Speaker 3: might think of the pop era or other aspects of 249 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 3: what he did, but at heart he was a rock 250 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,559 Speaker 3: star and in fact Rolling Stone magazine once referred to 251 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:11,439 Speaker 3: him as the greatest rock star ever. 252 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: Wow. 253 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 3: So there you go. 254 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: Ok, well he certainly came out of that era, didn't he. 255 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: And I reckon tonight with that performance, you're going to 256 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: sell the rest of those seats out, I really do. 257 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 3: This is part of our national tour as well. It's 258 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 3: really worth mentioning. Yeah, so we've we've been across the 259 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 3: Victoria and up to up to Queensland a few weeks ago, 260 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 3: New South Wales a short time ago, across the Western 261 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 3: Australia earlier in the year. So we play. Yeah, we 262 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 3: play around the country and once or once or twice 263 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 3: a year max. In fact, this is really our only 264 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 3: gig for for this year and no further book bookings 265 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 3: for Adelaide at this point. So this is the opportunity 266 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 3: for Adelaide fans to really get along to the Regal 267 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 3: and check out what we do. We are. Yeah, a 268 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 3: lot of people don't realize because we're from Adelaide that 269 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 3: we do tour nationally. 270 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: I didn't know that. So that's really sting. Now is this? 271 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 1: This must be a full time gick for you guys? Then? 272 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: I mean you got a job that. 273 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, full time, full time. Unfortunate. Yes, so some of 274 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 3: us know it's you know, we're gonna we're gonna hold 275 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 3: down a day job. 276 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 1: To the standing employees. Yeah, which doesn't it? Alrighty? One 277 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 1: night at the Regal? Favorite eras? Now? 278 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 5: Is it? 279 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: Is it star Dust? Is it Modern Love Era? What 280 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 1: is it for you guys? Oh? 281 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 2: Me personally, I love the Aladdin Say album and Hunky Dory. 282 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 2: I'll just list them all off. Yeah, yeah, I love 283 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 2: them all really Okay, it's always fun. 284 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 3: Hard to go past the whole you know, ziggy Stardups 285 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 3: type phenomenon, especially as a guitar player. I mean, Mick 286 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 3: Ronson was such an inspirational player. You know. Hendrix was 287 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 3: the guy that seemed to overshadow a lot of people 288 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 3: from that kind of period. You know, if it hadn't 289 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 3: been for Hendrix, I'm sure Mick Ronson would have been 290 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 3: a household name, and anyone worth their salt, that's a 291 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 3: guitar player, understands just how influential he was. But I 292 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 3: must say I do love the Scary Monsters album, you know, 293 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 3: nineteen eighty Okay, yeah, that was a real resurgence. I 294 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 3: think in Bowie's career it was very different. And of 295 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 3: course we take Ashes when it came out, take our 296 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 3: namesake from that song, Ashes to Ashes, the big hit 297 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 3: off that album. 298 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: Where was major Tom from? That was an earlier album, was. 299 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 2: Not Space yea seventy three and he pays reference to 300 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 2: that sixty nine. 301 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: I wasn't sixty back then, Oh wow, yeah, okay, so yeah, 302 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 1: it was mentioned in the song that's yeah not long 303 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: after the moon landing, of course, you know, yeah, that's 304 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: Space Hera. 305 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, and it was associated with that and Space Oddity. 306 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 3: A lot of people get it confused with Space Odyssey, 307 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 3: you know, two thousand and one Kubrick film. You know, 308 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 3: it's all sort of tied in. 309 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,359 Speaker 1: Well, that was that same era too, So yeah, absolutely 310 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: just to ashes you'd be doing that song, wouldn't you. 311 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: I reckon, that's what got me into Bowie back in 312 00:16:57,560 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: the day. 313 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 2: Was you know it was so different? 314 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was there, Yeah, and then the rest followed 315 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:07,239 Speaker 1: Heroes and all of that. Yeah, what songs. So if 316 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 1: people are thinking, now, I'd love to go, but I 317 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: want to know what song? So you'd be playing the 318 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 1: big hits, wouldn't you name the songs? 319 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:13,159 Speaker 4: We know? 320 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 2: We don't miss out on the big hits. Yes, we 321 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 2: play all the big hits and the deeper cuts we interchange, 322 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 2: so we mix it up every time we do play, 323 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,440 Speaker 2: generally speaking, but everyone gets to hear the hits. 324 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 3: It hits are definitely in there. Fun fact, when I 325 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 3: joined this band, Paul shared the set list with me. 326 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 3: So this is the you know, we kept got some 327 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 3: shows coming up, and this is this is the sort 328 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 3: of usual twenty five songs that we you know, prioritize 329 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 3: these ones. And I must say I looked at that 330 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 3: set list and I reckon, there was about two songs 331 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 3: that I didn't recognize. Okay, that's how many hits Bowie is. 332 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 3: And when we try to formulate the set list, honestly, 333 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:52,360 Speaker 3: let's say, we've got about twenty two to twenty three 334 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 3: songs to work with. There's about eighteen songs that we 335 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:58,920 Speaker 3: must play, okay, seventeen eighteen songs. It's like someone's not 336 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 3: going to you know, someone's going to complain if they 337 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 3: don't hear one of those hits. And I don't think 338 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 3: people realize just how many hits he had in the catalog. 339 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 3: And around that we have to you know, we have 340 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 3: a bit of debate and negotiation around our favorites or 341 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 3: fan favorites to squeeze in around them. 342 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:16,959 Speaker 1: So amazing, all right that it's been a great chat, gentlemen. 343 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,640 Speaker 1: I hope it goes well on Saturday night, This Saturday, 344 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,920 Speaker 1: the Regal Theater, eight pm, and there's a handful of 345 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: seats left. Try booking dot com dot au if you 346 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,240 Speaker 1: want to get tickets along to it. Why wouldn't you 347 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 1: sounds good? Anything to play us out with? Or are 348 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 1: you done? 349 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 3: We've just mentioned that, you know, we encourage people to 350 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 3: sort of get there early as well, because the strengths 351 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 3: and the strengths available. There's an intermission following the show 352 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 3: will be we've got some merchants as to sell and 353 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 3: so on. 354 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 1: You know, the teacher come out and meet the we. 355 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 3: Come out and do a meet. 356 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 4: Yeah. 357 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 1: Great, No, that's the best part these local shows. It's 358 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:57,440 Speaker 1: wonderful to do and the audience says, you would know 359 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 1: it always appreciates that, as we all have when people 360 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:02,959 Speaker 1: have come off the stage and said good day at 361 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 1: the end. So that's that's excellent, guy, Paul Matthews, thank 362 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 1: you both very much for coming and I hope it 363 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 1: goes well. 364 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 2: Thanks for having us, Thank you, thank you.