http://www.gibboswarstories.com Random Memories of an Old Roadie Sat, 17 May 2008 12:46:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A decent truck can mean the difference between a great gig and a night full of grief. Back in the eighties I went back to work for Rick Doolan who was the original drummer in Bandanna. He had re-formed the band and had put together a nice little PA system. ... http://www.gibboswarstories.com/the-best-truck-in-the-world/ Good old Gary Glitter has been in the news again lately for all the wrong reasons. It brought to mind a story my brother told me which was told to him by the one and only Peter Ward. I hope I do the story justice. Peter was working with Gary Glitter ... http://www.gibboswarstories.com/gary-glitter/ I saw on the tele this morning that preparations are under way for our Chinese community to celebrate their New Year. It brought to mind a tour I did around this time of year back in the early 1990's. It was a short run with a British band by the ... http://www.gibboswarstories.com/chinese-new-year-with-neds-atomic-dustbin/ I had the pleasure on Saturday night of going to see the amazing Jeff Lang at the Brass Monkey in Cronulla. What a great show. In my experience it's not often that a single person with an acoustic guitar can be entertaining for more than about 10 minutes but ... http://www.gibboswarstories.com/jeff-lang/ Here is a classic road story from Craig "Lumpy" Martin. It was 1991/2 and the band America were touring Australia. It was a A1 Audio gig. The tour started well and was on whole not a bad tour. Lots of driving and days off did not figure in the tour schedule ... http://www.gibboswarstories.com/ive-been-to-the-desert-on-a-horse-named-frank/ I have added the the great Weekend Warriors site to the link roll today. They offer a four or five week course to get old players back "onto the tools" and to get them together with like minded people who want to play without all the hassle of joining a ... http://www.gibboswarstories.com/links-page-update/ Have a go at this. Some plonker gets turpsed at work to the point of pissing in his bin, and somehow his employer has to cough up $10,000 for sacking him? What the? I've never admitted this before folks, but, once I did the same thing. Now I want my money. It was ... http://www.gibboswarstories.com/where-do-i-collect-my-ten-grand-albert-collins/ Sydney Gig Guide Weekend Warriors Production Assistant Software Australian Rock Database CX Magazine Julius Media ALIA ProSound Web Forums http://www.gibboswarstories.com/links/ The Wombat Switch. I don’t even know if it is a term that is still used. Back about 20 years ago “Wombatting” was something you did to the support band to sabotage them. You know, turn the amps down a bit or pull down the master volume on the EQ or ... http://www.gibboswarstories.com/the-wombat-switch/ Stage diving and crowd surfing is a phenomenon that has become popular over the last 10 or 15 years. The idea being that after diving from the stage, the crowd will catch you and you won't end up on your arse on the floor. When the crowd is in good ... http://www.gibboswarstories.com/stage-diving-at-sawtell-hoodoo-gurus/