Big Sunday

It never rains but it pours. And it rained too!

H&L played at the Deans Marsh Pioneer Festival on Sunday April 30. It's a great community festival with a large turnout of locals and visitors alike. The rain started just before we mounted the truck for our first set at about 1.45 pm. We returned for short set at 4.00 pm, headed up by Mr JC Burke taking a break from bashing the skins to lead us through some Johnny Cash numbers. As one old timer said, "You just don't hear music played like that anymore!" Some would say just as well. But that's what you get when you hang around with us.

And then we hit the trail for old Geelong and our first Sunday night at Irish Murphys in almost a year. We certainly rocked out. Thanks to Mr Burke for bringing and setting up the best little PA in town - he always makes us sound good - as well as providing the drumming, some Johnny Cash and a little gospel.

We played as the full six piece Sinnbeck Experience - as well as Mr Burke, we were blessed with Mr Spiller (who will be in Latvia for the next few months) on the fiddle, JD Sinnbeck on electric guitar and smooth vocals, Chips on the banja, guitar and mando and a kick-ass version of The Band's Cripple Creek, Reinhart on the gut-bucket bass and yours truly. We were back-filling for a cancellation but hoping for some regular spots on Thursday or Sunday nights over the winter months. The punters were generously enthusiastic and appreciative.

As Mr Burke put it, "Well Done Chaps, Last night a smash hit! Loved it! The Sinnbeck R&R Show proved a true favourite again amongst the good-time old stuff! You're on a winner. Get back in touch with Murphs soon I'd reckon, see if another few shows can't move into the pipeline!?!"

Keep those cards and letters rollin' in folks!