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  • Tommys live Oldbar2JP

    It’s been a busy year for the Tommys: plenty of shows pushing our new 45 "Born To Follow" b/s "Window Pane” including a live-to-air on 3CR’s fabulous "Burning Vinyl" radio show.

    1. 1969 Ludwig Supraphonic snare drum
    There’s a reason why this is the most recorded snare in history. Just killer.

    2. Pork Pie Drum Throne.
    To any drummer or bar stool hog out there. Pay the extra and never look back

    Pork Pie

    3. Little Green Festival, St Kilda Bowling Club, March 2025

    4. The T Bones celebrated their 40th Anniversary with a cavalcade of lineups from over the years.
    Helen "Hellcat" Cattanach of Moler and I were the rhythm section on the first 45 and album. Great fun to rock out again including a warmup show at Bar 303, Northcote.

    T Bones 303

    5. Show with Kreep 500 Town Hall Hotel at North Melbourne
    Played some fun shows this year with Mick and Otto's raucous rockin’ garage two-piece.

    Tommys Kreep 500 Townie

    6. The Wraylettes with The Tommys - Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood

    Wraylettes Tommys

    7. Pearly Shells with Robert Susz - Jazz Lab, Brunswick.
    I lived in Darlinghurst in 1985 and used to catch Continental Robert and his bar band at the Piccadilly Hotel in the Cross every Sunday arvo for free. He still has the tone and chops, and the Pearly Shells Big Band nailed it.

    8. Ocean Vuong – The Emperor of Gladness

    9. Archie Moore, kith and kin – Queensland Art Gallery 
    Immense.

    10.  Perfect Days - Wim Wenders.  

  • T Bones DannysT Bones at Danny Hamburgers in 1990:  Charlie Wilde, Helen Cattanach, Andrew Pupillo and Rob Lastdrager.

    Bring on 2022 after a surreal 262 days in lockdown here in Melbourne. We all did a lot of daydreaming and walking the hood waiting for cocktail hour. Here are a few highlights that got me through in no particular order.

    1. T Bones Greatest Hits 1991
    Our 30th Year anniversary. Recorded at Sing Sing in Melbourne by Mark Smith in a couple of days. I was worried at the time after having four wisdom teeth removed days before the recording, I needn’t have been. Still has great R&R energy. Would’ve been cool to do a 30th reunion show in 2021. C’est la vie.