Hope there's December shows as well...

excited! hope jeff wegener is part of the band

sounds like him on the pretty tasty new mp3s on the website

squawky sax too - this is good news

it has been a good year for Edmund

http://www.myspace.com/edkuepper

Anyone know who's in the live act for these shows?

It's Ed & Jeff + Pete Oxley in Sydney.

sorry HEB I didn't realise you'd already posted the myspace link. something approaching a full band would be nice!

Also Sprach The King of Euro-Disco

Laughing Clowns - Eternally Yours - fab!

Ed Kuepper - guitar, vocals
Jeffrey Wegener - drums
Louise Elliott - sax
Peter Walsh - bass

From MySpace...
And now, this November, some 16 months after that first East Coast residency, Ed (and most times Jeffrey, and sometimes Peter) will again take on the challenge. Expect the hits, more choice covers, and some new material too as Ed begins the writing process for his follow up to 2001's Smile, Pacific.

Tickets for all shows are on sale Monday 16th October - except the Brisbane shows which feature Ed Kuepper in solo mode, and are free, and in limited capacity, in which case you better get there pretty early on the night or rue a missed opportunity..

8 November -- Ed, Jeffrey and Peter
The Vanguard, King Street, Newtown, Sydney

9 November -- Ed and Jeffrey
Northcote Social Club, Melbourne

15 November -- Ed, Jeffrey and Peter
The Vanguard, King Street, Newtown, Sydney

16 November -- Ed and Jeffrey
Northcote Social Club, Melbourne

21 November -- Ed solo
Ric's Bar, Brisbane (Free admittance! Be early!)

22 November -- Ed, Jeffrey and Peter
The Vanguard, King Street, Newtown, Sydney

23 November -- Ed, Jeffrey and Peter
Northcote Social Club, Melbourne

28 November -- Ed solo
Ric's Bar, Brisbane

29 November -- Ed, Jeffrey and Peter
The Vanguard, King Street, Newtown, Sydney

30 November -- Ed, Jeffrey and Peter
Northcote Social Club, Melbourne

the NSC shows are on sale today!

pretty sure those NSC shows are just Ed & Jeffrey, no Peter.

Ed & Jeffrey shows start at NSC this Thursday!

Excellent chance to see two proper deadset legends being legendary.

or as Ed likes to call himself, the Notorious Bully.

the grumpy old man starts at NSC tonite. Tickets still available.

another chance this Thursday:

The last two years have been some of the most pro-active of Ed Kuepper’s thirty year career. Weaving in and around re-releases from his former seminal outfits The Saints and The Laughing Clowns, as well as solo output, was an invigorated live career, this time featuring Ed and his former drummer from the Laughing Clowns, Mr Jeffrey Wegener. As a duo, they took on a tri-city residency in Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne. It was an inspired move, with full houses aplenty as Ed and co wove their magic over two sets every night. And now some sixteen months after that first residency, Ed and Jeffrey return to the NSC to take on the residency challenge. Expect the hits, more choice covers, and some new material too.

was in awesome form last week

great new songs.
great old songs.

the best drumming you'll ever see, maybe.

some pretty fair guitar action, also.

Going to try to make Vanguard show tomorrow. Yay!

tonite @ NSC. $20 at the door. Yell out requests!

apparently this lot has almost sold out on pre-orders

Pity. I have no money at all at the moment. :/

I remember interviewing Ed and saying that his early nineties period was surely unsustainably prolific, and he said that if he'd had the funds or it was cheaper to do so, he'd probably put out a weekly bulletin of work rather than release albums.

Now he seems close to being able to do that and I can't afford to buy the bloody things. Typical.

I'm fascinated by the tiny amps they've used. Can a gear geek explain these choices?

Low wattage amps can give really awesome results at volumes that are more compatible with the mics used in most studios. Unlike some really big loud amps you see used at shows.

Looks like there might be a few vintage or re-release Fender Tweed Deluxe's there. I played a late 50's or early 60's one of these once and it was hands down the best guitar tone I've ever heard. Think Neil Young at his best.

Possibly a couple of vintage Gibson's there too, but I know less about these...

wow, the ascension academy is great - i have not always been convinced by EK's excursions into less organic soundscapery (cf his 90s instrumental albums) but this is fantastic - great contributions from louise elliot, alister spence and what sounds like an (uncredited) jeff wegener rummaging around underneath

live at the judith wright centre is killer as well, i'd forgotten just how kickass the jean lee stuff sounded with the horn section

Low wattage amps can give really awesome results at volumes that are more compatible with the mics used in most studios. Unlike some really big loud amps you see used at shows.

I think I read somewhere that Led Zep albums were all done on tiny wattage amps, which is funny considering the amount of RAWK SHRED POWAH involved.

The Pignose, apparently, which has a lot of fidelity at high volume for a battery driven amp.

anyone go last night?

It was listed as $40, so I had to bail on it, which is kind of shit, really.

shame. i think the upcoming sydney one is $25 or so, which is probably more realistic. wonder if we'll get john willsteed.

Saw EK on a songwriting panel at Big Sound last week, alongside Dave Faulkner, Brian Ritchie, Ben Salter and Jake Stone. He was in fine form, in just the way you'd expect in that company.

Did Salter gush over him in the way I'd expect?

I was in Bunnings yesterday and they played The way I made you feel over the muzac system.

Did Salter gush over him in the way I'd expect?

There was a bit of the expected Salty gushing but he held his own. Better was Ed putting the puppy Stone back into his box.

Playing tonight in Sydney (with Peter Oxley) at The Rose in Eskineville supporting Reno Nevada

Cripes. Any idea of times?

Im guessing that Reno Nevada will do 2 sets with Kuepper doing one in the middle. (a complete guess). So I reckon Kuepper at 9ish

PS FREE to boot !

thanks looch, might wander down

My recording of the Spiegeltent show on 1st March is up on That Striped Sunlight Sound if anyone is interested.

http://stripedsunlight.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/ed-kuepper-mark-dawson-rearranged.html