Gentle Ben & His Sensitive Side (Only Melbourne Show*) + Precious Jules + Romance are playing the Tote THIS Saturday 17 July.
.....If David Bowie and Johnny Cash had a sexy knife fight with Gene Pitney and Jonathon Richman in a Central American cathouse, it might go something like this...
On July 17th, Brisbane’s inimitable Gentle Ben and his Sensitive Side thrust their flailing heartbreak into the warm confines of the Tote for one very special night. Featuring members of 6FtHick and David McCormack and the Polaroids, Gentle Ben and his Sensitive Side will showcase tunes from their forthcoming album “Magnetic Island”, on which alcoholic isolation explodes into violence and regret at the drop of a guitar pick.
This is a rare Melbourne performance from the exotic flightless bird that is Gentle Ben and his Sensitive Side. See them before they’re hunted out of existence.....
I highly endorse this event. Even more so if Gentle Ben disrobes on stage (which, if past experiences are anything to go by, shouldn't be too far out of the question.)
sighs
woo new album. gig. woo!
I really liked their first album
g'day cobbers, slip along to this gig eh, should be a good one, i reckon, i do
I intend to attend.
G'day blockie
G'day butch.
nooooooooo! i cannot go. damn.
does gentle ben disrobe onstage? hmm i've been to the wrong gentle ben shows...sixfthick on the other hand...i keep missing those shows too.
now now, you'll upset his lovely wife
Taco Brothers now officially open!
I wish this was tonight.
Excellent to hear that they're still around, haven't heard anything for ages. They need to come back to Adelaide! One of the best live bands around. Loved the last album too.
i havent seen them since they got a girlie in the band.
ben and compañeros are all hanging around smith st looking cold
is the girlie still in the band? i saw them once with the girlie then the next time the girlie was gone.
playing times?
Approx;
romance around 9.20.
Precious jules around 10.20
Gentle Ben 11.30
hmmm probly won't be able to make it to the bottle o after gentle ben then...
girlie wasnt in the band tonight. Neither was Trevor Ludlow. That threw me.
I was mega impressed by Kim Salmon's drummer. That guy didn't break a sweat while bashing away. Amazing!
That was great. Trevor Ludlow hasn't been in the band for AGES. But he is in the crowd.
They sounded really good as a four piece.
And Precious Jules were amazing. Nearly my favourite Kim Salmon gig so far.
they havent had a girl in the band for ages? maybe you're talking about kate from texas tea, i think she played harmonium with them for a while and sang a bit.
This was a fine evening of entertainment. Three great bands, plenty of folks, and I made Taco Girl giggle.
Note to all those who hung out in the front bar in the early part of the evening, and so missed Romance and Precious Jules- sucks to be you.
that would be who i was thinking of.
I didnt realise trevor had left but now he lives in Melbourne, right? so it makes sense.
id like to see Romance again.
yes trevor lives in melbourne. you would have found out if you went to see david mccormack last time he played at the thornbury theatre...;)