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Ex Rollins Band (Do It / End Of Silence era) guitarist Chris Haskett is heading over and perfoming in solo mode at the Old Bar on Tuesday the 24th of August.
Also on the night is -
The Frightening Lights
Scatchplate
Charles Donahue
This is a free event so surely this is the gig of the month?
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There will also be an art exhibition by Joel Morrison earlier on.
Chris will be on second so get down early. Gig starts at 7.30pm.
FUCK YEAH!!!!
something told me that this was going to appeal to you sir.
Really, really hyped for this one. This guy is easily one of my favourite guitar players ever.
Top work, fellas!
Cool
His more electronic stuff ain't so good but this is his acoustic instrumental stuff. Incidentally he also did an album with Rowland s Howard a while ago. Be keen to hear a copy of that.
Yeah, I heard rumours of his solo stuff a while back but never followed up on it. I was thinking he'd go down the Robert Fripp/Mahavishnu Orchestra road, acoustic never really crossed my mind. Im not gonna source it now either, just going to wait for the night and see!
Rowland, hey? That would be interesting.
What??? Never heard of this...
Yeah, they were quite close back in the day. I believe they did some acoustic work together, though I don't believe anything was released (aside from Alienation on Rollins spoken word album).
I'll be there! Just the supports alone are enticing me. Frightening Lights and Scratchplate on the same bill = pleasure centre overstimulation.
This sounds like an excellent night out. Frightening lights are rad and the rollins guitarist knows his shit.
any Sydney dates do you know?
he lives in ACT (well he did a few years ago when i met him) so i'm sure you could book hima gig easy enough.
Currently the only confirmed Sydney date is a free show on Saturday 29th August, downstairs @ The Sando with Blackie and Bow Campbell. There's also a show in Canberra at Front Gallery on Thursday 19th August which is $5 entry. There may be a couple more in both Sydney and Melbourne. Will post as they confirm.
re: canberra - sick one!
EXCELLENT.
Yah Yah's 5pm early show Sunday 22nd August.
great news
OK..new show, Complete list:
Thu 19 Aug - Front Gallery, CANBERRA
Sun 22 Aug - Yah Yah's MELBOURNE early show @ 5pm
Tues 24 August - The Old Bar MELBOURNE
Sat 29 Aug - The Sando, Newtown SYDNEY downstairs with Blackie & Bow Campbell
Fri 3 Sep - The Excelsior, Surry Hills SYDNEY
CHRIS HASKETT (USA, ex ROLLINS BAND)
Ex Rollins Band (Do It and End Of Silence era) guitarist Chris Haskett is heading to Australia this month, and will play an intimate solo show at Yah Yah’s next Sunday 22 August. Catch the acclaimed guitarist/producer will play tracks over his accomplished career. Beginning in the richly creative environment of Washington DC in the late 1970s where he was a member of seminal no-wave/hardcore band The Enzymes through to the 80s and 90s as the guitarist in the mighty Rollins Band, Chris Haskett has always been uncompromising and fearless as both a player and a composer. Currently Chris is pursuing an acoustic project which shows the marked influence of such divergent sources as John Fahey, Leo Kottke, John Cale and Harry Partch as well as Indian master guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya. Hatchett has been described as ''blues without reading the washing instructions''. Catch him play a special early gig at Yah Yah’s this Sunday.
FREE ENTRY
doors 4.30pm
Any chance of getting some set times? Preferably for Chris, and for Frightening Lights? I'm assuming 9pm and 11pm?
Thanks for any help!
You are reasonably correct. I would rock up at 8.30 to be safe.
Cheers for that, much appreciated.
Tonight!!
there is also another joel morrison art thingy tonight at 6
Is Scratchplate still playing this show?
I'm afraid not. At least I don't think so.
I'm piking on this, unfortunately. I love Frightening Lights. And I hope Scratchplate will grace a stage again soon.
i'm piking too as i am too sick to leave the house. but mr pagey is down there, no doubt fanboy drooling all over chris haskett as we type.
If I hadn't had to ride home for 75mins in that fucking weather, I'd so be there.. another day.
Frightening lights obviously had the same ideas, they also decided not to turn up which is nice.
Ouch, that sucks balls.
Has Chris played yet?
was meant to start at 9 i thought. Really wish i was well enough to attend this.
He was awesome! And really goddamn nice fella to boot.
No Scratchplate, no Frightening Lights. Chris headlined.
Some people, however, shouldn't drink all that much. I am one of these people.
Haha, glad I stayed home, I was only going for Scratchplate and Frightening Lights action.. I would have drank myself into a slumped physique.