Beachbreaks, Marion Bay has fantastic accommodation in a fantastic location and isn't usually available when my concerts are presented at the Copping Community Hall, so take advantage of this opportunity! Dave says it nicely ..... Why not turn a completely relaxing evening / afternoon into a completely relaxing weekend?
Spend Friday and Saturday nights just 3 minutes from the Copping Hall in the Beachbreaks Bungalow with spectacular coastal panoramas of Marion Bay.
Walk the beach - north to the reef and Hellfire, south to the narrows and Boneyard.
Discover the creek, take the by roads, lunch /dinner at the Waterfront Cafe or just chill AND take in the magic of Bob's entertainment!
The Bungalow can sleep up to 4 people.
Beachbreaks provisions for your breakfast and especially for this weekend will be providing complimentary bottles of local wine and Gillespies ginger beer.
Kieran Kane returns to Copping, at his request, after his very successful show here as part of KaneWelchKaplin in February 2009.
This time he is coming with acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter David Francey on their first visit to Tasmania together.
Lucas Kane will again accompany on percussion.
Saturday 19 February 2011 8pm.
Limited tickets available @ $50 each for this exclusive one-off intimate concert in Tasmania as part of their Australian tour and art show in Melbourne. The concert will have table seating and is BYO drink of choice and nibbles (if you want to nibble). The concert will have an interval.
To order tickets, send to:anotherbbproduction@iinet.net.au or phone 6253 5234. Your name/s Your email address Your postal address Your phone contact Number of tickets required x $50 each I will send you details how to purchase your tickets.
This concert is not supported with $s from The Falls Festival Community Fund. It is only possible with your support.
Kieran Kane's music is adult in the truest sense of the word. His explorations of mature love (The Blue Chair's "Honeymoon Wine"), friends' struggles with personal difficulties ("Kill the Demon" from Six Months, No Sun), and the meaning of life (Shadows on the Ground's title cut) lead directly to his philosophical explorations of faith and life on You Can't Save Everybody (with Kevin Welch and Fats Kaplin).
The maturity is not surprising; Kieran's been a successful Top Ten solo artist, a member of the duo The O'Kanes (with Jamie O'Hara), with whom he had six more Top Tens and received rave reviews, and a successful songwriter (he wrote Alan Jackson's huge hit "I'll Go On Loving You"). After The O'Kanes split up due to pressure from the major label they were on, Kieran put out another solo album, Find My Way Home, in 1993 with Atlantic, which was produced by his future Dead Reckoning partner Harry Stinson. Even though the record was critically acclaimed, the airplay wasn't enough for Atlantic and Kieran left and soon formed Dead Reckoning with Stinson, Kevin Welch, Tammy Rogers and Mike Henderson.
The Dead Reckoning collective commit themselves to putting out consistently good records and keeping costs low by working on each other's records. Kieran has put out four solo albums on the label, as well as a live album with Kevin Welch recorded in Australia and three albums with Fats Kaplin and Kevin, You Can't Save Everybody (2004), Lost John Dean (2006) and Kane Welch Kaplin (2007), which features Kieran's son, Lucas Kane, on drums.
Kieran is also a talented visual artist; his paintings are in demand the world over.
Review of Kieran's new album 'Somewhere Beyond the Roses'
“There’s an understated power in the songs of Kieran Kane, all full of twang and heartache and romance and guys who were born to ramble.” - Associated Press
“A prime showcase for his ability to blend catchy melodies with his simplistic mastery of language.” - Austin Chronicle
Featuring Deanna Varagona, Richard Bennett, Lucas Kane with guest appearances by Fats Kaplin and David Olney.
Kieran Kane is an iconic songwriter and performer and one of the founding artists of the Americana movement. On Somewhere Beyond the Roses, his most recent solo effort and follow up to 2002’s Shadows on the Ground, Kane is at the top of his musical game. The stripped down production and unusual instrumentation (including a bass-less quartet held down by Lambchop’s Deanna Varagona), complements Kane’s writing to chilling effect. His ability to create mini-movies within his songs—check out “Anybody’s Game”—prove that Kane is among only a small handful of writers capable of blending traditional roots music with modern themes to create evocative and relevant folk music for the new millenium.
David Francey David Francey was born in 1954 in Ayrshire, Scotland, where as a paper boy he got his first taste of the working life. He learned to read at an early age, and by age eleven was devouring the newspapers he delivered. This helped establish his interest in politics and world events while developing the social conscience that forms the backdrop of his songs.
He was twelve when his family immigrated to Toronto. He says he can trace his love of the land, the history, and the people of his adopted country to weekend family drives exploring southern Ontario. Music played a large part in these family outings. They sang traditional Scottish tunes as they drove through the Canadian countryside. Dad and sister Muriel sang melody, while mother and David sang harmonies.
His attachment to Canada grew with travel. He hitched across the country three times, then thumbed his way to the Yukon. This attachment surfaces in his songs of rail lines, farms, and the St. Lawrence Seaway. He grew to understand the people while working in Toronto train yards, the Yukon bush, and as a carpenter in the Eastern Townships. These experiences colour his first CD, Torn Screen Door, with songs like Hard Steel Mill, Gypsy Boys, and Working Poor and his second, Far End of Summer, with Highway, Flowers of Saskatchewan and February Morning Drive.
In concert David is a singer and a storyteller who can establish, in minutes, a personal rapport with his audience. His wry humour and astute observations combined with his openhearted singing style have earned him a loyal following. David Francey's list of achievements in the folk music industry keeps on growing. David was awarded a 2008 JUNO for Right of Passage in the Roots and Traditional Album of the Year - Solo category making it his third JUNO win. Hot on the heels of consecutive JUNOs for both Far End of Summer and Skating Rink, David's fourth CD, Waking Hour earned him yet another nomination in the same category! David's song "Saints and Sinners" from his debut CD, Torn Screen Door, took first place in the folk category of the 2004 USA Songwriting Competition. David has also been the proud recipient of the Penguin Eggs Magazine's Album of the Year award for Skating Rink, Far End of Summer and Waking Hour. This January David appeared on CMT in the television documentary, Four Strong Winds, celebrating Canadian singer/songwriters and their impact on the world of popular music. David's song "Skating Rink" aired during the 2004 nationwide CBC broadcast of the Canadian Heritage Classic Hockey Game and aired before the Montreal vs Toronto game as part of Hockey Day in Canada.
Waking Hour, was recorded in Nashville with veteran performers Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch and Fats Kaplin. This collection of original Francey tunes shares the simple recording style of David's first three CDs but adds a driving rhythm provided by these amazing Nashville artists. Waking Hour appears on the Jericho Beach Music label in Canada and is on Red House Records in the U.S.
David's songs have been performed by artists worldwide. Del McCoury, James Keelaghan, Raylene Rankin and Harvey Reid, among others, have each recorded Francey tunes. Four choirs, Toronto's Common Thread, Kingston's Open Voices, Vancouver's Solidarity Notes and the Seattle Labor Chorus have performed works by David and his songs are being taught to school children in classrooms across Canada.
David has performed at all of Canada's major folk festivals along with Denmark's prestigious Tønder Festival, the Towersey Village Festival in Oxford, England and the Carrying Stream Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has hosted workshops that included such artists as Jesse Winchester, Dougie MacLean, Garnet Rogers, the Ennis Sisters, and Ray Bonneville. He has shared workshops with Steve Earle, Billy Bragg, Utah Phillips, Oysterband, Kate Rusby, James Keelaghan, Sylvia Tyson, Karen Savoca, Shooglenifty, Ashley MacIsaac, the Waifs, and numerous others.
"the close feeling in the Hall is something I don't think can be replicated in a larger venue".
"the sound mix and venue and feel was fantastic".
"really enjoyed the great seating and ambience of the whole concert".
"Harry is a stunning performer and we were not disappointed in any way".
"another fabulous arvo of entertainment. Again you have managed to bring the artists who wow the crowd".
"yet again you have provided a wonderful afternoon's entertainment. Last time was the same, you have set a high standard and that's why it is a sell out every time".
"fantastic, well done, our first gig at the Hall but we will be back".
"biggest positive for me is that I am now a Harry Manx devotee".
"brilliant musician, amazing to watch and listen to".
"I knew very little about Harry but thought I would like to support your fantastic efforts and I trust your music tastes and experiences".
"again you excelled - Harry was fantastic".
"thanks a million for organising another great concert in Copping - very cruisey Sunday afternoon!"
"acoustics perfect, enjoyed the cabaret feel".
"friends who saw Harry at The Playhouse Theatre enjoyed the concert immensely, however they were envious of the more intimate atmosphere at Copping".
"a quality show as we are coming to expect".
"table seating great, taking your own food and drink great, beautiful setting".
"one of the most memorable concerts I have been to, but I am a Manx fan. The hardest part was coming back to reality when he finished, he was so mesmerising".
"3 groups travelled 600km to be there and look forward to next time. Even if we don't know the artist we will still be there".
"it was fab to be able to have a drink and a nibble while being mesmerised by Harry. Be there next time".
"great to have such a happy audience".
"the Copping Hall is fantastic as a venue, small and cosy and you are close to the performer".
"music as good as it gets".
"all I can say is you're on a winner, keep it going and most of those who come to Copping will support you in whoever you bring out (as long as it's not Andre Rieu!)".
A wonderful intimate 230-seat venue with a bar inside the theatre.
The concert will have an interval.
Harry will be accompanied on tour by Hammond virtuoso Clayton Doley.
Unique Canadian bluesman Harry Manx returns for a long-awaited Australia-wide tour (first time in Tasmania), bringing with him his stunning new “Bread and Buddha” album to follow the success of his “Live at The Basement” DVD of 2004 and his acclaimed “Mantras for Madmen” studio album of 2006.
They call his music “Mysticssippi” and even Bruce Springsteen is a fan. Harry’s been dubbed an “essential link” between the music of East and West. Having lived in Europe, Japan, India and Brazil, it was his five-year tutelage with renowned Rajasthani musician Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Grammy winner with Ry Cooder for “A Meeting by the River”) that forged his now signature east-meets-west style of music, infusing traditional American earthy 12-bar blues with a subtle hint of mystic Indian sounds. Playing lap-slide guitar, harmonica, cigar-box guitar, banjo, stomp box and the 20-stringed Mohan Veena, Harry envelopes his audience into “The Harry Zone” with his warm vocals and haunting original songs, plus his quirky reworks of some classic blues.
His ten albums in as many years have resulted in multiple Juno and Maple Awards, including “Best Roots and Traditional Album (2003)” Harry has received four Maple Blues Awards and most recently he was the recipient of The Great Canadian Blues Award (2007) from CBC National Radio. His 2007 collaboration album with famed Canadian guitarist Kevin Breit (Norah Jones Band) saw them nominated for Best Roots Recording (Duo) at The Western Canada Music Awards.
“For sheer musical adventure, few compare with Manx”…..Bruce Elder, Sydney Morning Herald.
“I’ve discovered something new tonight, seeing Harry play”….Bruce Springsteen.
Go to the next post for Harry's website details, more bio and videos.
