Category Archives: Music
Back with a (virtual) band
I’m back with a band again. It’s the old John MacGibbon Trio of the late sixties and early seventies, revived with a better bass player and drummer. Unfortunately they’re virtual players – you can’t go down to the Muso’s Club … Continue reading
Filed under 50s nostalgia, Jazz, Music
Who put the bomp in the bomp shoo bomp shoo bomp?
You can rock it you can roll it Do the stomp and even stroll it At the hop When the record starts a spinnin’ You chalypso and you chicken at the hop Do the dance sensation that is sweepin’ the … Continue reading
Filed under 50s music, 50s nostalgia, Oldies
Rumours of my demise exaggerated
After writing the previous post about some of my past musical adventures, I did a web search on my old band Aardvark. Quite a revelation it was. I learned a lot, including the startling news that I am no longer … Continue reading
Filed under Music, New Zealand bands, New Zealand recorded music
Reflections of a former muso
It’s almost 30 years since I retired from commercial piano playing, and thinking about that today made me feel positively creaky. Strangely, even after all that time, I still see myself as a muso. I first retired from playing back … Continue reading
Filed under Music, New Zealand bands
First of this year’s Greytown Music Group concerts
Winter is coming: the Greytown Music Group concerts have started again, with an afternoon of not greatly challenging (for listeners anyway!) but beautifully played music by the Amici Ensemble – a group of Wellington professional musicians. Music played included Prokofiev’s … Continue reading
Filed under chamber music, Classical, Wairarapa
