SNEZ IS COMING NORTH
10-2. IZZY FOREAL, ANDREW HEGEDUS AND TONY RENDELL.
IZZY IS STILL ON HOLIDAYS.
ULMARRA IT IS. IZZY. ANDREW HEGEDUS AND TONY RENDELL.
IZZY IN 2009 CONTINUED
| IZZY IN 2009 | CONTINUED | TILL THE END |
| IZZY ON FACEBOOK | FOREAL ENTERPRISES | ZARSOFF BROS |
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PREPARING FOR THE OUR DON BRADMAN GUINESS BOOK OF RECORDS ATTEMPT WITH ANDREW HEGEDUS OF GCOUNTRY AND RUSSELL OF ULMARRA BOOKS. |
SHOPPING FOR VEGIES IN MISH MASH AT CARR’S CREEK AND DEVELOPING A TASTE FOR GRAMMA PIES. |
GETTING MUSICAL FEEDBACK AT NYMBOIDA COFFEE STOP AT THE CHURCH . MUSOS FROM JOHN’S RIVER IN BACKGROUND. |
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WANDERING MINSTREL ON SOUTH GRAFTON STREET. PEDAL TO PASTA. |
IZZY AT TUCABIA SQUATTERS REST WHERE HE MCs WITH JOHNNY PEPPERCORN HANDLING THE SOUND. |
WIDE RIVER CAFE BREEZEWAY BEFORE PAVING TURNED IT INTO ULMARRA ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE. |
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IF WE BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME. |
IZ TAKES ON ENTERTAINMENT DIRECTOR FOR WIDE RIVER CAFE |
THE HEGEDUS BROS PUT FINISHING TOUCHES TO THE BREEZEWAY |
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AT EMPORIUM WITH KARL MULLAN FROM KSM |
MOOSICAL NEIGHBOURS |
FIRST DAY AT ULMARRA SUNDAYS LIVE @ WIDE RIVER CAFE |
ESCAPING THE DUST STORM ON COLDSTREAM STREET |
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WIDE RIVER LIVE ON SUNDAYS IZZY WITH ANDREW HEGEDUS AND JOHNNY PEPPERCORN. |
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FOREAL RELOS COME TO VIST THE TOWERS |
WITH JOHNNY PEPPERCORN AT THE EMPORIUM |
WITH TONY RENDELL FROM WOOMBAH AT WR. |
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BROWNEYE GRAMOPHONICS EXPANDED ITS OPERATIONS AT THE TOWERS |
IZ PERFECTED THE LONG LUNCH DURING 2009 |
FOREAL ENTERPRISES ADDED WOODEN SIGN CREATION TO THE REPERTOIRE OF SERVICES |
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MC AT GRAFTON DRAGON BOAT RACES IN NOVEMBER 09 |
GRAFTON’S JACARANDA WEEK TALENT QUEST. |
IZZY ON THE SEATING IN THE WAITING ROOM AT THE TOWERS. BEARD WHITENING NICELY. |
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FOREAL ENTERPRISES IMPORTED ENERGY WATER FROM QUEENSLAND TO INVIGORATE ITS 60 YEAR OLD DIRECTOR. IT WORKED! |
THE WIDE RIVER LADS HAVE BECOME KNOWN AS THE DROUGHTBREAKERS AND THE WEATHER HASN’T STOPPED THEM YET. AH – MAYBE – ONCE ! |
AS WELL AS PLAYING COUNTRY MUSIC FOR THE FIRST TIME HE CAN RECALL, IZ HAS DEVELOPED SOME STRANGE NOCTURNAL RITUALS. |
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IZZY AND ANDREW LIVE ON SUNDAY |
GOING FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE AS ALWAYS – THIS TIME IN GLEN INNES – JUST MIGHT PULL IT OFF AGAIN. |
SUMMER SPLENDOUR FOR IZZY, ANDREW AND JOHNNY P. |
| WATERING THE GRASS. WHY, iZZY ? WHY ? |
CHRISTMAS CAROLS IN ULMARRA |
TIME FOR SOME NEW SONGS |
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GRAFTON HAS SOME FINE COUNTER LUNCHES AND IZZY IS TRYING THEM ALL OUT. |
A PENSIVE MOMENT IN 09 | A WIDE RIVER LINEUP INC ROY GEIGER |
| THE YEAR OF THE HAT | IZ, ANDREW, BARBARA DOYLE AND KARL MULLAN | IZ AS A LAD |
| IZZY AT THE END OF 2009 | GIG AT ULMARRA HOTEL |
CHATSWORTH ISLAND THONG TREE |
| 2009 WAS AN UNEVEN YEAR | SOME PEOPLE WOULD SAY ODD | 2010 IS HERE. |
IZZY IN 2009
| IZZY’S ADVENTURES | IN 2009. | IZZY FOREAL | |
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NO MORE PASPALUM |
DINING AL FRESCO IN BILAMBIL |
LUXURY Accommodation FOR THE AUSTRALIAN JAZZ CONVENTION IN LISMORE. |
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LUFFLEY CAFE IN MURWILLUMBAH |
MAKING PLANS FOR 2009 |
LOOKS LIKE A YEAR OF CHANGES COMING UP JAN 09 |
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DINING EN FAMILLE AT ILNAM ESTATE WINERY CAROOL |
NO MORE LOLLING BY THE POOL. |
TIME FOR THE HARD YARDS | |
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BACK AT BILAMBIL BLUES CLUB WITH YESTERBEATS |
A FORAY INTO SOUTH GOLDEN BEACH |
WITH MARK QUINN OF ILNAM AND JOHNNY CARR OF GLENGARRY. |
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ENGAGED IN ACADEMMIC PURSUITS AS HIS AKA PETER KNOX |
IZZY CONTINUED HIS CAFE LIFE AND MUGOCCINO DRINKING. SEEN HERE IN MULLUMBIMBY |
WITH SCRUBBY PETER HURCOMBE AT STOKERS SIDING HALL IN FEBRUARY 09 |
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SPOTTED AGAIN IN MULLUMBIMBY |
AT ILNAM ESTATE WITH SCRUBBY PETE |
IN MOOBALL WITH SLIM PICKINGS | |
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UP IN THE GOLD COAST HINTERLAND FOR BLUES STOMP AT BEECHMONT WITH SCRUBBY AND CO |
AT ILNAM WITH JOHNNY CARR, GEORDIE LEACH AND PETER LAWSON |
IZZY TOOK TIME TO MASTER TENNIS IN 2009 | |
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APRIL 18 SAW IZZY FOREAL REACH 60 YEARS ON THIS EARTH. |
SETTING UP AT ILNAM WITH BRONTE |
MAKING THE MOVE FROM BILAMBIL TO ULMARRA IN MAY. |
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| HIS MUSICAL CAREER WAS INTERRUPTED BY FLOODS IN MAY | ALL GIGS CANCELLED. | GETTING THE KNACK OF UTES | |
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Iz takes the decision to let his hair grow into its natural colour. |
MOVING TO CLARENCE MEANS A NEW WORLD ORDER IN THE LIFE OF I.F. |
IZZY WITH PETER FREEMAN OF THE SOUTH GRAFTON EMPORIUM |
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| EMPORIUM ENSEMBLE AT PLAY | THE WIDE RIVER CAFE IN ULMARRA | CAFE CLARENCE HOTEL ULMARRA | |
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WIDE RIVER BEFORE BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE ULMARRA ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE. | IZZY MEETS UP WITH ANDREW HEGEDUS AT WIDE RIVER | |
| VENTURING INTO THE BELLINGEN SCENE | 2009 SAW IZZY ESTABLISHING FOREAL ENTERPRISES IN FOREALTY TOWERS, ULMARRA. |
IZZY ASSUMES THE MC JOB AT THE SOUTH GRAFTON EMPORIUM MUSIC CAFES. JOHN SPENCER ON SOUND. |
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| THE LIBRARY AT FOREALTY TOWERS IS ESTABLISHED. | OFFICE SPACE IS CLAIMED. | ULMARRA BOOKS OPENED IN THE VILLAGE. | |
| WITH YOUNG MAGICIAN SAM KING AT THE EMPORIUM | FOREAL ENTERPRISES IS READY TO GO ! | Rehearsing in the Music Room at the Towers with Karl Mullan. | |
| SLUGGO’S ANTIQUES IN ULMARRA | LIFE ON COLDSTREAM STREET | WIDE RIVER DREAMING | |
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INSTALLING THE NEW SECURITY SYSTEM AT THE TOWERS. BELL FROM JACK-A-DANDY IN ULMARRA VILLAGE. |
BEAUTIFYING THE GROUNDS OF THE TOWERS IN PREPARATION FOR BUSINESS. |
UPGRADING THE TECHNOLOGY AT THE TOWERS. WE ARE ONLINE !!!!! | |
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IZZY BEGINS TO LOCATE THE HIDDEN MUSIC OF THE CLARENCE VALLEY. |
ONE LAST GIG AT ILNAM IN CAROOL. THIS TIME WITH KSM FROM BUSBY FLAT. |
A LOT OF TRAVELLING AND A LOT OF PETROL. NORTH COAST MUSIC UP AND DOWN THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY. |
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| EMPORIUM MUSIC CAFE IN JULY |
IZZY HAS ALWAYS CALLED A SHOVEL A SPADE AND A ZARSOFF A ……………….. |
CHARLIE THE DOG AND IZZY FORMED A CLOSE BOND DURING 2009 | |
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SEVERAL NEW CAREER OPTIONS OPENED TO IZZY IN 2009. |
SNEZ AND STEWART AT THE TOWERS. | COFFS MUSIC | |
| GRAFTON AIPORT – PORTAL TO DISTANT GIGS. |
TALKING MUSIC ON THE STREETS OF GRAFTON |
WITH GEOFF WELHAM ON HARP |
I was there then and I was there again.
I was there in 1970 at Festival Studios in Paternoster Row when Kahvas Jute’s seminal album Wide Open was recorded, and I was there again thirty five years later at The Basement gig where the band revisited and reworked some of the material from that first album, as well as showcasing new songs that somehow fitted seamlessly with what had gone before. At the same time, these new songs offer a logical and natural evolutionary movement into a second album, as if the intervening years were merely a glitch in the creative timestream.
Kahvas Jute came together from the remnants of Mecca (Bob Daisley and Dennis Wilson) and Tamam Shud (Tim Gaze and Dannie Davidson), and in 1970 they were the first of their kind in Australia, maybe the world. In 2005, they are possibly the last of their kind and, though a series of heavy, guitar-based rock genres has existed in the years between, I would describe Kahvas Jute as one of a kind. Though they started in 1970 with intentions of emulating the music coming out of the UK at the time – The Hendrix Experience and Cream in particular – what they ended up becoming was something as unique as, yet apart from, those major influences.
The Kahvas Jute rhythm section began its journey as Bob Daisley and Dannie Davidson in 1970, experimenting with and extrapolating on Hendrix and Cream power pop constructions. In 2005 it is Bob Daisley and Mark Marriot, invested with a whole new set of influences and experience. This rhythm section exists in a parallel engine room universe of their own making, inhabited only by themselves.
When Kahvas Jute stepped out of the Tardis in 2005 and started playing “Free” from the Wide Open album, my skin tingled. The freshness, the enthusiasm, the clarity of intention, the shear joy of executing a creative vision, poured from the Basement’s little stage. In 1970, the songs on Wide Open represented a departure for Dennis Wilson from the power pop of Mecca, apparent in songs like “Black Sally” and “Side Street Man” from Mecca’s final single.
In the years since, Dennis has performed with numerous bands of his own (Dennis Wilson Band, Deltoids, Catch 22) and other people (Le Bop, Doc Span Band, Under Rapz with Steve Gilpin) as well as writing and recording material with Chariot and Swanee, and releasing two solo albums and singles. He features on recordings by Loaded Dice, Screaming Tribesmen, Electric Pandas, Ol’ 55, Jackie Orszaczky and Olivia Newton-John. His songs have seen live performances by the likes of ex-Steely Dan members Elliot Randall and Jeff “Skunk” Baxter. His music appears in the Cannes award-winning movie “Going Down,” as well as the ABC TV series “Four Corners”, and episodes of Steve Irwin’s “Crocodile Hunter” and “Croc Files”.
Tim Gaze’s adventures since 1970 are no less spectacular. He has enjoyed a long career as one of Australia’s pre-eminent and most sought after session guitar players/vocalists. His music features on the surf film soundtracks “Morning Of The Earth,” (1972), “Band on the Run” (1982), “Sultans 2 – The Power Strikes Back,” and the subsequent “Sultans” 3, 4 and 5. He has written for, recorded and performed with Miss Universe, Ross Wilson, Ross Hannaford, Ariel, Stevie Wright, Tim Gaze Band, Rose Tattoo, Skin Game, Brothers of the Bell, Big Secret, Gyan, the Peter Wells Band, a re-formed Tamam Shud, The Bushwackers, The Blues Doctors, The Hoochie Coochie Men and Jimmy Barnes.
For Bob Daisley, his song “Ascend” represented the beginning of a songwriting journey that has taken him around the world, and his songs onto the albums of artists such as the patriarch from the reality TV sitcom The Osbournes, Widowmaker, Uriah Heep, Black Sabbath, Mother’s Army, Warren DeMartini, Stream, Gary Moore, and of course his twenty first-century Australian projects, The Hoochie Coochie Men, Living Loud (not to mention guesting on kazoo and melody bass on a track on The Zarsoff Brothers 2005 album “Mixed Business”) and – full circle – the fresh-from-the-Tardis version of Kahvas Jute.
http://www.kahvasjute.com/liner.htm
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BACK TO BASS
After a short summer break, Izzy is tuning up instruments for 2010. This Sunday – WIDE RIVER CAFE as per usual. 10-2. ULMARRA.
One de facto grandchild born on 8-1-2010 is a great way to start the new year and decade.
Jan 26 – SALTWATER FRESHWATER FESTIVAL at COFFS HARBOUR Botanic Gardens.
Izzy Forealwill remember ‘The Noughties’ as the decade of melded genres.
SUNDAYS LIVE @ WIDE RIVER 10-2 FOR MUSICAL RELIEF.
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To all my readers and to the people who contribute and to Family and Friends. my thanks for your participation this year. All the very best for the Holiday Season to you and to yours. I look forward with pleasure to more adventures and mysteries shared with you in 2010.
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DECEMBER 17-18-19-20
THURSDAY 17 – SOUTH GRAFTON EMPORIUM MUSIC CAFE. LAST TILL FEB 2010. FREE MEAL FOR MUSOS WHO HAVE PLAYED AT MUSIC CAFE IN 2009. IZZY – MC.
FRIDAY 18 DEC- SQUATTERS REST TUCABIA JAM NIGHT. LAST BEFORE XMAS. IZZY – MC.
SATURDAY NIGHT 19 – ULMARRA PUB FARMER LOU’S XMAS PARTY – DROUGHTBREAKERS WITH IZZY
SUNDAY LIVE @ WIDE RIVER DEC 20 10-2
Izzy has had a lot of experiences this last couple of years. This year, he has already done Xmas Carols and the Ulmarra Pub Social Club Xmas Party. Coming up this week :
SOUTH GRAFTON EMPORIUM MUSIC CAFE – THURSDAY NIGHT.
SQUATTERS’ REST JAM NIGHT AT TUCABIA ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
FARMER LOU’S XMAS PARTY AT ULMARRA PUB SATURDAY NIGHT.
Lineup has been a bit mixed and matched with top Clarence players and other commitments. Musos include :
ANDREW HEGEDUS – GUITAR AND VOCALS. ANDREW IS ALSO UP NORTH WITH JABIRU MOST WEEKENDS.
IZZY HIMSELF.
JOHNNY PEPPERCORN – CRACK GUITAR PLAYER
KERRY REILLY – GUITAR AND VOCALS
MARC DALEY – DITTO
AND TONY RENDELL FROM WOOMBAH ON KEYBOARD.
SUNDAY LIVE AT WIDE RIVER – 10-2.












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