Well the balance of the MIXED BUSINESS CDs have gone South into Zarsoff care.
We took a visit out to the Spot in the Forest where Iz was found in 2014. Steve Batty had made a plaque for Izzy’s iron bark benches out there and Koala John had screwed it in and we went to take a look at how things were. Its dusty right now but the Uke and Buddha and Cross are all still surviving.
Last night a call came in. Pretty Late. The Transitional Branko was heading South from Brisbane to his hometown of Wollongong to begin the next chapter of his life – guitars in tow. He had crossed the Bellinger when he realised how close he was to Izzy’s abode so he made the call and was awarded the Van that the Flood went through for his accommodation instead of parking up against a wall in Kempsey as he had planned.
Late night talks and a good sleep and Branko is somewhere down that long and winding road. Listen out for his name and his music in the Gong.
Rory ( DANNY HAYNES )passed away this week. We will let you know more as we hear of it.
Rory Zarsoff. Closest to camera playing the beaten up Fender Stratocaster.
Izzy Foreal on bass. Arfur Zarosff (Peter Northcott) and on drums, Lefty aka Daryl McKenzie.
After the last ‘classic’ line up of The Zarsoff Brothers splits up on September 30th 1984 when Bluey and Bernie leave, the three remaining members (Daryl McKenzie on drums, Danny Haynes on guitar and Izzy Foreal in white overalls), take one of the two Peter Northcotts on board on guitar and saxophone, as ‘Arfur Zarsoff’ (which makes no sense whatsoever in connection with the Zarsoff joke, but it was his idea …). Arfur’s stint starts on October 9th, 1984 (Bankstown RSL), and ends on February 27th, 1985 (Long Bay Gaol). In this stint, ‘Cranky Zarsoff’ (the late Peter Kekel) joins on keys (November 7th 1984 at Sweethearts) and leaves again some time before February 19th, 1985 (he doesn’t appear in the band’s live video at Hawkesbury Sports Club on that date). Things go decidedly haywire after this.
| 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 | |
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| 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. | |
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| 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. | |
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| 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 | |
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| GRAFTON AIPORT – PORTAL TO DISTANT GIGS. |
TALKING MUSIC ON THE STREETS OF GRAFTON |
WITH GEOFF WELHAM ON HARP |
FOLLOW THIS LINK : http://www.myspace.com/cavaraj
A few months back, Izzy did some recording over at Geordie Leach’s PADDED CELL recording studio on the heights at Bilambil. He was playing bass on DAVE CAVANAGH’s new CD. Dave has uploaded a fistful of his songs on his MYSPACE. For a listen follow the link . Gig dates included.
Sounds Good Dave !
http://www.myspace.com/cavaraj
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| Dave with Izzy Foreal and Geordie Leach. | Iz and Dave C at BILAMBIL BLUES CLUB |
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| DAVE AT ILNAM ESTATE WINERY CAROOL |
About HGWT
Originally founded in Armidale (NSW) as S.T.D. Music, Hire and Promotion (1983) by Clay Djubal, Have Gravity Will Threaten (HGWT) is an independent specialist publisher of music, plays, poetry and images from writers, musicians, composers, bands and photographers who emerged out of the New England region of New South Wales during the ‘pub rock’ era of the 1970s and 1980s. After being based in Sydney during the mid- late 1980s HGWT was re-established in Stafford Heights (Brisbane) in 1993.
BEEN a busy Springtime . Izzy took a week’s break to travel South. Sunday 21st September he conducted a workshop at the CLARENCE VALLEY CONSERVATORIUM in GRAFTON and then headed down to Bellingen and up to Armidale. The Galloway Gig fell through due to the fear that he might use the word ‘PISS’ and embarrass us all.
IF YOU HAVE PLACED A COMMENT HERE AND ITS SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN IGNORED – MY APOLOGIES – AKISMET SPAN SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN FAR MORE VIGILANT THAN I SUSPECTED AND HAS EATEN A LARGE NUMBER OF YOUR ENTRIES. NOW THAT I UNDERSTAND IT BETTER I WILL BE CHECKING IT MORE THOROUGHLY. PLEASE WRITE AGAIN AS LONG AS ITS LEGIT AND NON ABUSIVE IN WHICH CASE I SHALL SACRIFICE YOU TO AKISMET. YRS. NELLIBELL49.
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL LIBRARY HISTORIC NEWSPAPERS.
A TOUCH OF THE PAST.
IZZY OWES HIS CONTINUITY OF VISION, AS WELL AS HIS ADDICTION TO APPLAUSE AND LAUGHTER, TO THE MUSICIANS WHO HAVE PRECEDED HIM THROUGHOUT HISTORY
MUSICAL MEN.–Generally speaking, musicians are the most intolerant of men to one another, the most captious, the best humoured when flattered, and the worst tempered at all other times. Music, like laudanum, appears to soothe the senses when used in moderation, but the continual employment of either flurries or excites the faculties, and often renders the best natured men in the world, petulant, irritable, and violent.- Madden.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2215545
The Sydney Gazette and… Tuesday 4 March 1834, page 2.
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LINKS TO NATIONAL LIBRARY HISTORIC NEWSPAPER DIGITISATION PROJECT . SEE ALSO FACEBOOK GROUPS. |
ABSTRACTS , EXTRACTS AND DISTRACTED COMMENTS |
| http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article628458 The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 18 April 1812, page 3 |
The amazing story of BLIND JACK who played violin and acted as a guide through the wilderness. |
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2178758 1814. And the pay hasn’t increased noticeably since then. |
Ten Musicians, for performing Sacred Music in St. Philip’s Church, Sydney were funded from Government Stores. 9 pounds they were paid. |
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2183221 Two fine ideas for gifts in 1824. A Melodious Firesecreen and the Grotesque Musicians. SYDNEY GAZETTE 1824 |
“Music has furnished the idea of another toy of a similar character, called the
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| http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1090867
Hobart Town Gazette and… Friday 1 July 1825, page 2. |
The appointment of Mr J. P. DEANE as organist of St Davids in Hobart – causes rancour and dispute in much the same way as the obataining of gigs in the Tweed Region does, on occasion, in 2008. |
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Colonial Times and Tasmanian… Friday 6 January 1826 |
A different opinion of Mr J P Deane from a different newspaper. |
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2189397 The Sydney Gazette and… Monday 19 November 1827, page 2. |
” Indeed, the mighty changes we have wrought, forcibly remind us of a passage in an old author we have met with somewhere, and which, by way of episode, we will endeavour to recollect for the instruction of those who will make the application :-A certain minstrel once boasted of being able to make a marvellous impression upon the people, after the ancient fashion, by means of his lyre ; and, one day, when there was a quarrel out of doors, undressed as he was, saith the history, he jumps out into his balcony, his lyre in his hand, in his slippers, with his breeches hanging down to his ancles, a stocking upon his head, and an old tattered waistcoat upon his body. He touched his lyre with a very unusual sort of flourish, nor were his hopes frustrated. The odd equipage, the uncouth instrument, and the strangeness of the man and of the music, drew the ears and the eyes of the whole mob …. ” READ ON FOR AN HISTORICAL PARALLEL TO IZZY’S JAMIESON’S EXPERIENCE. |
| http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2193521
The Sydney Gazette and… Thursday 1 October 1829, page 3. |
A REJECTED ADDRESS to have been spoken at the Sydney Opera House when it was opened in 1829. However it were not opened then. Says Izzy – but a part of a long tradition of entertainment in Australia of which Izzy is but the latest incarnation. |
| http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2196145
SYDNEY GAZETTE 1830 |
Extraordinary.The young Ducornet, born without arms, and who paints so surprisingly well with his feet, has to encounter a more astonishing rival in the person of a young girl at Bourdeaux. She has neither arms nor feet, yet writes, draws, knits, loads a pistol-with her mouth. She is also a musician, and plays upon the piano with her nose. This young person is besides remarkable for her beauty.-Foreign Literary Gas. And Izzy thinks HE can perform ! |
| http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2200330
The Sydney Gazette and… Saturday 30 April 1831, page 4 |
GENIUS ALL hear and see much alike ; but there is an undefinable though wide difference between the ear of the musician, or the eye of the painter, compared with the hearing and seeing organs of ordinary men ; and it is something like that difference in which genius consists. Genius |
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ANN THOMSON (A RELATIVE OF IZZY’S CHICK.) BORN WITHOUT ARMS BUT NOT KNOWN TO HAVE PLAYED THE PIANO WITH HER NOSE. |
| http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2205624 The Sydney Gazette and… Tuesday 20 March 1832, page 2. |
A COLONIAL CELEBRATION OF ST PATRICKS DAY AND SOME WILD MUSIC. Lives there a man with soul so dead Who never to himself has said, “This is my own, my native land[?]” |
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The Sydney Gazette and… Tuesday 12 February 1833, page 2. |
” William Webb-I am a shoemaker by trade, and reside near Alloway Bank, the estate of Captain Piper, by whom I was occasionally employed as a musician; as a shoemaker I work for my own advantage ; I know the prisoner at the bar ; he is an assigned servant to Captain Piper” READ ON : a muso with a day gig. |
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