Gigs 2010
May 1st - Saturday
Grind and Groove Bar, Main Road, Healesville. 9pm
With Fats Wah Wah
May 2nd - Sunday
The Hillz Bar and Kitchen 3pm
With Cabin Fever
May 7th - Friday
Scarab Bar - Main Road, Belgrave. 10pm
With Fats Wah Wah
May 8th - Saturday
The Hillz Bar and Kitchen 9pm
With Fats Wah Wah
May 9th - Sunday
St. Andrews Hotel - 3pm - 6pm
With Fats Wah Wah
May 13th - Thursday
Bell Tavern - Main Road, Belgrave.8pm
With Michelle Chandler
May 14th - Friday
Scarab Bar - Main Road, Belgrave. 10pm
With Fats Wah Wah
May 28th - Friday
Scarab Bar - Main Road, Belgrave. 10pm
With Fats Wah Wah
June 6th - Sunday
Williamstown RSL
With Fats Wah Wah
June 11th - Friday
Scarab Bar - Main Road, Belgrave. 10pm
With Fats Wah Wah
June 12th - Saturday
St. Andrews Hotel - Main Road, St. Andrews. 9pm
With Fats Wah Wah
June 18th - Sunday
Scarab Bar - Main Road, Belgrave. 10pm
With Fats Wah Wah
June 19th - Saturday
The Lomond - Nicholson St. East Brunswick. 9pm
With Fats Wah Wah
June 25th - Friday
Scarab Bar - Main Road, Belgrave. 10pm
With Fats Wah Wah
June 26th - Saturday
The Hillz Bar and Kitchen - Monbulk. 6pm
Bon Voyage Party for myself and Michelle before we fly off to the USA for 8 weeks.
Music by our great friends: Aleg Legg, Phil Smith, Hills and Stones, Coen Dixon and Faith Samuel, Tanya Lee......
June 27th - Sunday
The Hillz Bar and Kitchen - Monbulk
With Cabin Fever (Grant Taylor, Anthony den Hartog and Dan Richardson)
USA Promotional Trip with Michelle Chandler, from
4th July till 2nd September.
New York, Boston, Nashville, LA and San Francisco.
September 3rd - Friday
Scarab Bar - Main Road, Belgrave. 10pm
With Fats Wah Wah
September 10th - Friday
Scarab Bar - Main Road, Belgrave. 10pm
With Fats Wah Wah
September 17th - Friday
Scarab Bar - Main Road, Belgrave. 10pm
With Fats Wah Wah
Email:
helloneesy@optusnet.com.au
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Fat Raves
Take the trip through funky reggae, sweet ballads, foot stomping country and blues turned red hot. It's more than music, it's an attitude adjustment.
Apollo Bay Festival, April, 2008.
The festival is nothing if not eclectic - there aren't many places where you can sit and listen to some gentle chanting and sitar
strumming before wandering 100 meters down the road to find a full on funk band whipping the crowd into a different sort of
trance. To that end, one of the highlights for me had to be Fats Wah Wah - an extremely tight, funky outfit with a ridiculously
charismatic front man and two backup female singers (just like The Human League, er, but without the synthesizers). Some other
great moments included the sing-along breeziness of Skipping Girl Vinegar, the jazzy intensity of Vince Jones, and Fogg's slightly
psychadelic Sunday afternoon set - the perfect antidote to the wind and sleet dashing the tent outside.
ABC Melbourne Website
www.abc.net.au
RRR presenter and drummer of 'Daddy Cool' Gary Young
Described the Fats sound as “tough but sensitive” combining as it does elements of delta blues, reggae, country, and free flowing improvisation, all with an unerring ear for a hook.
Many of the songs are characterized by a killer riff, some have weird chord structures and time signatures. Others are heavy on the harmony chorus and hypnotic vocal chants.
All are uniquely Fats with the rasping bluesy lead vocals of Luke Spekes sometimes giving way to a more Dylan-esque whine or sometimes a whispered plea.
Energy levels are felt as a controlled and understated power which could jump off the leash at any time. Excitement is always high with Luke seemingly plugged into a wall socket and the backing vocalists swaying and flowing while the rest of the band take the groove out the window and round the universe.
Watch out for Fats Wah Wah, you'll never hear another band like them…
Matthew Frederick of 'The Age' says,
Straddling the worlds of blues, funk and reggae, the guys in Fats have a powerful sound that's been causing a heavy buzz around town. The band sounds like a mad scientists deranged attempt to combine the DNA of Tom Waits, George Clinton and Bob Marley.
Rob Harwood - Sound Engineer Extraordinare
Luke Spekes is a tripper, in fact the whole band is a trip. Maybe it's the hills tribe trip you know. Or maybe it's the psychedilic shirts that Luke wears but really good looking colours and I mean it.
Music - Rhythm section to die for: Luke on Fender axe, Steve - Fat Gibson EBO bass, and Josh - Chunky, fat & tight, - drumming of course! The sensuous Swamp Mummies on BV's, Neesy and Jacki never stop dancing while Cam and Andy bookend the band with gorgeous solos and rhythm work - like a floating soundscape of trippyness.
Too much? I guess once this music gets in your head it's a bit like that, doesn't go away real soon and leaves a lasting impression. Not to take away from the serious kick arse blues though. Because when these guys dig in you better look out! The thing I like about Fats Wah Wah is that it's not one thing or one style. Lots of variety and interest level to keep your attention for a whole night and more.
Email:
helloneesy@optusnet.com.au
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