Perhaps it’s not the energetic performance of Lachy Doley giving this device an internal meltdown at ‘The Gov’ last Friday night. Perhaps its owner had just pulled his device from an overheated shirt pocket. Perhaps he’d just done a fast charge from a battery brick. Nope, I’m pretty sure it’s Lachy’s hot performance! Photo: Robert […]
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Lachy Doley
I’d never heard of Lachy Doley before seeing him play live on Friday night at ‘The Gov’ so I really did not know what to expect. What I experienced was the most extraordinary mix of manic Hammond Organ keyboard virtuosity, passionate singing, ostentatious showmanship and humility. I found myself thoroughly entertained! Thanks Lachy. Photo: Robert […]
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If you know what these little glass bottles are you could be; a) a musician, b) a radio frequency engineer, or c) have been around for quite a long time. These three little glass tubes are part of the audio amplifier of Lachy Doley’s on stage Hammond Organ and many contemporary musicians will attest are […]
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A long time ago in a world far, far away two musicians were making waves amid the wonderful new sounds being created in the 80’s music scene. For me the songs and sounds of Howard Jones captured my imagination and resonated with my hopes, fears and dreams. For many of my friends the rockier, rawer […]
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Who’d have thought I’d be kicking back and enjoying rocking to Kim and Ricky Wilde 35 years on! As much as I loved many of Kim Wilde’s songs I would never have called myself a fan so I would never had found myself here without just a little encouragement. Once I discovered she was on […]
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