In The Beginning (a little bit after the very) The Harrisburg Scottish Rite Temple - Venue of Gene Jimae’s first harmonica performance aged four. At the annual Stag Party of the Harrisburg Consistory Scottish Rite Club, a very (forever) young Gene Jimae debuted on the harmonica in front of a crowd upwards of six hundred. … Continue reading Gene Genius – One Last Hurrah?
And with Cailey, Lach, Ess & Pam we'd go and watch a band and have a real good time. The line (slightly adjusted) from an Australian seventies classic, I Remember When I Was Young from long-time Sandgroper resident, Matt Taylor, reflects our phenomenal Saturday night. Photograph Pam Sheppard We headed off from the coast, under … Continue reading Archonia
Good evening, everybody, peoples tell me, how do you do?We the King Biscuit Boys, we just came out to welcome you.(King Biscuit Stomp - Joe Williams) Here’s an offer you couldn’t refuse? It’s free! - no guitar strings attached. John Hood (ex Sid Rumpo/The Elks) has, as the title of his book proclaims, immersed a … Continue reading Blues Immersion
The number six in the bible represents human weakness and imperfection. “Lord have mercy”. It is the blues in a nutshell. So there just had to be a Blues Portrait Volume Six. Pauline (Bailey) has once again elegantly brushed her ultramarine, cobalt and phthalate pigments off her palette and on to the canvas of another … Continue reading On The Sixth Day
The News (Adelaide, SA), 2nd May 1927 The Venue - St.Edward’s Anglican Church Kilkenny H A Colmer, I believe is Harold Albert Colmer and his skills on the humble mouth organ were up there with best, especially in the City of Churches. Would love to go back in the Time Machine to St. Edward’s Church … Continue reading Cyclone Colmer
With the suburban and country football leagues 2026 season ending, with grand finals played, or about to be, why not another football post? Bruce was a legend of Australian Rules Football - note I use the correct term, not the corporate games moniker of today. He was there on the box in my formative years. … Continue reading Yo Bruce & Footy Toons
Collage of Slide Show I was honoured to be a guest presenter at our local historical society last month. This is what we covered. Aussie brands (German made), Champions, Newsboy Jack Church, Northcote State School, Down the Mines, Lady Gibson Carmichael, Competitions, Mary Hardy, Hill Billy Concert, How to Compliment a Banjo Player, Stan Sleeth, … Continue reading Hasson’s Gold
Home is where sweet water fallsAnd kneeling down to take a little drink is like sipping wineHome is where the little woman lies waiting keeping it warm I got to make it back by the summer town.Give me a drink of sweet waterGive me the taste of a wineGive me the feel of my woman’s … Continue reading Sweet Water
Click to enlarge Many moons ago I had an idea for the first of the month post to feature a Hohner harmonica in recognition of my sponsorship. These posts have long been shelved, but I still had these pictures in the media file so why not a single pictorial post. In The Flesh (1/2 Dozen) … Continue reading Hohner Dozen
Pat the Guru Missin discovered a 1930 trademark for Boss Cracker by the merged and short lived Rauner/Seydel/Bohm companies. Koch, who previously produced the Boss Cracker the black sheep of the Crackajacks, had been sold the previous year to Hohner. It appears F A Rauner (Rauner manufactured the Crackajack brand) renewed the trademark of the … Continue reading Kochies’ Onesie
