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October 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Dave Dobbyn (October 28, Paraparaumu)

Dave Dobbyn: Open Up Tour Southward Car Museum, Paraparaumu; Kapiti Coast Wednesday, October 28 It’s been quite a few years since I’ve seen Dave Dobbyn play a live set – but there was a time when I was at every gig. It’s never been a case of not needing to see him, as far as […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20/20, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Dave Dobbyn, Dave Dobbyn: Open Up Tour, DD, DD Smash, Gig Review, Gig Review: Dave Dobbyn, Jo Barus, Kapiti Coast, Live Gig, Live Music, NZ Tour, Paraparaumu, Paraparaumu; Kapiti Coast, Ross Burge, Southward Car Museum, Th' Dudes, Victoria Girling-Butcher, Wednesday, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: The Mutton Birds (February 7, Wellington)

The Mutton Birds San Fran, Wellington Friday, February 7 Two sold out Mutton Birds shows in Wellington! And I was lucky to get to one. Luckier still, it seems, to get to the second one. How do I know that? Well there were murmurs of the band playing one big song earlier on and then […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20/20, Alan Gregg, David Long, Don McGlashan, February 7, Friday, Gig Review, Gig Review: The Mutton Birds, Live Gig, Ross Burge, San Fran, The Front Lawn, The Mutton Birds, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 79 – Jonathan Crayford

Welcome to episode 79 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a chat a few months back with Jonathan Crayford. He’s a pianist, bassist – multi-instrumentalist in fact. He works as a solo act, as part of a duo with Ross Burge (Spanner), in trios and other small […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Auckland, Bass, Bassist, Chat, Classical, Converastion, Crayford, Ep.79, Episode Seventy-Nine, Film Composer, France, Gaylene Preston, http://www.jonathancrayford.com/, Interview, Jazz, Jonathan Crayford, Juliard, Le Petite Chocolat, Mike Nock, Multi-Insturmentalist, Music School, Music Theory, Musician, Myele Manzanza, New York, Pianist, Piano, Podcast, Pork Pie, Riki Gooch, Ross Burge, Simon Sweetman, Soundtrack, Spanner, Student, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 79 – Jonathan Crayford, T Leaf T, Talk, Teacher, Terry Crayford, Theory, Wellington, Wgtn, Yeastie Boys ·

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May 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 164 Me and the Don

The first time I saw Don McGlashan, well it might have been in the Plague or the Whizz Kids. I saw the Plague several times in the late 70s as they played some of the same gigs as Negative Theatre – Nambassa, Christchurch students’ art fest and I saw them in Hamilton and Wellington too. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged #164, Alan Gregg, Art, Bands, Blam Blam Blam, Blams, Chris Sheehan, David Long, Don McGlashan, Drummer, Drums, Envy of Angels, Front Lawn, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Me and the Don, Mutton Birds, Nambassa, Negative Theatre, Ross Burge, Songwriting, Spines, the Don, The Front Lawn, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 164, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 164 Me and the Don, The Mutton Birds, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 164, Wellington, Wgtn, Whizz Kids, Writing ·

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October 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 131 Electricity On Stage In The Rain

I woke up this morning and Facebook reminded me that a year ago I was very nearly killed by a runaway car – I was lucky to survive. Just like the time I nearly fell to my death at McLaren Falls when I was eighteen or almost drowned at Ocean Beach at the turn of […]
Posted in Blog · Tagged Anniversary, Aro Valley, Art, Caroline Easther, DD Smash, Electricity On Stage In The Rain, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Guitar, Guitar Solo, Jon Mcleary, Lead Guitar, McLaren Falls, Music, Near-Death, Neill Duncan, Ocean Beach, Rob Mahoney, Ross Burge, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 131, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 131 Electricity On Stage In The Rain, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 131, Wellington, Writing ·

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May 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 112 Jayrem Records

It was Jim Moss and his Wellington answer to the South Island’s Flying Nun and Auckland’s Ripper or Propeller Records and yet it was totally different. Those other labels had their own style or ethos whereas Jayrem would release any type of music in any given genre – from the Upper Hutt Posse to the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Act Your Age, Art, Body Electric, Brian Kassler, EP, Flesh D-Vice, Flying Nun, Greg Bryce, Guest Blog, Guest Post, James Moss, Jayrem, Jayrem Records, Jon Mcleary, Last Laugh, Lily and I, Lions, Maurice Priestly, Music, Neill Duncan, Propeller Records, Punch/Your Body Stays, Ripper, Roger Shepherd, Ross Burge, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 112 Jayrem Records, The Moon, The Spines, Upper Hutt Posse, War Stories, War Stories # 112, Wellington, Writing ·

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April 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 107 Mr Inch/JPSE

When the second wave of Flying Nun bands (Straitjacket Fits, Snapper, JPS Experience…) hit in the latter half of the eighties, I would often do solo support when they passed through Wellington. It made sense; I was on the label with the Spines and could offer up a strong set on my own with no […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Acting, Art, Auckland, Flying Nun, Gretsch, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Helen Adams, http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/11005/RIP-Jim-Laing-JPS-Experience.utr, Jean Paul Satre Experience, Jim Laing, Jon Mcleary, JPS Experience, JPSE, Mark Austin, Mister Inch, Mr Inch/JPSE, Mr. Inch, Music, Painting, Peter Tait, Ponsonby, R.I.P., Ross Burge, Snapper, Spines, Straitjacket Fits, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 107 Mr Inch/JPSE, The Rise and Rise of the Kumera Chip, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 107, Writing ·

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January 25, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 43 A Snakelike Life – Part One

At the beginning of the nineties most of the various Spines had left town – Ross, Wendy, Caroline, Tim and Rob. I had just got my telecaster back and was writing lots of new songs in Holloway Road on it – I really needed a rhythm section. Neill Duncan – the last remaining Spine in […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged A Snakelike Life - Part One, Andy Craig, Bodega, Guest Blog, Jon Mcleary, Music, Neill Duncan, Ross Burge, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 43 A Snakelike Life - Part One, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 43, Wellington, Writing ·

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November 23, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 35 Pulsing With Punch: Part One -The South Island

The Spines had just released Punch/Your Body Stays on Ripper Records. I had a connection with the guys from The Body Electric – I had been in Bricks Theatre with Gary and both Alan and Andy had become good friends. I used to go to their early rehearsals and writing sessions. They released Pulsing and […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Brent McLachlan, Gaz, Guest Blog, Jon Mcleary, Midge Marsden, Music, Pulsing, Rick Bryant, Ross Burge, South Island, Spines, Sue Barlow, The Body Electric, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 35 Pulsing With Punch: Part One -The South Island, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 35, Writing ·

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October 5, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 28 The Miscreant

I first met Brent McLachlan when the Spines were playing in Christchurch and he was doing our sound – we hit it off immediately.  When The Gordons broke up and he moved to Wellington he became our regular live sound guy and was great – he recorded everything on cassette and got a terrific drum […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Anything We Make, Brent McLachlan, Caroline Easther, Flying Nun, Guest Blog, Jon Mcleary, Music, Neill Duncan, Rob Mahoney, Roger Shepherd, Ross Burge, Spines, The Beatles, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 2 Nambassa, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 28 The Miscreant, The Gordons, The Miscreant, The Skeptics, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 28, Weighed Down With Words, Writing ·

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September 7, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 24 The Drummers

I’ve always had great drummers in the Spines – they like my songs and the fact that I’m crap on drums and can’t tell them what to play. Barton Price was to be the first but before we got to do a gig he was headhunted by the Crocodiles then the Models. He was a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Andrew Cross, Anthony Donaldson, Barton Price, Caroline Easther, Colin McNamara, Drummer, Drums, Guest Blog, Jon Mcleary, Jordan Ratray, Malky Taylor, Mike Niland, Music, Neill Duncan, Phil Roundtree, Riki Gooch, Ross Burge, Spines, The Drummers, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 24 The Drummers, The Spines, Tim Robinson, War Stories, War Stories # 24, Writing ·

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June 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary #12 The Moon

At the end of 1984 the Spines was humming again. Ross Burge and Wendy Calder were both back in the band and it was time to record our first album. Neill Duncan suggested Capture Studios in Gisborne, run by his old mate Maurice Priestly. We took the train. Jayrem Records gave us a budget for […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Debut Album, Guest Blog, Jayrem, Jon Mcleary, Music, Neill Duncan, Ross Burge, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary #11 The Moon, The Moon, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 12, Wendy Calder, Writing ·
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