As our songwriter friend Karen Law, co-host of two successful concerts on the Southern Downs in November said: “Let’s do it again sometime.”
The concerts at Eukey Hall on November 23 and St Mark’s Hall in Warwick on November 24 were well-attended and the audiences fulsome in their praise. We even had to put out extra chairs.
Karen is already planning some concerts with us for next year.
Karen was launching her latest CD, Lifeline, accompanied on electric and acoustic guitar and vocals by her son Murray. Her sets were mostly drawn from this album but she also included Sweet in the Morning, my favourite song about her home town of Nambour.
We were joined yet again by fiddler and harmony singer Helen Rowe who also stepped up to play fiddle on one of Karen’s songs. Our only problem was, what to leave out. With a back catalogue of more than 100 published songs it’s a hard task preparing a set for a new audience. Yes, we should have done Underneath the Story Bridge. Next time.
If you missed our Southern Downs concerts, the best way to experience the music is to explore our respective pages at Bandcamp. This is an online shop for independent musicians. You can listen to songs at least three times before Bandcamp will ask you for money. There are singles and albums here. If you want to buy direct from the source, look up our websites. You know what to do. – Bob Wilson December 3, 2024
