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The words I'll never speak but write

Hitchcock's Regret (Central Coasties)

Who has Musical talent? Some people have lots of it…and some don’t!
I belong in the category that "do not".
My mother on the other hand was a very talented muse and could play a number of instruments. She played Piano, Organ, Accordion, Mouth Organ and her favourite instrument was the Flamenco Guitar. With a Mouth Organ attached to her Guitar you could watch and listen to her perform in lots of places first in the Netherlands and later after migrating to Sydney Australia in Parks, Pubs or on the beaches. She always had plenty of admirers that would stay and listen to her music. On some occasions my mother and her younger brother would enter local talent quests, 'usually held in Pubs around the Sydney areas mainly at Parramatta". They both had wonderful voices and my uncle would play the harmonica as well. Consequently they won some contest on occasions. The main reason I mention this is because they say that sometimes talent skips a generation it certainly didn't bypass my offspring. All three of my sons can play a number of instruments and write some of their own music.
Two of my sons were part a local band called Hitchcock’s Regret a Central Coast Band that produced 3 albums during their stay. My son David, played the Bass Guitar and Shane played Drums and guitar on most of the tracks. They have also written and Co-written some of the lyrics and music for the albums but most were written by Mark Moldre the lead Guitarist and Singer. The albums were recorded and produced (in raw form) in my son’s (Shane) Studio, who is also a Qualified Sound Engineer. On the Youtube Video Clip My oldest Granddaughter sings backup on the Happiness track. The Video clip and track ran for some time on ABC Rage and on some radio stations.
Matt,the youngest of my sons plays Guitar every day, as he is a Guitar Teacher.
He also played Lead Guitar at his local Church on Sundays. A few years ago He played lead guitar in a band called "Stuff" and they won the battle of the bands one year. He was also voted as best and most promising Guitar Player. He and a few from the original band regrouped and started its revival and changed the name of the band to The Vox Angelicus. Here is a recent clip of Matt.
To be continued.

The Night before fame

THE EASYBEATS -(The night before Fame)
Did you know that back in the early sixties the Easybeats used to practice in the garage of their first drummer Rene` Stevens who lived in Guilford NSW?
In the beginning only 2 of the original band could play guitar properly.
Harry Vanda (Johannes Vanderberg) and George Young (older brother of AC/DC’s Angus Young). Rene` Stevens (another Hollander)and Dick Diamonde (Dingeman Van Der Sluys) were still learning to play the Drums and Bass guitar.
Harry and George lived next door to each other in the Villawood Migrant Hostel.
Rene` and Dick lived in the Suburb of Guilford.
When the band felt that they were ready to "have a go" they started playing at weddings and Social dances around the Parramatta and Guilford areas. Every time they played they became more popular with each Gig. It was at one of those Venues that someone noticed how well the band played and contacted them to set up an interview.

One Thursday night "Rene" (who was studying a Tech Exam for the following day) received a very exited Harry Vanda on his doorstep. Harry said that Rene` had better get himself ready right there and then because they had to play straight away that night at a local Hall because a talent scout was there to listen to the band.
Unfortunately for Rene` his father (who himself played saxophone and clarinet in a band) was concerned about his Son’s future as a Musician and told them to forget about it for the night.
The rest is well ‘documented history’ the band played on!
They found a new drummer in Snowy Fleet and became one of the best bands to originate in this country.
I also remember that Harry's famous Hoffner Guitar was bought from Rene's Austrian Neighbour. Back in the early sixties the Easy Beats consisted of only 1 Scot (George) (George' brothers were not ready yet. "they were only around five and six years old at the time" and very cheeky I may add ) the others were Harry, Dick & Rene' 3 Dutchman. The 4th (Also Dutch) being the Author of this post and who used to drive them around in his car, help set-up stage and fix some of their amps. I also worked for Rene's Dad. (Signed the first EasyBeats Roady)- The Golden Dragon.

Josh Groban has sings his message to the World

JOSH GROBAN LYRICS

"Thankful"

Somedays we forget
To look around us
Somedays we can't see
The joy that surrounds us
So caught up inside ourselves
We take when we should give.

So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be.
And on this day we hope for
What we still can't see.
It's up to us to be the change
And even though we all can still do more
There's so much to be thankful for.

Look beyond ourselves
There's so much sorrow
It's way too late to say
I'll cry tomorrow
Each of us must find our truth
It's so long overdue

So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be
And every day we hope for
What we still can't see
It's up to us to be the change
And even though we all can still do more
There's so much to be thankful for.

Even with our differences
There is a place we're all connected
Each of us can find each other's light

So for tonight we pray for
What we know can be
And on this day we hope for
What we still can't see
It's up to us to be the change
And even though this world needs so much more

There's so much to be thankful for



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