That night we listened to some of the best original Seemed fairly certain they would catch him. Signs that read "Bill Posters Will Be Prosecuted" were all over Newtown. Made us feel welcome to mess up the end of their show however we could. Huber and Cameron Potts from Dead Letter Chorus (and Leroy Lee (who were incredibly kind to us, and The artists who shared their show with us were Gabby We felt safe with him, since he now brandished a crutch. He even sprained his ankle wrestling a bunyip justĭays before. Thank God we had Geoff there to look after us. Those Aussies are brave to live in such dangerous conditions. Then there are bunyips, big teethy monsters that couldĬhase and devour us at any time, and tire snakes who roll up in tire formation and can roll faster thanĪny of their victims can run. Trees and scratch the shit out of passers by. He told us of drop bears, seemingly cute Koalas that drop from a We called "Chris" "Bruce" for a good portion of the evening.īrass Monkey's owner, Geoff Trio, who was also our tour promoter, was kind enough to warn us of It took some time to get used to the accent. Seem to mind when when we mispronounced their names. The crowd was kind and enthusiastic the staff were friendly, supportive, and didn't Offstage, their bad jokes and great puns made us feel immediately at ease around them. Their set was so good it brought us back to life for long enough Next, canadian songwriter, Dan Mangan (performed with bassist Michael Liston. Luke O'Shea (played the first set of the evening, raising the bar so high, Yes, she was cross-eyed, andĭetermined to bring Cathy down to her level. The only problem was Amy, who wasĮxhausted from arriving that day and could fully see her own nose. Dimly lit, red walls, great food (or feedĪs it is called down under), and a wonderful sound system. Who initiated our trip down under, awoke before dawn two days in a row in order to pick us both upīrass Monkey is likely to be the coolest place in Sydney. Reminder: We don't want to cashew smuggling almonds again. They did allow her to keep her cashews as a Luckily, they caught her at customsīefore she could contaminate the whole country. By the time Amy arrived, Cathy had already gotten into trouble with the law,Īs she had tried to smuggle some almonds into Sydney. Tales from Down Under (As Recalled from Up Over)įlight delays due to cold weather and engine lights forced us to fly from Los Angeles to SydneyĪt separate times. JANUARY 2010 - FOLK UKE'S AUSTRALIAN TOUR JOURNAL : Hawaii - Folk Uke is playing a show with The Reflectacles on Saturday, May 22nd. Texas -Folk Uke has been added to the 4th of July Picnic this year at The New Backyard at Bee Cave. potentially offensive subject matterĪPRIL 2010 - SHOWS ADDED IN TEXAS AND HAWAII We are working on an Australian tour for later this year. We are not performing in Australia in December or January. Some confusion has arisen from an inaccurate UkiLeak. It looks like we're going DOWNUNDA again this Fall, so if you're in Australia in October/Novemba look out for FOLK UKE!!! We are also mixing our next record "Reincarnation".Actually, Abe is mixing our record, so be on the lookout for that coming soon. WHO: Willie Nelson, Paula Nelson, Folk Uke and maybe some other special guests. We thought we'd add some news since it's been awhile. I Miss My Boyfriend (featuring Shooter Jennings) Our new album "Reincarnation" will be released on November 22, 2011.ħ.