Georgio "the Dove Valentino" - David McClymont - Live shows for Dave Graney and Clare Moore in 2017

Early 2016 saw a recording session in North Melbourne organized by David McClymont, once bass player of Postcard Records premier act Orange Juice.




David also played in the Moodists in their extremely creative latter years ('85-87) which saw two EPs released.




After many years, David recently returned to writing and recording music. Projects of his own, others collaborating with MOMUS in Japan




and on many occasions , hooking up with different musicians and singers from across the world.

He has a Soundcloud page here. There are also many clips on Youtube. Its hard to pick a clip to show the depth and variety of all  the creativity and songwriting.

The session was to record a couple of songs with Georgio "the Dove" Valentino, a musician, writer and performer from Brussels (born in Miami).

Clare Moore was brought in on drums, Dave Graney on guitar and Georgio's collaborator Patrizia F on bass. David McClymont played keys on the song he wrote and bass on Georgio's song.

The session took place at Mick Harvey's rehearsal space in Melbourne and has been issued as a 7" single.

David McClymont made a video clip for another song that Georgio wrote and sang . "Don't Do Me Any Favours". Seems to be a Miami connection in the imagery?

Georgio "the Dove" Valentino will be returning to Australia in 2017 , accompanied by Patrizia F and will open for Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes at Lizottes in Newcastle March 31st and the Basement in Sydney April 1st.

Then there will be a series of regional NSW shows with Dave Graney and Clare Moore playing music as a duo supported by Georgio and Patrizia F. Dates listed below.  

Upcoming shows

4th annual Boxing Day Joint- Dave Graney and Clare Moore at the Hotel Metro in Grote st Adelaide. Playing with special guests the Cowboys Of Love. 8pm
Monday Dec 26th

Dave Graney – one of several vocalists (with Kylie Auldist, Kim Salmon, Ron Peno, Max Sharam) in the show BOWIE IN BERLIN – music director Mick Harvey. Clare Moore drums, Stu Thomas bass, Robin Casinader keys
Jan 6th – Triffid Brisbane, Jan 7th Enmore theatre Sydney, Jan 8th Hamer Hall Melbourne Jan 14th Regal Theatre Perth

Dave Graney And the mistLY
Friday Feb 10th 2017
Appearing with VICTORIANA GAYE who are launching their new album
Caravan Club - Melbourne

Harry Howard and the NDE
Flying Saucer Club Feb 17th

Dave Graney And the mistLY
Feb 22nd Aotea Square concert Auckland Feb 24th , Golden Dawn, Auckland

Dave Graney'n' the Coral Snakes
Melbourne NGV March 3rd

Lizottes in Newcastle March 31st.
Sydney April 1st - the Basement

Dave Graney and Clare Moore NSW dates w/ special guests from Brussels/Miami Georgio "the Dove" Valentino and Patrizia.

Sunday 2nd April(2.30pm - 5.30pm TBC)- Dangar Island Bowling Club NSW
Tuesday 4th April (7pm - 9pm) Georgio only @ The Bearded Tit -
Thursday 6th April - Oxley Wine Bar Cowra
Friday 7th April - Tooses Wine Bar , 490-494 Argyle St, Moss Vale
Saturday 8th April - Gearin Hotel, Katoomba
Sunday 9th April - Smiths Canberra

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December digital release for Dave Graney and Clare Moore - I Ain't Hi Vis

2016 has seen the release of ten digital tracks from Dave Ganey and Clare Moore since February.

I'm A Good Hater
This Is The Deadest Place I've Ever Died In
I Been Trendy
Drifting Donna Reed
Are You Out Of Your Mind? (Get Back In)
You Need A Kleek, Klook
Rupert's Pets Grave
Matey, From On High
Let's Kick This Mob Out

and for December we have I Ain't Hi Vis .

All manual workers in public places in Australia wear fleuro or hi vis clothing. Upon donning the strangely medieavel looking apparel, they are immediately accorded the role of authentic, respected, valued members of society and are allowed access to all areas. No questions - they have rank and accreditation.
What are you looking at?

Dave Graney is a musician and performer; an illegitimate, dodgy, shiftless lair of a character for sure, if such a dude is ever seen loitering in any public place. In a forest clearing. In his or her flash clothes and glaring lack of any tools or skills useful for the economy -  stupid.

Luckily Dave Graney and Clare Moore are rarely seen in public areas, and even then they are way, way deep inside a scrum of more normal looking, generic, nice, ordinary  players.

I ain't hi vis
kinda FIFO though'old school FIFO
FE FI FO fum
I ain't in plastic yellow
I ain't in danger
not standin' on a stage like this
I'm in the scrollin' teens
rough seas
nothin' changes though
people come and go
I ain't Hi Vis
I don't need it
the attention
I ain't got no tools
just flash clothes
cream buns at eleven
be alright I s'pose
I ain't got no tools
just flash clothes
I ain't Hi Vis
I'm underworld
I ain't got no tools
just flash clothes

credits

released December 8, 2016
Dave Graney, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, keys and lead vocals
Clare Moore, drums, percussion, backing vocals.

Recorded and Mixed by Dave Graney at the Ponderosa in November 2016.

Dave Graney and Clare Moore have played all the instruments on all the tracks save for Drifting Donna Reed which was credited to dave graney and the mistLY.

Each song was written and recorded each month. No stockpiling, just flashes of inspiration and equally flash recording and mixing sessions at their studio which they dubbed, lomnh ago, teh Ponderosa. The main features that have linked the songs have been Dave Graney using his Maton Alver acoustic guitar which he had serviced late 2015 and a vintage (70s) AKG microphone for most of teh lead vocals.

Upcoming shows

Dave Graney – one of several vocalists (with Kylie Auldist, Kim Salmon, Ron Peno, Max Sharam) in the show BOWIE IN BERLIN – music director Mick Harvey. Clare Moore drums, Stu Thomas bass, Robin Casinader keys
Jan 6th – Triffid Brisbane,  

Jan 7th Enmore theatre Sydney,  

Jan 8th Hamer Hall Melbourne 

Jan 14th Regal Theatre Perth

Dave Graney And the mistLY
Friday Feb 10th 2017
Appearing with VICTORIANA GAYE who are launching their new album
Caravan Club - Melbourne

Harry Howard and the NDE
Flying Saucer Club Feb 17th

Dave Graney And the mistLY
Feb 22nd Aotea Square concert Auckland Feb 24th , Golden Dawn, Auckland

Dave Graney'n' the Coral Snakes
Melbourne NGV March 3rd

Lizottes in Newcastle March 31st.
Sydney April 1st - the Basement

Further dates to follow. 

http://www.davegraney.com

Thanks to everybody who came to see Dave Graney shows either with the mistLY or the Coral Snakes and who have also  been supporting these digital releases.

picture by Barry C Douglas

Dave Graney - October single Matey, From On High. Bennetts Lane Oct 23rd with the mistLY

Fresh from another EPIC show with the Coral Snakes 2016 , Dave Graney releases his eighth single for the year with the jazzy groover , "Matey, From On High".




Dave Graney played acoustic guitars, electric guitars and bass guitar and keys.
Clare Moore played the drums.

Stu Thomas played the trumpet and contributed some wonderful backing vocals.

Will Hindmarsh and Emily Jarrett, courtesy of Go Go Sapien, also sang like a choir.

It's got a nagging hook like a lot of the vocal chants from Sun Ra.  The beat swings and the chords keep rising all the time.

Title taken from a  line in the book, THE APES OF GOD, by Wyndham Lewis. The early 20th century author and painter is pictured on the bottom right of the single image.




A show with the mistLY will happen Sunday Oct 23rd at Bennetts Lane in the heart of Melbourne.
Tickets Here.

Southern Belles - show at Memo Music Hall Sunday Oct 30th

Background

The Southern Belles was a sell-out at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in June.

Co-Artistic Director of the Festival, Ali McGregor, had appeared in an earlier version of the show programmed for Morning Melodies at the Victorian Arts Centre in 2011.

She thought the show could be re-worked as a cabaret production with the addition of a narrative, and it was performed there to great acclaim by Jane Clifton, Nichaud Fitzgibbon and Carla Lippis.

Clare Moore (drums) and Rosie Westbrook (bass) shared Musical Direction of the show for the Adelaide season as they do for the MEMO Music Hall performance – appearing with a seven-piece band including a high-powered brass section.

Nichaud Fitzgibbon and Jane Clifton, who were both in the original Victorian Arts Centre season, are joined by Rebecca Barnard for the MEMO Music Hall performance on 30 October.

The Southern Belles - Sun 30 October 3pm

DIRECT FROM A SOLD OUT SEASON AT ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL

Celebrating the sassy, red–blooded female musicians of the late 60s and early 70s, Nichaud Fitzgibbon, Jane Clifton and Rebecca Barnard will perform the songs o fDusty Springfield, Loretta Lynne, Nancy Sinatra, Dolly Parton, Bobbie Gentry, Jeannie C Riley, Tanya Tucker and Linda Ronstadt.

Also featuring the dynamic duo of Clare Moore on drums and Rosie Westbrook on bass as part of a seven-piece band including a high-powered brass section. Southern Belles is about a time in our history when the message had started to resonate that women could take a hold of their lives and their stories were being told through some amazing music.

Gig info

Doors Open 2.00, Showtime 3.00 - 5.30pm (with intermission)

Reserved Seats: $38.00 +bf

General Admin: $28.00 +bf

At the Door: $30.00 (if still available)

 Tickets Link

I'm A Good Hater- first of a series of digital release planned for 2016- at itunes and Bandcamp now

I'm A Good Hater was cooked up in their Ponderosa Studio in the hills on the outer edge of Melbourne by Dave Graney and Clare Moore in early January 2016.
I'm A Good Hater is a positively, gleeful yet POISONOUS brag about HATING on something or someone. Hard. But Fair.
The singer says he's "a rank detester/a super loather/a champion raspberry blower/ a righteous disliker...."
Driving acoustic guitar, synth bass, tambourine, wah wah, handclaps and more synth lay down the texture and the tarmac for the singer to stroll out on. He's "a good hater/one of the best, I've heard/ from someone who says they should know..."

Released at itunes Feb 18th, the first of many single tracks to come out in 2016

I'm A Good Hater.  From Dave Graney, written, performed and recorded by Dave Graney and Clare Moore.

Moodists-Coral Snakes-mistLY

I'm a good hater, Ive 'been told

a real alligator

a smiling assassinator

a cold potato

I'm a good hater

revenge is a pie flying towards your face in super slow motion

I wanna do you slowly

you keep hangin' 'round

I hooked you in

I'm a good hater

one of the best I've heard

from someone who said they should know

you can depend on me

a ranked detester

a super loather

a champion raspberry blower

a righteous disliker

I got my wings and bars

I'm a made guy - officer class

got it goin' on

poison workin; while I sleep

I'll take my time

then one day at the bust stop I'll turn and smash ya

I'll stew on you

I'll brood on you

I like a familar groove

I'm a good hater

a great conflater

I'm the best detester

you screwed up Hazel, when you crossed me

you're in the red

I'm counting

you're carried over

I was open

you swung

I got legs

I got reach

I'm a good hater

a real alligator

a smiling assassinator

a cold potato

a ranked detester

a super loather

a champion raspberry blower

a righteous disliker

I got my wings and bars

I'm a made guy - officer class

I'm a good hater

a real alligator

a smiling assassinator

a cold patato

LABEL - COCKAIGNE

live dates

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Friday Feb 26th SOOKI LOUNGE - Burwood Highway Belgrave (single launch)

Thursday March 24^th – The Old Bar - Fitzroy

Dave Graney and the mistLY UK/Euro dates 2016

April 8th - Voodoo Rooms , Edinbugh. Dave Graney and the mistLY - double bill w/ MALCOLM ROSS
April 13^th BBC6 session w/ Marc Riley
April 14^th – The Eagle Inn - SALFORD

April 15th-17th - ATP Festival, Prestatyn, North Wales.

21 AVRIL le bistrot de la cité , RENNES
22 AVRil le galion LORIENT
23 AVRIL le jam session VANNES
24 AVRIL LE CHALAND QUI PASSE binic

May 4^th – THE GOOD SHIP, Kilburn, UK