recorded for heroic blues in 2001. remixed, re-sung, re-strung by dave graney in 2010.
A song about people looking for love in nightclubs. Companion song to Roxys "love is the drug"
The lonely chords came first and then the lyric tripped out too easily.
from
supermodified (2010 re-recording/remix album),
released October 11, 2013
Dave Graney - acoustic gtr and vocals.Clkare moore, keys ,drums and vibes.
adelae pickvance, acoustic bass
stuart perera, electric guitar.
Constant live performances around Australia. (Favourites included a "mayoral gala performance variety show" in Mt Gambier SA which saw the band go on after a dog act and finish the show being surrounded by children throwing streamers over them. There was also a performance at the Marybinong detention centre in November 2001, a performance on a Melbourne tram for PBS FM and our first show at the Meredith festival.)
Live dates (Clare Moore and David Graney with Brooklyn bass player and songwriter , Spike Priggen) in New York and Boston , November 2000. Also several dates in London with the full Dave Graney Show line up,( Coincided with bass player Adele Pickvance touring Europe , the UK and the USA as a member of the Go Betweens).
Live dates in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, February 2001.
Two months as opening act for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds throughout Europe and the UK May-June 2001. (Included David Graneys "too close to death and Pere La Chaise" experience with a bleeding lung infection and intensive care in Paris). These dates were done by David, Clare and Stuart Perera with two Edinburgh musicians ( and old friends) , Malcolm Ross and Ian Macarthur on bass and guitar.
September 2001, Australian theatre tour as opening act for Billy Bragg. (Several dates in Perth were done with Marty Casey from the Bad Seeds on bass. Other dates around this time were done with Ken Gormley from the Cruel Sea on bass).
October 2001 , release of Clare Moore’s debut solo CD, "the Third Woman" on Chapter Music.