A Mark In Time

General Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: wmlbbmk on February 04, 2009, 12:55:48 PM

Title: New Brendan Croker tour!
Post by: wmlbbmk on February 04, 2009, 12:55:48 PM
Next May Brendan will do a small tour in Belgium and Holland together with Belgium's (and beyond) best singer-songwriter Bruno Deneckere.

The first 6 tourdates will be announced on www.brendancroker.com tonight.
More dates to be announced soon.

Cheers,
Waldo
Title: Re: New Brendan Croker tour!
Post by: wmlbbmk on March 03, 2009, 04:38:50 PM
Additional dates are now on www.brendancroker.com

Hope to see you at one of these gigs!

Cheers,
Waldo
Title: Re: New Brendan Croker tour!
Post by: dustyvalentino on March 03, 2009, 04:58:34 PM
Boo, no UK dates.

Waldo, can you get me a support slot if he does play any Scottish gigs? I'll do it for free.

(Serious request, I have supported some respected artists before for example Midge Ure, Duke Special and Frank Turner, got offered Fish too but had a wedding.  :) )
Title: Re: New Brendan Croker tour!
Post by: wmlbbmk on March 03, 2009, 06:38:58 PM
No UK dates on a Belgium (and a bit Holland, as we'll stumble a few miles across the border once) tour indeed, very strange indeed  ;D

But if this will be succesful, why couldn't we do it in other countries....
It always turns out to be too expensive to move the whole "circus" to another country for just one gig, but a few in a row and there we go.

Cheers,
Waldo
Title: Re: New Brendan Croker tour!
Post by: IrisRose on March 05, 2009, 05:10:02 AM
Oh heavy sigh, I don't suppose there is a chance of Brendan coming to California?????
Ah, I thought not.   Oh well.   Maybe we could go to Belgium. . . . .
Title: Re: New Brendan Croker tour!
Post by: wmlbbmk on March 05, 2009, 12:50:08 PM
Brendan, Bruno, Steve etc.etc.  they can come to everywhere in the world as long as they have the opportunity to play there and the expenses + wages are paid. It's as simple as that.... in theory. But someone has to organise it and make sure the funds are there.
Btw, don't expect the wages to be thousands of euros!!

But Marie, you are more than welcome in Belgium!  :D

Cheers,
Waldo
Title: Re: New Brendan Croker tour!
Post by: IrisRose on March 05, 2009, 11:24:56 PM
Dusty, I would really like to hear your music.  Any youtube uploads? :)
Title: Re: New Brendan Croker tour!
Post by: dustyvalentino on March 06, 2009, 11:20:17 AM
I'm glad you asked.  :)

I usually play acoustic with a very talented singer/songwriter called Emma Forman.

You can hear some of our stuff together here:

http://www.myspace.com/emmaformananddustyvalentino

There is also one tune up on youtube from a few years ago featuring our (now defunct) band:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SkWr81sOOY
Title: Re: New Brendan Croker tour!
Post by: superval99 on March 06, 2009, 11:54:11 AM
Wow, dusty, I really enjoyed that!   Emma has a lovely voice - did she write that song?  I am very impressed with the guitar solo too!   Did I hear a few MK-style twiddly bits?  No boot/ass-licking either!  ;D
Title: Re: New Brendan Croker tour!
Post by: dustyvalentino on March 06, 2009, 12:30:25 PM
Aw, shucks, thanks Val, as MK would say "You're very sweet."  :)

Emma writes most of the songs but I actually wrote that one. I first wrote and recorded it back in 96, and yes, I was definitely trying to ape MK's Golden Heart Les Paul style, but I couldn't afford a Les Paul back then, ha ha! The twiddly bit is a Sultans knock off, and about as complicated as my playing gets.

In fact I wrote and recorded it for a young ladyfriend I was seeing at the time. I posted it off to her thinking she'd be thrilled, but the first thing she did after she'd received it was dump me! I suppose that should have told me something...
Title: Re: New Brendan Croker tour!
Post by: superval99 on March 06, 2009, 12:42:17 PM
In that case I think we should hear more of your song-writing, I think you're hiding your light under a bushel, or something like that.  I could be your number one fan!  ;D