BENT, BEAUTIFUL or FURIOUS never lightweight, never monotonous, can be dark and menacing, then humourous.
It takes you on a kind of a journey
For example, last gig it started with an appetizer of that jazzy sax honking jitterbug jam called JITTERBUG
Then a first course gentler Psychedelic tunes,
Then stopped to belted down a shot each of Scott Walker and Johnny Cash,
Then second course was more fury and passionate rockness
and the jazzy and dangerous Sidewinder to close
ANDY NEWMAN: Bass,... Six out of seven guitarists who have worked with Andy, say things like, "Yeah, Id rather have ANDY" and "Andy is real good" and other superlatives.
We claim our door charge is justified just to hear Andy and his Alembic or his surreal looking stand-up bass. Andy also happens to be a superb pianist.
GED CORBEN: As well as being a Lime Spider and founding member of the Cruel Sea has been a "folky" in "Wheelers and Dealers". Anything with more than 4 strings, Ged has for breakfast. Ged played with PJ PROBY once !!
JON SCHOFIELD: Has played consistently in the local scene and elsewhere since Grooveyard in the early 80's. and since with Paul Kelly and coloured girls, Ian Rilen's Hell To Pay, the Stepfords, and the Wet Suits, Recently played piano and wrote the score for the documentary "Remembrance", a tribute to Australian WWII veterans. Loves trying to sing with Sisto.
JEFFERY WEGENER :Just back from a playing in UK, with Ed Kuepper, and Nick Cave.
Jeffery found himself drawn to "Project Smoothie" Why? He says he cant tell you
BUT he will show you !! At these two up coming gigs !!!
MADELEINE CHASE: A singer/songwriter, guitarist, and a teacher of singing,
8 years with the Skolars, and since a solo artist , cabaret and an amazing dancer when she feels like it.MARK SISTO: First visible to Sydney audiences as Radio Birdman's "Minister of Defence" (that's another story), then as singer with post Radio Birdman band the VISITORS, now very much at home with a 12-string onboard, and a female voice to harmonise with occasionally. Sounds nice and sweet, huh? Well, here's how it looked through foreign eyes...
AN OBSERVATION FROM THE HARD HITTING FRENCH BAND, "HOLY CURSE"
___________"Very of black vêtu as to his practice"______________________
".....this good damaged old man of Sisto Mark to the song .
They attack by excellence a "When the Man Comes Around" of Johnny Cash.
They give in a register more arty that us, although their base is very
rock' roll - enough Velvetien in fact. These guys have an exceptional
level, that plays serious. I appreciate much the presence of Mark on
scene, very of black vêtu as to his practice. it declame and tells,
as much as it sings"
"...the only reference to 60's-70s Detroit I could recognize is Mark Sisto's dancing. Remember these MC5 footage, with Wayne Kramer(i think ROB TYNER right?) doing some kind of slip and slide across the stage. Well, Sisto's got it all the same. No doubt he was raised through Motown.. It is often in extreme cases , but with this key of genius which makes that that becomes beautiful.
It has this very theatrical way to cut out the words and to throw them to
us to the vusage. This type is an actor at least as much that singer. It
benefits from all the situations and ties up a chick with her cable of
microphone and is useing her leg for a micstand, with Mark Sisto, as the sour icing on top. Holy Curse's guitar player said that Mark Sisto's singing and dancing reminded him of Italian movies from the 60s. I'm more into German cabaret but I get his point too. Tying up the girl upfront with the mike lead was probably less frightening than Sisto's preaching on 'The Man Comes Around.'""...this impromptu duet is completely captivating and mimicry of the two
protagonists would undoubtedly not have displeased to a scenario writer
as Fellini... the concert finishes but one will not lie down immediately."When The Man Comes Around
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