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About Me

Welcome to the bands of Liam O'Connell, Miney Moe and Good Gosh.Good Gosh has become my outlet for 20s/30s style jazz and swing tunes, with more folk-based song writing. I enjoy the lyricism of the early 20th century, but in my music I try to write more about friends, characters, and generally human beings interacting. I am releasing in 2009 an LP entitled 'Mild Wood Swings', which are all original songs about the people and themes in my day-to-day life. I recorded it with musicians I play with regularly in the Jazz world, like Mike McQuaid, Andy and Peter Baylor, Ian Smith, Mark Elton, Leigh Barker and Leon Heale. Alanna Egan features on harmonies from Alanna's Hatties. The LP also ventures in such styles as calypso, gypsy swing, country waltzes and Spanish-Arabic bolero.Miney Moe is a project dedicated to folk-style songs, with jazz influenced harmony. The songs pretty much focus on the introverted and themes of love and human emotion. I have been amassing over the years a collection of recordings and compositions that will probably see the light of day in 2010.Enjoy the tunes!LiamI edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

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Member Since: 09/09/2007
Band Members: Liam O'Connell: Guitar, Vocals, banjo, piano, slide, horns, percussion, programming. I have had the pleasure of playing with heaps of rad Aussie musicians in my 29 years on this earth - our talent is world class: Andy Baylor, Peter Baylor, Rick Dempster, Sam Leman, Ian Smith, Graeme Bell, Len Barnard, Bob Barnard, Michael McQuaid, Sandra Talty, Richard Mander, Jason Downes, George Washingmachine, Steve Grant, Mark Elton, Leon Heale, Don Stewart, Eamon McNelis, Julie O'Hara, Elf Transporter, John Scurry, Jo Stevenson, Barry Wrattan, Ken Schroder, Steve Sedergreen, Allan Brown, Geoff Power, Adrian Cunningham, Harry Harman, Peter Locke, Jim Elliot, Trevor Ripingale, Neil MacBeth, Phillip Sametz and the Mellotones...
Influences: MUSICIAL: bob dylan, jimi hendirx, nat king cole, louis armstrong, nick drake, john lee hooker, leadbelly, robert johnson, hoagy carmichael, eddie lang, lonnie johnson, carl kress, oscar aleman, compay segundo, ibrahim ferrer, ry cooder, earl hines, fats waller, django reinhardt, charlie christian, horace andy, tom waits, bob marley, duke ellington, mingus, joni mitchell, iOTA, jeff buckley, neil young.... OTHERWISE: good times, bad times, the volatile concoction of existence, politics, love, friends, Genevieve Mary Ryan (RIP mate, will always miss ya), family, english poets from Wordsworth to William Carlos Williams, DYlan Thomas, Billy Shakespeare, Blake, Tom Waits, Saul Williams, Lynton Kweisi Johnson, seeing people with their shit together making good things happen.
Sounds Like: GUITAR - The Sweet Lowdowns; Alanna and Alicia Egan Band; Ubiquitous Dub Legitimisers; Sine......BANJO - Red Hot Rhythmakers; Dancehall Racketeers.......VOCALS (3OCLOC BOGEY aka 3oB) - Agency Dub Collective; Organic Intelekt.......BASS - Goat; White Minus Red.
Record Label: Unsigned

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Album mastered!

Picked up the masters today from Barry, so the LP is just about there, well; finished music-wise anyway. Just need to do the art, then raise some dosh for pressing. Exciting! Check the first ditty ...
Posted by on Thu, 28 May 2009 07:52:00 GMT

New Recording on the way

Currently I am putting together a collection of my songs for release. They are of a predominantly 30s nature, influenced by the compositional styles of the swing era, with the odd wiggy twist. It ha...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:05:00 GMT