NEW PUDDLE CD OUT NOW!!!
The Shakespeare Monkey, available from Fishrider Records (see my Top Friends)
The Puddle LIVE at Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers, Sat. 10th Jan. 2009
George Henderson has been a cult figure flying beneath New Zealand music's radar since he formed The Puddle in 1984 in Dunedin.
Despite releases on Flying Nun and a French label, George Henderson's been less than prolific, and the classic ‘Songs for Emily Valentine’ album from 1993 only saw the light of day this century.
A drug habit and jail time didn't help, but a sideline as vocalist and guitarist in Dunedin band Mink revived him somewhat.
Now Auckland-based, Henderson released an album last year and has two more slated for release in 2008.
Fan Graeme Humphreys (Abel Tasmans, Humphreys & Keen aka legendary broadcaster Graeme Hill) interviews one of New Zealand's sharpest lyricists and musical thinkers.
..This next quote is about G.D.H. not by him: What a great night!The Puddle looked and sounded the best I have seen in years with George D on exceptional form. Some of the new songs were pretty damn cool too.
Is it true Neil Finn declared George one of the country's best song writers?
(I really dunno about that last; this gig was 6/9/06 ReFuel, as on YouTube below; comments posted by lime pickle on dunedinmusic.com events forum)....:::!:::....
George also plays with Mink (see my friends, below).
::::THE PUDDLE's classic CD "SONGS FOR EMILY VALENTINE" - OUT NOW on POWERTOOLS and also available .. ...:::::.GDH4HOMT4EVA.:::.119076158"It is the duty of the artist to paint beautiful women and beautiful places. The exclusion of sex appeal from poetry, painting and sculpture is nonsense. On the contrary, all arts are an expression of desire -- exciting desirable life, exulting desirable death. . . ." (cheeky paraphrase of letter from W.B.Yeats to the BBC. Read the whole in context here ).:::
A Puddle Discography with MP3s and reviews is at insanitywetrust.com :::::::::::::
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The video below is on YouTube "the puddle what I believe". Video by fr. Ian Henderson of The Dark Beaks.
