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An
Auckland petrol-head mistakes his wife for a car ....and vice
versa.
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Wayne
Gillespie explained that this song was based
on phone calls and conversations he had when
he was upgrading the band's tour car.
A young solo dad in financial trouble was painfully leaving his carefree youthful days behind. Wayne writes... "Our band's Skoda Sedan was blue, then we updated to the Skoda Fastback (a contradiction in terms I know) which was bumble-bee yellow with red & black racing stripes. Amazingly this car fitted our band (myself, Brendan Power, Denny Stanway and Julian McKeen) and gear for our first tour from Auckland to Wellington in 1984." |
Wayne Gillespie
Wayne
Gillespie was born into a musical family, his father
Mick being a jazz pianist and his sister Sally a
clarinet teacher. He made his professional debut playing
in Paris subways, London folk clubs and Sydney cafes
before returning to Auckland in the early 80's.
His songs have always been written from a psychological
perspective, like "Invercargill" is, and Wayne has
completed an Honours degree psychology with a thesis on
'The Personality of Rock Musicians' at Macquarie
University.
He now works at the University of NSW. He also continues
to record his songs (click
here) and to produce CDs for others.
He
writes...
"I
first heard Leonard Cohen on the NZ National Radio
Folk program in early 70's at age 14 and was inspired
enough to want to become a folkie/songwriter.
He couldn't sing, no flashy guitar and songs about
mosquitos - I can do that!
My
first visit to a folk club many years later was in
response to the Titirangi Folk Club's Songwriting
competition in 1978.
The active encouragement of songwriters through this
competition also I think drew a lot of younger people
to the folk scene in that time in Auckland. Later in
the early 80's the Auckland Varsity Folk club under
the leadership of Chris Priestley, Mike Reid and
others was the impetus for the Auckland Acoustic
Movement of the mid 80's.
The support of The Poles Apart club run by Frank
Winter, and the Devonport Folk Club with Roger Giles was
also vital in
encouraging young performers and songwriters at this
time as well. Although these folk clubs were generally
run by people from the traddie world there was a real
tolerance and acceptance of contemporary acoustic
musicians as well.
I think the tradition of acceptance of floor singers
of all types by folk clubs is a crucial aspect of
developing new talent. In turn they also become
influenced by the traditional music they hear there."
The
Ballad Writers' Toolbox
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Invercargill on Record
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Invercargill Chords
Less experienced guitarists may like to put a capo on their second fret and play chordshapes Am Fmaj Am F7 Bm, and then add the bass fingering as your skill improves.
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Invercargill
-© Wayne Gillespie 1985 -Key Bm |
Geriatric Blues, 2005
Wayne's latest song, closer to Dave Jordan's style than to Leonard Cohen's.
Hear Dave Gillespie and blues harp virtuoso Brendon Power performing this live at the Paddington RSL in 2006. PLAY
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Geriatric Blues -© Wayne Gillespie 2005 -Key A or E
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Hear
Dave Gillespie and blues harp virtuoso Brendon Power
performing this live at the Paddington RSL in 2006. MP3.com
Girls
in Our Town
Bob Hudson
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Girls
in our town, they just haven't a care |
Published on web 14 Jan 2006