I’m looking forward to Monday. I’ll be playing an interview during my radio programme that I recorded a couple of days ago with Ian Simpson of the Sensitive New Age Cowpersons. (He’s the one with the banjo on the right.)
I’ve seen the ‘Cowpersons’ in concert a few times and they always provide a great show. As well as being darn fine musicians, they’re very funny guys.
Their website says, “Australia’s premier comedy bluegrass band, the Sensitive New Age Cowpersons pack their classic rock songs with great original material, and deliver them all bluegrass style. There’s hot banjo picking, even hotter harmony singing – and not quite so hot bodies.
The Cowpersons’ heady mix of some of the ‘bentest’ original country music ever written and eclectic repertoire of classic songs have taken them from their home town of Fremantle, Western Australia, to headline performances at folk and country festivals around Australia and as far a field as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. As musician/humorist Greg Champion has noted, they’ve proved “the hardest act to follow” he’s ever “had the misfortune to come across”.
They’ll be launching their new album, Other People’s Greatest Hits, at the Fly By Night Musicians Club, Fremantle, next Friday night. I’ve had a bit of a listen and it’s certainly one to add to your collection.
If you want a taste of their music and their humour, be listening to 98.5 Sonshine FM at around 11:10 a.m. on Monday. If you’re not in the Perth area you can listen on-line by clicking here. (You can find out what time it’ll be in your part of the world by clicking here.)
Posted by Rodney Olsen
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