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Topic: PSG on Australian quiz show |
Brett Foster
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Bellbowrie, Queensland, Australia
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Posted 17 Sep 2009 2:33 pm |
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The Australian ABC (public broadcaster) popular music comedy TV quiz show "Spicks and Specks" gave the PSG some time in the spotlight this week. They have a regular segment where well known pop songs are played by incongruent genre/ethnic bands (jug, gypsy, bouzouki, chamber etc)and the teams have to try to guess the song.
This week the songs were played on PSG by Ed Bates (I think that was the name)on a D10 Emmons.
Got my attention. I've often wondered where they find the (sometimes very strange) genre bands, anyone know Ed and what his usual gigs are?
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Brett Foster,
Brisbane Australia
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Rick Campbell
From:
Sneedville, TN, USA
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Posted 17 Sep 2009 3:30 pm
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And the quiz question was "can you name this instrument?" And the contestants said: "Uh Uh" beep......  |
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Richard Argus
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Perth, Western Australia,
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Posted 17 Sep 2009 5:49 pm
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For those Aussies who missed it (like me!) it is repeated today at 1.30pm.
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Ned McIntosh
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 17 Sep 2009 7:48 pm
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Dang! I missed it three times (once on ABC 1, once on the repeat on ABC 2 and again on the repeat on ABC 1). Can't help with Ed's gigs either.
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Brendan Mitchell
From:
Melbourne Australia
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Posted 18 Sep 2009 9:37 pm
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The first time I heard of Ed was when he played for the Sports { who listens to the radio }. He began playing steel soon after the demise of that band and has been busy ever since .
BTW he is know in my house as Ed bloody Bates as every time my wife asked " who is playing steel for --insert artists name -- ? my answer would be Ed bloody Bates !
If you see this Ed don't worry as we know Garreth as Garreth bloody Costigan !! |
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Jeremy Threlfall
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now in Western Australia
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Posted 21 Sep 2009 9:14 pm
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Ed played a lot with the Black Sorrows (Australian Pop Band), didn't he?
He has also popped up on a Jetty Road (Australian Country band) album I listened to recently
http://www.jettyroad.com/main.html
I saw that Spicks and Specks slot (a very nice suprise). Ed had a great reverb-less sound. Nice and raw and honky.
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