Posted by pat on March 24, 2006 at 18:45:43:
In Reply to: Re: Mal Eastick's real posted by Simon V. on December 06, 2005 at 05:07:54:
we`r so glad to hear Mals back on stage and well but have had no other confirmation of this and don`t want to get our hopes up just to be dissapointed and saddened again. We have been waiting so long to hear of any good news about Mal and if this is true you have made not only our day but our whole year! We caught Mals shows whenever we could in Perth and experienced some of the best musical nights of our lives. Please keep us posted of up coming events and news of any kind, we have missed Mal so much as have a lot of others in West Oz, I`m still wearing the t shirt i bought at one of his early gigs in Perth in the early 80`s it`s a bit holey now but it keeps me close to him, i`v had to replace southern line a couple of times as well due to thieves with good musical taste. All our prayers love and best wishes are with Mal.: : A worthy follow up to "The Southern Line" , "Spirit" is laced with Mal's thoughtful and muscular guitar playing.The whole band interact as equals, this recording confirms yet again that Australian Blues is blessed with artful music, and with enough venom to continue Mal's esteemed reputation. A feeling of space and time pervades the music, giving the listener a chance to let go and allow the music to carry you along for the ride.This is not an exercise in "too many notes" , or walls of noise suitably compressed and expanded.Highly Recommended for those who like clean, clear production without any feeling of synthetics or artificial production tricks......It is great to see that Mal is back on the stage after so long away.Mal has lived the blues, and we all know it will come through into the Music.I am sure all his fans are very happy for you Mal, Sandy and the family. Cant wait to catch up at a gig.