Here it is the place to get the low down on latest gigs and how they went. Basically Casual Six like nothing more than having a good time and throwing a bit of stick at each other. Seeing as we ain't no Rock Stars we have our very own roving reporter that travels almost anywhere to see us play, he always has a kind word - but that's probably because he is a friend and also related to one of our members. Some of the comments may make no sense to some but others will get a good laugh.

An example of one past review below..............................................

PORT ADELAIDE HOCKEY CLUB GETS A DOSE OF SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK AND ROLL!!


Hyped up on Red Bulls and snakes, "Casual Six" were back to rock the Hockey
Club, arousing some of the crowd into fits of Passion!

Yes, "Casual Six", those highly polished, effervescent, musical afficiado's
of the Lefevre peninsula, were back again, by popular request, at the Port
Hockey Club.(Strangley enough however, those who requested this repeat
performance seemed to have failed to turn up!)

Crowds were down this time due to another musical performance at Bonython
Park involving fireworks. I'm sure Guy-Fawkes Wightman could have arranged
something to rival this, but the casualty rate may have been deemed
unacceptable.

Unfortunately on advice from my wife, I no longer take notes at the bands
gigs, as apparently I look like a wanker when I take out my pad and pen
during the performances. Therefore I apologize up front if my report "has
many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly
inaccurate." Know that I am turning to the dark side of 40 my memory ain't
what it used to be.

After a late start, the band fired up with "Let me entertain you" to keep
the Robbie fans on side. This is always a great version, and I was
originally surprised to see many of the locals up and dancing straight
away.(I later found out however, that they had been drinking all afternoon,
and were in fact dancing before any music had started!)

The first set included all the old favourites, including "Just a Girl",
"Whip it" and "Turning Japanese", and a few newbie's in "Take me out" and
"Alone with you". All the vocals from Tammie "The Sheila", Phil "Da Man"
and Craig "the Anchor" where clear and strong and appears Phil wasn't just
sitting down the back making spit balls at his singing classes after all.
One of the locals, "Char" took control of the dance floor early, and took the
whole "Combat disco" to a new level (Sorry Heather, I think you've been
dethroned.) As the music stirred the passions, "Char" became overwhelmed,
grabbed Denise "Cartwheel" in a bear hug and gave her what could only be described as a tonsillectomy on the dance floor.
Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, "Char" was eventually red carded and
sent home after a successful spear tackle of one of her team-mates.

After a break, the band were back with a little "Calypso", and "Copperhead
Road", which Craig has made his own!. Tammie's vocals on "Kids in America"
had everyone singing along, and Phil belted out the married man's lament
"Gimme Head"(Phil always sings this with such sincerity).Two more newbie's
were added to this set, "Holiday" and "Nutbush". "Nutbush" seemed to throw
Noel (White man can't dance) Stubberfield into confusion, as he raced onto
the dance floor trying to stomp out some imaginary fire! Some more of the
old favourites followed and the set finishes up with the crowd participating
in "Am I ever gonna see your face again".

The final set, always the strongest, started with Tammie taking on "Way to
go", another newbie. One word to describe this, "OWNED". With this song and
"Voodoo Child" you have to ask the question, why battle the traffic to the
Sky Show to see "Rogue Traders" when you can get better versions from the
"Casual Six". Natalie Bassingthwaighte who??? Personally I've never liked
her since she lied to Carl about having his baby, and now that she's
flirting with Ned to stop Elle from going to Tassie, forget it!

Finally a version of "Pretty Vegas', which commanded an encore performance,
took the band to a new level. As Craig once stated at a previous
performance, "I think we nailed it".

I think they did!


Regards
Big (No 1 ticket holder) Al

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