The Gig Life Podcast

My guest today is Stephen Housden. Stephen is regarded as one of the finest guitarists in the world. Well known as guitarist with Little River Band for more that two decades, he has also played and recorded with such music legends as Warren Zevon, Glenn Frey (The Eagles), Dr. John, Christopher Cross, John Entwistle (The Who), Renee Geyer, P.F Sloan, Albert Lee, Steve Cropper, The Seekers, Noel Red...

Hey, welcome to The Gig Life Podcast. Im your host, Stevie Taylor. This is a short Year in Review episode of the podcast. My take on the year that was. Thank you for supporting The Gig Life Podcast in 2020. Stay safe, and i'll catch you in 2021. I think we're rolling... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tu...

My guest today is Calvin Welch. Calvin is a drummer, percussionist, songwriter and performer. He started playing professionally as a 14 year old in his home state of Michigan USA, touring with the who's who of the jazz, funk and soul scene from the 1970s onwards. He moved to LA in the early 1980s where he continued his career as a soul/funk session drummer recording with some of the top producers...

My guest today is Casey Burgess. Casey is a singer/songwriter, dancer, actor and presenter from Sydney. She’s easily recognisable as one of the previous member of internationally acclaimed children’s show, Hi-5 as well as co-presenter on Girl TV. Casey also starred in Annie the Musical alongside Anthony Warlow as well as TV roles on Home Away, White Collar Blue and RAKE as well as many others. You...

My guests today is Australian drummer Greg Henson and his wife Fizz. Greg’s love of drums and “all things hittable” started at school and he has made his living playing drums and percussion ever since. His first musical was the drum chair in “Jesus Christ, Superstar” in 1972. He has played, amongst others, “Betty Blokkbuster Follies” with Reg Livermore, “Rocky Horror Show”,”Rasputin”,“Hair”, “Big...

My guest today is bass player Harry Brus. Born in Austria, Harry and his family moved to Australia when he was 7 years old. Inspired by Hank B Marvin and The Beatles, Harry first picked up the guitar as a teenage. In '65 his band The Amazons scored a record deal with Festival Records and since then he has never stopped working as a professional musician. In '67 Harry jumped at the chance to play l...

My guest today is Virginia Lillye. Explosive and dynamic vocalist Virginia Lillye has wooed audiences across Australia and internationally. Having shared the stage with Gene Simmons, Gilby Clarke, Angry Anderson, Steve Balbi, John Butler, Dan Sultan, John Paul Young, Paul Grey, Jon English, Wendy Matthews, Grace Knight, Phil Emmanuel to name but a few…. she is a force to be reckoned with. Having a...

Stephen Kendall Gadd (born April 9, 1945) is an American drummer, percussionist, and session musician. Gadd is one of the most well-known and highly regarded studio drummers in the industry, recognised by his induction into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1984. Gadd's performances on Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” and "Late in the Evening", Steely Dan's "Aja” , Chick Corea’s "Night...

Today's episode is a little bit different. Back at TGLP episode 93 , my guest was Rob Rhodes. Rob has a Facebook live video show called The Musicians Inn where he invites people on to talk with him about different topics relating to music, the music industry. Ive been very lucky to have been invited onto his show twice now. The first time was back in May 2020 and the topic was podcasting. That was...

My guest today is percussionist, Tony Azzopardi. Tony grew up in Sydney, the youngest of 15 children with his mother and father coming from Malta. Music was always in the family with Tony’s first band being the family band called Africa, with his brother Marz, the drummer of the band, being particularly influential to Tony’s early development as a musician, and as a percussionist. These were the e...

My guest today is bass player Joel Burton. Born in Sydney, raised in the far north coast of NSW, Joel’s first instrument was trumpet before moving to the bass guitar at the age of 14. After studying for a bachelor of music, Joel moved back down to Sydney. There he worked in music shops, managed a specialty bass store, gigged and gigged, turned pro and hasn’t looked back since. Joel plays in the Ra...

My guest today Rob Rhodes. Rob is a singer, guitarist, entertainer, entertainment manager and band owner. Born and raised in Sydney, Rob relocated to the NSW far north coast in 2015. As well as the music stuff Rob has done, he’s also been a Hotel/Pub manger, restaurant manager and venue manager. When COVID 19 hit, Rob used that time to create a couple of Facebook live shows to keep himself busy an...

My guest today is Sydney keyboardist, songwriter and producer Daniel Pliner. From Darth Vegas to Veneno, Watussi, The Sticks , The Strides , Asthmatix, Dereb the Ambassador , The Nick Garbett Quintet , Barefoot Divas, Wallace, Oyobi, 3rdEyeLaserCat and many others, as well as his own project and alter ego PlaneFace , Daniel’s got his fingers in a hugely eclectic body of work. He’s a master keyboar...

My guest today is Andro Martinez. Andro is an outstanding guitarist, audio engineer, producer and songwriter. Andro has worked and played with many of the best which includes Darryl Beatonand the D1 Cartel , Gang of Brothers (which includes Dauno, Banel, Fenix Martinez and Buddy Siolo), he’s recently engineered and mixed Carlos C Major’s upcoming album out of his recording studio Martinez Producti...

My guest today is Tim Firth.   Tim is one of Sydney’s most in-demand drummers. He has performed with some of Australia’s finest jazz musicians including Emma Pask, James Muller, Mike Nock, James Morrison and has toured extensively throughout Australia, Europe, Asia and Cuba.   Tim completed two Bachelor of Music degrees at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and The University of New...

Welcome to The Gig Life Podcast Focus Show. My guest today is Lusi Austin and she has a new EP out now called Walking Contradiction. We will focus on that. Walking Contradiction is Lusi’s first solo studio EP. The songs are a collection of stories based on universal experiences of our shared humanity: love, nostalgia, loneliness, letting go, overcoming and relinquishing control. Some of the songs...

My guest today is Phil Ceberano. Phil has performed, played guitar, recorded and written music with many of the finest musicians this country has to offer over the last 30 years. Phil spent many of his touring and recording years as co-songwriter collaborator and musical director/producer with his sister Kate Ceberano . Phil also runs a school holiday program - Rock Academy for young musicians and...

My guest today is audio engineer, mixer and producer extraordinaire, Anna Laverty. Anna has engineered, recorded, mixed and or produced the likes of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Paul Dempsey, Dallas Frasca, Meg Mac, Kaitlin Keegan, The Peep Tempel, Tina Arena, Lady Gaga, Go Get Mum and many many others. With a very impressive portfolio that speaks for itself, Anna has established a reputation with...

My guest today is Peter Northcote. Pete’s done it all and played guitar for everyone from Dragon, Richard Clapton, Darryl Braithwaite, Glue, High 5, Jenny Morris, The Monkees, Simon Phillips and many others. He’s played on countless recordings, jingles, sound libraries making him one of the most recorded guitarists in Australian history. Throughout his career Pete has continually created his own s...

Garry Pinto is considered one of the greatest Soul and R&B Singers that Australia has produced. His musical background includes fronting the multi platinum selling band, CDB , widely regarded as pioneers of R&B music in Australia, and he has also written songs for a number of Australian artists including Jimmy Barnes, Guy Sebastian, Anthony Callea, Christine Anu, Mr Timothy and Jade Mcrae,...

Jackie Barnes. Born into Australian music royalty as the son of legendary rock singer Jimmy Barnes , it seems Jackie was always destined to be a part of the music industry. He discovered drums at age 5 through watching the great Tony Brock play drums with his father. After finishing high school studies in Sydney, Australia, Jackie began working in the local music scene and eventually auditioned su...

Zoe Hauptmann has become one of the most in demand bass players around with gigs like Missy Higgins, Ian Moss, Paul Kelly and Neil Finn, Justine Clarke, Elana Stone, Tim Minchin, Katie Noonan and many others. Growing up in a musical family on an apple orchid in Canberra, Zoe and her two brothers, Ben and James Hauptmann developed a deep love for the history and traditions of Jazz. Transfixed by th...

Kav Temperley is the lead singer, bassist and songwriter for the legendary Fremantle rockers, Eskimo Joe. The Eskies have made 6 studio albums, 3 of those debuting at number 1 on the Aria Charts and juggernaut Black Finger Nails, Red Wine staying 62 weeks in the Australian top 50, thats just a few of their impressive achievements. A well as Eskimo Joe, Kav co-formed soul collective Basement Birds...

Carmen Smith, originally from western Sydney, is a singer songwriter and performer who has also worked, toured and written extensively with some of Australia’s best artists. Her first experience as a backing vocalist came in 2004 with Guy Sebastian and his first nationwide tour. Since that time Carmen has performed and toured with Diesel (support act), Jessica Mauboy, Stan Walker, Diana Rouvas, Ri...

Jason Bruer is a saxophonist from Sydney. Born and raised in Adelaide, Jason didn’t start playing music till his very late teens. He studied music at Adelaide University in the same year as his brother and sister. That’s a unique story in itself. He played around Adelaide with quintet Small Hours before joining the band Fat Time, which quickly outgrew Adelaide so he moved with the band to Sydney....