“Last night (Sat) at the Great Club in Sydney's Marrickville, a rolling triumph. Dave, solo and acoustic with brand new songs, a brace of wistful glances back at childhood, fam and hometown, and not quite like anything that has come before from this extraordinary maker of sonic stories. Then more with lifetime offsider and partner of all labours CLARE MOORE, multi-instrumentaling it on melodica then piano before making those drums sing and wail like few can. And then a 'power trio' as Dave described it, and it was, with the mid-set appearance of a local (Sydney) bassplayer, Gregory Thorsby, who knocked everyone flat with jazz and funk stylings that would not have been out of place in Weather Report, Sly And The Family Stone or the classic Miles Davis rosary of albums from 1967-74. This, a perfect reinvention of all the diamonds from the vast Graney-Moore back catalogue. All this and 'Traumatic Shit,' a kind of talking blues that gave Derek And Clive a run for their money. We split our britches laughing, I tells ya. Yea, among the two sets of wonder and stardust, personal faves like 'That Old Swagger', 'Wilco Got No Wilco', 'Night Of The Wolverine', uberclassic 'You're JUst Too Hip, Baby', and an encore featuring a mighty Ronsonesque wigout guitar solo that took off the tops of our heads. The new album '( strangely) ( emotional)' is out in April. All I can say is GET IN”.

Mark Cornwall author and musician