12/26/2023 0 Comments Youtube gitbox rebellionJust being reminded of the bond people have with their dogs - it makes your heart happy.” We’ve been absolutely knocked out by the reaction from people. Some people added the names of their dogs, with Poncho from Seattle, Bella from California, and even a dog named Kokomo. The first acoustic video there are about 40 dogs the second one we tried to get in as many as possible, about 160.” “I’m not sure how many we ended up with in the end. “They arrived within a day and a half and I thought bloody hell we can’t put that many in a video. Less than 48 hours from posting the request for dog photos on their Kokomo Facebook page, Derek had to put out a second message, as he’d already received nearly 200 photos. as they frequently go live on Facebook in their recording studio. If country music is your thing, Operatunity will be performing Tennessee Waltz at Holy Trinity next week. Also head to Totara Street or Jack Dusty’s for more live music. Music Month in Tauranga is also an opportunity to head to The Jam Factory for live shows by The Artist RED, Chris Thompson & The Dirt Band, Miles Calder, Yaw Asamadu & Ozi Ozaa, The Gitbox Rebellion, Derek Toner, Satellite Sessions, and local college bands. You see a picture of a dog lying in the sun. “I was looking at the pictures of some of his dogs on the wall actually… he had lovely big collies… and it just came into my mind… Sundog… just seemed like a really good word. “Earlier this year, Nigel from the Boatshed, he used to have dogs, but he hasn’t for a while now,” says Derek. Ideas for songs spark from all sorts of places. There’s been quite a few albums and gigs since then by members Derek, Nigel Masters, Grant Bullot, Sonia Bullot and Ian Gilpin. Getting along together led them on to making their first album ‘The Old Original Kokomo Blues’. Back then they played ‘Dust My Broom’ and ‘No way To Get Along’ to much enthusiastic applause from the audience. “We’re leading towards a couple of albums eventually.”Īlso coincidentally this is the 30 th year the band has been playing, having sprung into life after a gig at the Tauranga National Jazz Festival in 1991. “The last three singles we’ve put out as electronica and acoustic versions. But that was really a coincidence,” says Kokomo frontman Derek Jacombs. Videos of both an acoustic and electronica version of the song were released on their Facebook page and YouTube at the beginning of May and both are packed full of dog photos. The five members of Tauranga blues and roots band Kokomo thought so too.Īfter putting out a request across social media in March, they managed to rope in a virtual pile of doggy photos under the theme of their newly released single ‘Sundog’. He has also been known to play a Glissentar, made by Godin – an 11 string fretless acoustic instrument at the crossroads between East and West, a deeply resonant Oud-like variation on the guitar.NZ’s Music Month is a good time to tune into local bands and musicians, staying ahead of the winter blues with a fresh dose of new as well as much-loved and nostalgic Kiwi music. His beloved acoustic seven-string guitar was hand-made from native New Zealand Kauri tree woods by the master luthier Laurie Williams. Nigel’s original compositions are a cross-cultural combination of a vast variety of musical traditions and philosophical influences. Following this international collaboration, he was further hired to tour around the world with them, giving concerts and workshops, as well as to work on several of their albums. In 1990, he received an invitation from Robert Fripp, of ‘King Crimson’ fame, to travel to the US in order to teach the latter’s own guitar ensemble ‘Guitarcraft’ some of his ‘Gitbox’ techniques and material. At first a visitor, now a resident, Nigel has long been a featured player in New Zealand’s eclectic music scene, particularly in Auckland, playing guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass, glissentar – indeed, almost anything with strings – with the Nairobi Trio, the Fondue Set, the Jews Brothers, Lorina Harding, Wayne Gillespie, Whirimako Black, Richard Adams, Caitlin Smith, the Blue Bottom Stompers, Below the Bassline, Jonathan Besser’s Bravura and his own Snorkel, to name just a few.Īn active and keen mentor to young artists, Nigel is the founder and director of the Gitbox Rebellion ensemble. The distance from Nigel Gavin’s Long Island, New York birthplace to Auckland, New Zealand, where he now lives, may explain the original working title for his album Thrum - Off the Beaten Track. Nigel Gavin Guitarist, composer & Gitbox Rebellion founder.
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