I know some of you have already seen it

But if you haven’t

Here’s one of my most fave clips ever

A funny as fuck, fuck it up version of an Aussie classic

Every time I see him do this live, I laugh like it was the first time

For those of you that haven’t already…..meet my Dadddio!

Obviously *I* take after Mum

I am that

But even with all the God-Jesus-church-amen and hallelujahs going on in this clip

I still love it

It made me smile

And without trying to sound all Oprah-y

It made my heart sing a wee bit

Don’t panic

I’ll be back to the dick jokes before you know it

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Years ago, when I was a cunt-cunt-country singer

I was always getting compared to

And mistaken for

Beccy Cole

As much as that was a compliment to me

I always felt bad for her, if she had people coming up and telling her that she reminded them of me

“….geez Bec, you’re a lot like that little blonde sheila from WA. You know, the little bucket mouth one who swears all the time!”

I’m thinking it was more to do with the fact that, when either of us smile

We both look like a baby grand piano with the lid up

So yeah, sorry if that ever happened Ms Cole

Anyhoo

Beccy has a brand new album out

That went straight to the Australian country music top 10, the week it was released

And so it should have

It is without a doubt, her best ever

That she wrote EVERY track on

And, in a move that almost NO artist does

She used her touring band to play on the album

If you like country

If you like great songwriting

Songs & Pictures would be a fab addition to your music collection

How awesome is the clip too?

Although I can’t work out if it’s kinda cruel to the dog or not

He seems OK

Fuck it

I’m signing Fluffy and I up for salsa lessons anyway

read day one (part 1) here

read day one (part 2) here

read day two (part 1) here

read day two (part 2) here

read day two (part 3) here

read day three (part 1) here

The crowd wasn’t at capacity yet

But once Dad walked on stage

People came from all over

Out of the bars, restaurants – wherever they were

I don’t think they could quite believe that they were seeing Kevin Bloody Wilson

Live

IN JAPAN?

Dad got Dave Gleeson out for a quick duet

They did a rockin’ version of Islands In The Stream Rootin’ In The Back Of The Ute

The crowd loved it

But not half as much Dad & Dave did

Those two fell about as much in love as two hetrosexual boob loving boys can

Want to know how to keep the crowd busy whilst setting up in between bands?

Half naked Brazillian dancers

Wiggling their bits

And wobbling their womanhood all over the place

We shared a dressing room

And it was enough to drive a normal girl to drink

So I did

And yes, they REALLY were all *Brazillian* down tharr

I didn’t ride in this balloon ’cause I’m chicken shit

The line was long

And I was already in line for the schochu every 15 minutes

Priorities, peeps

The The Angels played a smoking set

With Dave Gleeson as their lead singer

Who, by the way,  completely kicks arse and brings new life to the band

Dude is a complete nutter on stage

I fucking loved it

Almost as much as Mum & Dad

Who were totally rocking out down the front, singing to “Am I Ever Gona See Your Face Again”

The Aussies reading would know their line, right?

NO WAY GET FUCKED, FUCK OFF!

But wait, there’s more…but not right now ’cause it’s 4am & I’ve got to help Diamond put up the Halloween decorations. As you do.

read day one (part 1) here

read day one (part 2) here

read day two (part 1) here

read day two (part 2) here

After paddling gorillas and mountaintop lunches

Our day was still going strong

But we were a bit knackered and gladly accepted offers to carry our guitars

It was sound check time!

For part of the year, this location is covered in snow and skiers

At this time of year, it made the perfect location for an outdoor music festival

I’ve played in a lot of places over the years

But none, matched the beauty and scenery of this stage’s backdrop

Not even Narrogin *cough*

Luckily all signs were in English too

Making it all a little less confusing for us Kalgoorlie kids

Did you know that Japan has mosquitos?

Me either

But now….NOW… I know

We weren’t at soundcheck long

We got off easy

Between the local crew’s efficiency

And the Kiwi and Aussie crew’s making sure we had everything we needed

It was a short & sweet end to the day

Just seeing the stage, and the fabbo location

Got me all excited for the gig the next day

See? This is my excited face

Not to be confused with my, holy-shit-I-am-being-eaten-alive-by-killer-mossies-that-don’t-speak-Australian face

But wait, there’s more…but not right now, ’cause my flight’s about to board (wait, didn’t I use that BS excuse already?)

1. My credit card will forever cry out in pain whenever I walk into a Pumpkin Patch but Macaroni & Magoo will look cute
2. Electric blankets do not a husband make, but damn they’re awesome on cold nights
3. Nothing puts Mum into a tail spin like a faulty washing machine, or a dicky iron
4. And while we’re on the subject of Mum, don’t fuck with her, you WILL lose
5. When in NZ, apparently it’s the Australians who become the sheep shaggers (like fuck we do)
6. All Māori people can sing. Without exception, really, really well
7. Driving through NZ is like being in the middle of a big arse, month long postcard. Not one day has gone by without some kind of mind blowing scenery
8. Kiwi crowds are THE best to try out new songs on. You can blame 3/4 of the next album on them!
9. I can eat rack of lamb for dinner EVERY FUCKING NIGHT thankyouverymuch
10. THE most essential tool I have for touring is Skype
11. This country is like a second home for Mum & Dad – complete with friends in every town & city – and you know what that means….morning tea and scones…huzzah!
12. NZ is the only country I’ve been to more than twice, where I still souvineer shop. I can’t get enough of the artwork over here….lurve it! Diamond if you’re reading this, Imma gonna need a bigger house!
13. Māoris make THE cutest babies on the planet but I couldn’t find where to buy one
14. It doesn’t matter if you go to the gym every day, the rack of lamb and hokey pokey will always win and my pants will come a fat second
15. 8 out of 10 TV channels have rugby showing, 24 hours a day
16. I’ve always believed that Aussies have the best sense of humour on the planet…but I think it might just be a draw now with our Kiwi cousins, funny fuckers
17. When I’m cold I whinge. A LOT
18. Yelling your box off at the GPS will get you nowhere. I’m serious, we’ve been to nowhere at least 5 times this trip
19. For a country that, since we’ve been here, has had an earthquake, a tornado and been covered in an ash cloud fuck, maybe we’re bad luck? – the peeps here do NOT STOP SMILING. And it’s contagious                                                                                                                                                                     
20. You CAN do a u-turn on a major freeway if your in your sixties and your life’s motto is DILLIGAF
21. When Dad starts over-sharing with gems like, “Man, my nut sack was on the wrong side of my pants for the whole second half of my show tonight. Talk about uncomfortable” - it must be nearly time to go home

10 shows in the bag

And 11 more to go

With homemade treats backstage (thanks Mel)

And some funny fuckers out the front

It’s not hard to have fun over here

And Dad…

Well, we all know what keeps him happy

Most of them make me excited

Like some of the solo shows I have coming up

I start the NORTHERN TERRITORY shows in a couple of weeks

Heiny & I are going to do those shows Thelma & Louise style….AGAIN!

She’s never been to the Territory before

So 3 shows at Granites Mining Site where I’m going to find her a husband The first show there is at 7:30am….yes A-fucking-M! I think the first set could be classes as modern/interparative musings. Whereby the audience sits for 45 minutes, watching me sitting in my PJs, drinking coffee.

Then onto DARWIN (Humpty Doo) where our first stop will toady be HERE!

ALYANGULA (Groote Eylandt) there’s a saying…NO ROOTS ON GROOTE. Don’t tell Heiny, or she won’t come

And NHULUNBUY (Gove) you haven’t been to the Territory, unless you’ve been to Gove. I heart the place, big time

I just love trying to saying the names

Humpty Dooooooooo anyone?

Some more solo shows have been confirmed for September too

In a addition to GERALDTON, there’s now

KALGOORLIE (WA)

COLLIE (WA)

LANCELIN (WA)

And in Victoria, I’ll be heading to

BRIGHTON BEACH

SOUTH MORANG

And MULGRAVE

All the details are to the left in the tour dates column. Or you can see more on the complete gig page

I know there are some solo Sydney, and possibly Adelaide shows being finalised soon too

Will keep you posted

But right now my immediate focus is on a gig I just found out about this morning

That’s for next Monday

It’s the one I think I’m most nervous about

It’s only to a group of about 16

A private function I guess you could call it

They’ve asked me to keep it clean

I promised I would

It’s not something I would ever normally say yes to

But they asked so nicely

And then Magoo got in on the act

And gave me her never fail, puh-weeeease Mummy face

So I caved

I am now doing a show next week

For Magoo’s PRESCHOOL CLASS!

Magoo is excited beyond words

Well, not really ‘beyond’ words

‘Cause she hasn’t shut up

“….oh Mummy it going to be so gweat. They will wuv your singing so much. You can sing anything you want. Any song in the world Mummy…

…as long as it’s by Katy Perry”