Could someone explain to a poor non-Kiwi the significance of the Dolphin referenced in Miracle Sun? Great tune, but I have no idea what I'm singing along...
Sort of got the impression it was about a child's view of going to see the dolphins. Getting excited. the car journey, etc. If that makes any sense lol. ...
I don't know if it's based on a real event or not, but I took the song to be about how a person's miraculous experience (healing, good luck, etc.) becomes a...
... I think it's this (Hokianga is the place name in the video): from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokianga _Opo the dolphin_ << Opononi became famous...
Nice one Carolyn. Sort of thing that I'd have thought would inspire someone like Don. Cheers: Alan C. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Thanks for the info! I would never have guessed any of that! Is this still a well-remembered story in NZ? Or is Don digging through the archives of public...
Nice one Spence. I enjoyed reading that. Has anyone thought about doing a Mutton Birds Myspace page btw? Can't seem to find one. Could work well with your...
I purchased Warm Hand about four weeks ago. Have to say when I first heard it I really liked it but thought with the pace of the some of the tracks it may be...
Hi folks , I was just surfing around to see if I could download Don's album anywhere and stumbled across www.amplifier.co.nz . You can buy individual tracks...
hi all this just arrived in my email... Enjoy you Aucklanders! cheers Dan Don McGlashan & the Seven Sisters Saturday 26 August @ Kings Arms, Auckland with the...
wucked. a great pub for a gig too! one of my favourites. let's hope they rock it up for the punters.... a few punchy versions of upbeat numbers from the don...
Hope you have a meatpie for me on the way to/from the gig! I have been enjoying the Lawrence Arabia/Reduction Agents' new releases. Their Honorary Bedouin...
Folks, As has already been mentioned on here, Don's got a gig coming up on 26th August. For those interested, the poster for it can be downloaded from the news...
great. thanks. got my ticket. who else is going? brodie ... // This email is sent by a U2.com member. U2, Signatures Network and their respective affiliates...
Isn't it funny when you look for something and you cannot find it, but at the same time you find 100 other things you had been looking for a long time and even...
hi hope the attachment gets through. Check out http://www.chchwritersfest.co.nz/programme/calendar.html The guts is... Taking us home New Zealand’s most...
Wow, sounds like quite a week! Any chance you'll get to go? Sean Donnelly gets a much deserved mention, too. Ace. Reckon Rachael King is the Rachael King from...
ah, you may be right about Rachael King. Here's a National Radio listing about her... 10.05am Playing Favourites: Rachael King Bass player for Flying Nun band...
from NZMusic: The finalists for the 2006 APRA Silver Scroll Award, NZ's most prestigious songwriting prize, have been announced. The finalists are: * Dann...
... And on the 2006 New Zealand Music Awards website: http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/awards2006/newsitem.asp?id=188 _NZ Music Awards technical awards finalists...
Apologies if this has been posted already (I'm getting forgetful in my old age), but even if it has, you should go and have another listen - Don and band on...
Excellent Spence. I haven't heard this before. The album just gets better for me. Cheers: Alan. http://www.myspace.com/themuttonbirds [Non-text portions of...
... I'll give it a try when the CD I'm playing has finished (the Mutton Birds first :) ) I can't get the audio on this to work. (Maybe because I'm using...