My name is Stevie Taylor. I’m getting the stories of the musicians, producers, performers and industry people from Australia, NZ and beyond, and bringing them to you. I think we’re rolling...
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4 days ago
4 days ago
Yo, Stevie Taylor here.
A little bonus episode for you today.
As you may know, I was born and raised in a small town in Wairarapa region on NZ called Masterton.
Recently I was invited onto a local Wairarapa radio show called Everyday People on Arrow FM. Hosted by Camille Watkins.
If you want to hear a little bit about my early days back there in NZ and how we got to be where we are today, keep listening.
Hope you dig it.
This conversation was recorded 05/03/25
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Thursday Apr 10, 2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
My guest today, well he’s no stranger to the show. Hamish Stuart is back.
Hamo’s first appearance on the show was back in early 2020, and he was also part of the Stevie Gadd Spotlight episode panel.
He’s back to talk about what’s he’s been up to, including working with Jim Moginie, Rob Hirst, Jade MacRae, Don Walker and a bunch of others. Always fun hanging with Hamo. I hope you dig it.
Check out Hamish's instagram
This conversation was recorded 20/04/2025
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Sunday Mar 23, 2025
Sunday Mar 23, 2025
My guest today is Tim Baltes.
Tim is a drummer and producer from Wisconsin in the US who now lives in France.
You may know Tim from his kooky and whacky instagram page timbofromkeno, but I got to know who Tim was through his Drumless Tracks on Bandcamp. A wonderful resource for drummers.
In this conversation, we talk about all of that and more. Hope you dig it.
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This conversation was recorded 14/03/2025
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Monday Mar 10, 2025
Monday Mar 10, 2025
My guest today is Andy Bickers.
Andy is a saxophone player, originally from New Zealand and now living in Australia.
From NZ bands Backdoor Blues Band, Smokeshop and Netherworld Dancing toys, to a long time association with Midnight Oil, a few Eagles gigs here and there, to just recently coming off the road with Cold Chisel on their 5-0 tour…Andy is a session saxophonist, jazz to the roots but a rock n roll attitude. This was an awesome hang. Hope you dig this conversation.
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This conversation was recorded 25/02/2025
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Sunday Feb 09, 2025
Sunday Feb 09, 2025
My guest today is Sydney Drummer, Dom Cabrera.
You may have seen Dom play with 3PerCent, Jess Mauboy, Conrad Sewell, Sexy Sunday Jam, Milan Ring and many others.
Dom is endorsed by Sonor Drums and Ufip cymbals.
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This conversation was recorded 31/01/2025
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Sunday Oct 27, 2024
Sunday Oct 27, 2024
My guest today is the mighty Mark Williams.
A lot of you have most likely heard Mark's smash hit Show No Mercy which was pretty massive in the 90s, and he had another big hit in NZ in the 70s with Yesterday Was Just the Beginning of My Life, but there are many other facets to Mark career.
He’s a great song writer, he’s been a session singer, and back up vocalist for the likes of Jenny Morris, Ian Moss and many others.
Did you know that he sang the original version of the Home and Away theme song?
For the last 18 years, Mark has been the lead singer of Dragon, which he was asked to join in 2006.
After 50 years in the music industry, Mark has come full circle and a half and to celebrate his mighty career, he’s putting on a show on November 28th at The Bridge Hotel Rozelle called Mark Williams. - “Now and Then”
Mark’s daughter Taylor B-W is the support act doing her own set of Pop RnB and drum n bass.
For more info on Mark, check out the links
This conversation was recorded 03/10/2024
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Sunday Oct 13, 2024
Sunday Oct 13, 2024
My guest today…well, this is something a bit different. The Kumpnee is a band that I have been a part of since 2011. The history of the band goes back much earlier than that. We are 5 kiwis, based in Australia that wrote and played some pretty awesome music.
We came close to hitting the mark of success together but fell short. But through all that we remain close and the music we made is there, its magic to us, and it’s there, for you, forever.
Listen to us dissect where we are from, what we did, how we did it and where we are now.
The Kumpnee is Ronnie Lavender, Josh Gage, Gino Hawkins, Huia Ratapu and Stevie Taylor.
The Kumpnee on facebook
The Kumpnee on Spotify
This conversation was recorded 10/03/2024
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Monday Sep 30, 2024
Monday Sep 30, 2024
My guest today, well Joe Accaria is back!
Joe and I first sat down together for a chat in early 2019 for what became episode 32.
It was great to sit down again after 5 years and chat about what he’s been up too. The progression of the stage show Velvet, the inception of Drummer Queens. We talk about drums and drummers, electric vs acoustic and he gave me a vocal lesson.
He also has a new project, with his mates, called Lakemba Sound Machine.
Always good times hanging with Joe. Hope you dig it too.
For more on Joe, check out joeaccaria.com
As mentioned, check out Dubbo Championship Wrestling Cast Album
This conversation was recorded 26/09/2024
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Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
To celebrate Harry's 75th birthday on Tuesday 23/4/24, here is his 2020 interview in replay.
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 lead guitar for pop idol Johnny Young, and later joined Tony Gaha And The In People. A fortunate encounter with sax great Geoff Oakes started Harry's lifelong love affair with soul music. During these years Harry discovered bass-giant, James Jamerson, whose legendary bass style became Harry's true inspiration on the bass. Jamerson, the great Chuck Rainey and Jerry Jemmott became the three gentlemen of bass who inspired Harry's own unique bass style.
Harry has played with a host of Australian and NZ greats. Mother Earth, Renee Geyer, Kevin Borich, Australian Crawl, Tommy and Phil Emmanuel, Barry Leef, Marcia Hines Jimmy Barnes and countless others.
A workhorse of a musician, a true Australian music legend, this has kept Harry in the game for 53 years and counting.
This one’s a cracker. So sit back back and open your ears to some of the life and times of Mr Harry Brus.
This conversation was recorded 05/10/2020.
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Sunday Apr 21, 2024
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
My guest today is Kerry Jacobson.
Kerry is a drummer, original from Wellington NZ until he moved to Sydney to join Dragon.
He played on all thos big Dragon hits such as "April Sun in Cuba", "Are You Old Enough" and "Rain" to name a few.
Kerry also plays in Mondo Rock and has been the longtime tubsman for Ian Moss.
He also has his own band, Filthy Animals.
For more info on Kerry, see links below:
This conversation was recorded 11/04/2024
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