Truckload of Sky: The Lost Songs Of David McComb is an upcoming show at Brunswick Ballroom this Saturday October 8 that celebrates the lost songs of Triffids founder, frontman and songwriter, David McComb.
He was a man who personified the nexus between intensity, drive, and vulnerability, while also having an astonishing command over language. He was a man who contributed significantly to the Australian and international music scene. He was a man who died tragically in 1999 at the age of 36.
We all know the classics The Triffids left us from their six brilliant albums, however only David’s closest friends know of the backlog of songs that were left unrecorded before his untimely death in 1999. Over the past couple of years, many of those highly distinguished friends have been bringing to life a treasure trove of these superb songs from his pen.
The Lost Songs Of David McComb’s stellar lineup
- Truckload Of Sky – The Lost Songs Of David McComb
- It’s happening at the Brunswick Ballroom at 6:30pm, Sat 8 October, 2022
- Featuring: Evil Graham Lee & Rob McComb (The Triffids) * Phil Kakulas & J.P. Shilo (Blackeyed Susans, Hungry Ghosts, Rowland S. Howard, Mick Harvey,)* Bruce Haymes * Mark Dawson – Ed Kuepper. Singers: Rob Snarski (Blackeyed Susans) * Romy Vager (RVG) * Alex Gow (Oh Mercy) * Angie Hart (Frente)
- This show includes the option of the Ballroom’s new specially-designed three-course dinner menu, you can find out more about that here
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These are songs that were not recorded, most not yet written, during the Triffids’ span in the 70s and 80s, rather they were written in Melbourne and London in the 90s and never properly recorded for various reasons. They’re not cast-offs, it’s more a case of time running out for their writer, sadly.
They were recorded over a couple of summers by an assemblage of musicians who have good reason to believe they could do them the sort of justice they deserve. Members of the Triffids, the Blackeyed Susans, people who had shared a stage and other delights with the man himself, along with musicians who knew him and loved him through his music.
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