Midge Marsden and The Indicators Live (Vinyl, Peak Records, 1983) ****
Genre: NZ Music, blues rock
Places I remember: Real Groovy Records
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Slow Walk Jive Talk
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Slow Walk Jive Talk
Gear costume: Caledonia
They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5
Active compensatory factors: Midge Marsden is a Kiwi blues harmonica player from Taranaki.
That's about as solid as it gets in NZ music!
I've owned his Connection album a couple of times. I was attempting to be a Mandrill Records completist at one point but ran out of puff. Problem with Connection is that I want it to be better than it is I think, although it is bookended by two classic Midge Marsden moments - as highlighted above.
BTW - I love his sleeve notes - nowhere else in the world would the thanks section include Little Feat (for everything) and the Opunake R.F.C. Ha ha!!
Live is an EP recorded at The Gluepot Easter 1983. Again - there is nothing more solid than The Gluepot as a pub venue in Auckland.
Seems that Midge and the boys are best sampled live. Ta Rutherford appears on both of these records (guitar) and he delivers, as does the horn section! Their version of Riot (in Cell Block No 9) is tops but they charge into all of these songs. Sounds like it was a great night!
Where do they all belong? A NZ legend and good guy! Plus he plays a mean gob iron.
Where do they all belong? A NZ legend and good guy! Plus he plays a mean gob iron.
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