Bowls by the Beach

The inaugural Groove Temple International Bowls festival was held on Friday night at the Warilla Bowls and Recreation club indoor bowling superdome. With white shoes and bowls bags in tow the boys were ready for a fierce competition. After a few heated early exchanges it was evident towards the latter part of the evening that the Brazilian team were the only true competitors. Groove Temple was not to sure if the nationality of the Brazilian players was more in reference to a certain wax job (ouch) rather than any national heritage. They certainly proved to be smooth customers but in the end Groove Temple were triumphant and there was also enough time left to break out a few tunes, a fact that the local punters were happy with. Groove Temple will be getting a few ‘ends’ in (it’s not what you think) before getting down to rock Huskisson Pub to its very foundations, see you there.

Reg Reagan's little brother and his distant gay cousin

Yes the boys went away to the beautiful Riverina region for the weekend, but not before kick starting the week on Thursday with a spell at the Dandaloo Hotel. Memories of foot odour will stay in the scarred memories of each band member as they recall one dancer who took her shoes off and tripped the light fantastic. Attrocious and true, but who cares, you're here for a good time.

The Friday gig at the Star Hotel in Tumut was a pleasant surprise. The place was packed and the Riverina seemed to be having a bit of a reprieve from the drought, so perhaps there was a bit more party in the air. Whatever the reason, the guys didn't care as the Star was the place to be. A guest appearance was made by Reg Reagan's little known little brother, who spent most of his night in front of Groove Temple's lead vocalist singing, and breathing in his face. How nice. His first name may be Milo.

The Tumut pie shop was popular at 2:30am on Saturday morning. Geez those pies taste good after copious amounts of beer at that time of the morning.

It rained most of the weekend and the locals seemed very happy about that. Saturday at the Star was a bit quieter, but that didn't stop the more enthusiastic stompers. Surprisingly, another of Reg Reagan's relatives attended on the night. This time it was his distant cousin, who is a little gay but this is not confirmed. Perhaps his boyfriend is. His first name is probably Marmaduke. There were some sore heads on Sunday morning. The police didn't come. Nobody died. All good.

Groove Temple will debut at the Warilla Bowing Club (a coastal town with lots of caravans, near Shellharbour). Lead vocalist Ang claims: "We thought we'd give it a bash. I'd heard they've put bands on again and a new venue is always good for the band. Also I believe they serve alcohol at the bar if you pay them money."

Shop Front Blues

Groove Temple hit the South Coast of New South Wales for the October long weekend, playing Moruya on the Friday night and Narooma on the Saturday.

The boys kicked off the weekend waking up the Moruya Golf Club, playing to a small but appreciative audience. "Go the limbo!!" The locals seem to have a good sense of humour and did their best to keep the band entertained. They have a huge dance floor and most of it was used up at some stage, mostly with feet, but at times with other body parts.

Narooma was a horse of a different colour altogether. The local blues festival managed to attract huge crowds and many overloaded blues fans needed to escape the festival hungry for something different. Groove Temple served up plenty of rock, groove and dance floor pumping tunes. It did the job. O'briens was rocking!

The boys were in for a surprise with their accomodation. They were booked into a local motel as usual, but got bumped by accident. So the manager set the band up on mattresses on the floor in a property owned by his family. This was a recently vacated shop front office space for a nursing care group. Yes. On the main street of town. Comfortable but bizzare. No complaints from the boys, all three slept like nursed babies.

G.T. head off to the Riverina region again on the weekend and will load up the rickshaw (cheaper fuel bills) to play the Dandaloo Hotel Dapto on Thursday 6th October to warm up, then to Tumut at the Star Hotel on Friday and Saturday night. The locals are always good value. "Mmmmmmmmmmmm fried chicken and beer!!!"

Groove Temple would like to apologise in advance for any trouble they may cause on the weekend.