R.I.P. the winter blues

Friday 20th June 2008 was a sad day for the winter blues at the Ocean Beach Hotel at Shellharbour. Groove Temple rocked here and successfully blew the winter blues away. The heat was on. They had people shimmying, rocking, twisting, boogeying, bumping, grinding .........and this was just at the bar. The dance floor was too crowded for fancy stuff and people were dancing close, keeping warm and spreading the love.



Groove Temple lead vocalist, Ang reported that "It was great to see some regular faces at the Ocean Beach tonight, the more serious groovesters have shown persistence in attendance. The groove is reaching people. What more could we ask? For a short time, we killed the winter blues, but every good night comes to an end and we had to pack up our guitars and skins and hit the road, because the good citizens in Groove Temple have music projects to work on to make even more groove, more fun, more boogie. Very little time for rest, but you can sleep when you're dead."



The guys are pretty busy at the moment, working on a joint project for the show band circuit and don't play again publicly as Groove Temple until Saturday 19th July at Sussex Inlet RSL. "By this time, we should be jumping out of our skins. I can already feel some groove bubbling up.....ah...no that's just gas, 'scuse me. (Bloody light beer!)" Said Ang.

Icy blasts, cool grooves, hot dance floor action.

Groove Temple played the Grand Hotel, Kiama on Saturday 24th May 2008 to the usual crowd of dance starved Kiamaerians and assortment of tourists. It's surprising how many people still visit the town during winter. A number of people complained that Groove Temple do not play there often enough and should also play past 12:00 o'clock. The guys would like to apologise about that, and will try to fit more into their schedules.

The next gig on the radar was the Husky Pub on Friday 13th June and winter's icy blasts were kept at bay by plenty of hot dance floor action. Punters found themselves dancing all of the night, as Groove Temple not only smashed them with sure fire dance floor hits, but also played disco tunes on the good old mp3 player during the breaks. It worked. Nobody died of hypothermia.

The guys survived and moved on to the next gig at Shellharbour Workers Club. Luckily the winter weather did not abate so the locals had plenty of motivation to get moving and they did. "This time at least we didn't have anyone trying to steal our tambourine, or rolling around on the dance floor, but there was still plenty of unwholesome action out there that mothers would be ashamed of.....my mum wasn't there but I still behaved, mostly." Said lead vocalist Ang.

Groove Temple move on to wreak further havoc on Friday 20th June 2008 at the Ocean Beach Hotel. In the interests of good health and keeping warm during the winter months, the gentlemen of the band have expressed interest in leaving a scorch mark on the dance floor on Friday. Be there to feel the heat.