The ‘Brothers Gibson’ live at ‘The Grove’, Brisbane

December 22nd, 2007

A taste of the live music scene here in Brisbane, where I live at the moment - Sascha and Mike from a band called The Brothers Gibson playing a song about North Queensland (specifically, Cairns, where I lived and worked about 5 years ago) - called ‘The Rusty’s Bar’. This song epitomizes North Queensland - plus I’ve never before seen someone play the cello like a guitar (that’s Sasch on the left, Mike on the right)

You can hear me cackling in the background a few times - having lived there in my early 20’s, I’m familiar with the particular bar they are singing about - a few lines stand out to me - “It took them more than 3 months just to realize - that the road to Surfers Paradise was bitumised” - it takes the piss and congratulates North Queenslander’s in one fell swoop… Why?

Funny because Surfer’s is the main ‘tourist attraction’ in Qld (but 1600 miles south of Cairns) - I think they’re basically saying that as far as the locals are concerned Cairns is the centre of the universe.. 

I also liked the line - ‘the ceiling fans rotate’ as the chorus - that’s so appropriate - so very North Queensland - time just drifts by, the slow, steady beat of the ceiling fan matches the rhythm of life in general up there - Cairns is not really known as a hectic place :)

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