Flop Eared Mule A Country Music Death Beast and Worker in the Dylan Industrial Complex | Sydney, Australia | Est. 2004

The Brewster bit is the blokes from The Angels, and the others are Jim Conway and rhythm section Paul Robert Burton. In the way of old rockers they play tasteful rootish rock for adults. I could be convinced but it was a bit languid, I wondered if it would translate to my life outside of a sunny Sunday morning chilling at a folk fest in the Blue Mountains. Some music and vids from the website. It did make me feel a bit ashamed I could only name on Angels song though (no prizes for guessing ... ) Oh, also nice cover of Just Like a Woman.

The next performer on the schedule, Irish singer Eleanor McEvoy (Eleanor has a blog!) came out for a song with them, and they came back for a song with her.

I'd never heard of her but apparently she's a Bit of A Name. She played guitar, fiddle and that Oirish drum thing and sang some nice folk/pop songs.

Eleanor on YouTube.

I didn't know anything about Eddi Reader before I saw here except she was on in the big marquee before Ruthie Foster and Loudon Wainwright III and I wanted a good seat for them so I early. I quickly learnt she's the chick in Fairground Attraction bopping about on the barge singing "Perfect." HA! Took me right back to being 13 and drunken karaoke a time or two since. She had a hilarious Glasweigan sense of humour and turn of phrase and I liked her a lot. I might even have to buy a record she did of Robbie Burns songs -- like Ae Fond Kiss.