MOHAIR SLIM interview with DENNIS SINDREY
Those who weren't listening to the Blue Juice radio program on Sunday 22nd June missed out on a fabulous one hour interview by roots musicologist Mohair Slim with The Caribs guitarist, Dennis Sindrey.
Dennis talked about learning to play the bass, playing at The Glass Bucket Club in Surfers Paradise and flying off to Jamaica to work with the likes of Toots and The Maytals, Ernest Ranglin and Byron Lee.
The Melbourne Ska Orchestra "bring back memories of working with The Skatalites" - Dennis Sindrey (Blue Juice Radio Program 22/6/2008)
Dennis will be involved in the upcoming Melbourne Ska Orchestra's 5th Birthday celebrations at the Corner Hotel in Richmond, Victoria (Australia) on 28th June. He will be joined by his fellow band members from the original Caribs, Lowell Morris and Peter Stoddart. Special guest for the night will be legend Studio One engineer, Graeme Goodall.
The Melbourne Ska Orchestra shows always receive rave reviews and this one will be no exception with The Caribs reunited for the first time in 45 years!
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Following are the instructions on listening to the Blue Juice radio program on-line and/or hearing a replay of the Dennis Sindrey interview:
To listen to a Blue Juice program live on-line:
Go to the PBS FM web-site at www.pbsfm.org.au .
On the home page, click on the 'INSIDE PBS' menu button at the top of the page.
Select the 'WEBCAST' topic. You will need Windows Media Player and Real Player to listen in which you can obtain by clicking on the icons provided on the page.
Now select 'LAUNCH LIVE STREAM' (in red) within the body of the page. A new window will pop up and you're in.
To hear the Dennis Sindrey interview:
Select 'RADIO ON DEMAND'.
You will, however, have to sign up to do so …. but it's FREE.
When you have signed up, go to the 'WEBCAST' page and under the title 'INSTRUCTIONS', click on 'LOG IN TO PBS WEBSITE HERE'.
Your details will come up which you can change if need be.
Go up to the very top right hand corner of the page and click on 'LISTEN LIVE'.
A new window will pop up.
Click on 'RADIO ON DEMAND'.
Select 'BLUE JUICE' from the pull-down menu and then the date (22/06/2008) and hour (12. 00 – 13.00) of the show.
Click on the red date under 'RESULTS' and you're there.
And if you want to hear the 2004 interview with Graeme Goodall from the week before select the date (15/06/2008) and hour (12.00 - 13.00).
Whilst you're in the PBS FM web-site, you can request a Jamaican Ska tune to be played on the Blue Juice radio program by following the prompts.
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