Lake Taupo

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Dirty Three - "Better Go Home Now"

I remember seeing 'Dirty Three' at The Big Day Out years ago. We went into the Supertop (before it was the dance tent 'the Boiler Room') to see Chris Knox. However, the schedule may have been changed, but it was actually Dirty Three on stage, and they blew me away. The band is a unique instrumental trio consisting of Warren Ellis, Mick Turner and Jim White on violin, electric guitar and drums, respectively. The members have collaborated with many artists... Nick Cave, Cat Power and PJ Harvey, to name a few. "Better Go Home Now" is from their second and self titled album from 1995. Finally, all the young kids that were forced to learn the violin, had a new hero. Warren Ellis was making the violin cool again.

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