Author Archives: Claude Hay

The Borracho Tour

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Claude Hay and the Gentle Enemies

Claude Hay and the Gentle Enemies
[L-R] Jon Howell, Claude Hay & Ryan Van Gennip

Roots rock artist Claude Hay is known around the world as a leading exponent of live looping – technology allowing him to create the sound of a live band whilst playing solo. Claude has taken a surprising next step and joined forces with actual live breathing musicians to release the double A-side single ‘Borracho/Run’ this April under the moniker of ‘Claude Hay and The Gentle Enemies’.

Weighing in somewhere exactly between C. W. Stoneking and Queens of The Stone Age, Claude’s new tracks come from different sides of the spectrum. The song Borracho is classic Claude Hay and chugs along with fuzzy funk intensity as it relates a common tale of over-indulgence. Run is quite a different beast and would likely never have seen the light of day without a full band behind it. Run is a protest song aimed squarely at one of the most hated politicians in Australian history and Hay grinds the axe with one of the best rock and roll screams since Chris Cornell.

Click here to read more, listen to the tunes and see a list of tour dates »

Winner – Best Live Act

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Australian Independent Music Awards

Last week, at the amazing Event Theatre of The Star in Sydney, Claude performed at the MusicOz awards night to show the 4000 seater theatre just why he deserved the Best Live Act Australian Independent Music Award. Claude was also in the top 5 for Best Instrumental category as well as finalist in the categories of Video, Blues/Roots and Rock. Go HERE to check out all photos.

Australian Independent Music Awards Night

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© Rohan Anderson for Mosca Media Australia
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Help us make a live DVD

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Pre-order your copy now through Pozible and be in the audience

So we’ve had an extraordinarily large number of requests for a DVD of Claude Hay live, so we’ve bitten that bullet and we’re filming a live show this November with the plan to have it available for people’s Christmas stockings (fingers crossed).

So we’re asking you to help out by contributing to our crowd funding campaign through the website Pozible, this means that if you want a copy of the live DVD you can pre-order it and the money you spend buying the disk will go towards the cost of making it, which is a winner for everyone. We are filming a private show at The Clarendon, a great intimate venue in Claude’s hometown Katoomba on Tuesday Nov 26th. Doors open 6:30pm. Show time is between 7 – 9pm. People who pledge $40 or more will have the option to be in the audience of the DVD. We would love you to participate and help shape the show.

If you’re able to contribute a bit more or a bit less to the project then there are other packages ranging from $5 for a digital download to $1000 for a private concert and any support would be massively appreciated. Please head along to www.pozible.com/claudehaydvd to check it out!

Claude’s last attempt at a live DVD was woeful. Click HERE to see what he tried once before…

 

DVD Live Show / Filming:

Tuesday 26th November

The Clarendon
Katoomba NSW

Pledge $40 or more and be part of the audience and get a free DVD when it’s done.

Make it a special a visit to the beautiful Blue Mountains region.

Accommodation is available at the venue:

The Clarendon Guesthouse
Special accommodation rates for people who pledge:
$95 for a double and $75 for a single room

68 Lurline St, Katoomba, NSW 2780
Ph 02 47 82 1322
www.clarendonguesthouse.com.au

 

Europe Good Times 2013 Tour

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Media Release – For Immediate Release – 19 June 2013

Claude Hay continues the ‘Good Times’ in Europe with his new single

Following a massive 7 week East Coast Australia tour, Claude Hay continues the Good Times to Poland, The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium in July. He revisits Poland after the successful 2012 tour this time performing in the capital Warsaw at the prestigious Royal Castle as part of the “Blues on a Sunday Summer Stage” series.  He then hops over to Germany Ingostadt’s Bluesfest summer series and then goes on for a bunch of shows in The Netherlands and Belgium including the Big Rivers festival in Dordrecht.

Claude Hay - I Love Hate YouGood Times is the second single to be lifted from Claude Hay’s third album I Love Hate You. This latest album has been garnering praise and airplay since it hit the shelves in late 2012 and Good Times ups the ante with infectious hooks and a pogo-inducing beat. Like all of Claude Hay’s music, this new track is a DIY effort, lovingly and painstakingly constructed in Claude’s downstairs studio in Sydney’s Blue Mountains, featuring hand-built instruments, frankenstein-like circuitry and customised kitchen utensils. Claude Hay took out the Best Male Vocalist category at the 2013 Australia Blues Music Chain Awards adding to the swag of awards he received for his second album, 2010’s Deep Fried Satisfied. In the same week, Claude Hay’s song Stone Face successfully made the semi-finals in the Blues category at the International Songwriters Competition, which is judged by industry heavy weights such as Bruce Iglauer (CEO, Alligator Records), Tom Waits, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi and other internationally recognised producers and label A&R executives.

About Claude’s Guitars

Claude Hay makes all his own instruments, customising found objects to suit his developing musical requirements. Good Times features Stella (Mark II) which Claude made from a $7 baking tray. This new guitar has separate piezo string outputs which run through octave pedals to produce a bass tone and the sound is somewhere between a banjo, a dobro and an electric guitar. This second generation Stella came about from combining the best pasts of the last 2 guitars (Stella Mark I, and the short lived Lucy who only saw the stage 3 times). Stella will now be always travelling with big sister Betty, Claude’s signature twin-neck made out of a kitchen benchtop.

Hay was inspired to write Good Times by the live music venues he’s spent most of the last few years playing in, specifically a wicked little pub in Maitland NSW, fondly known to the locals as The Junkyard. The Junkyard is the kind of place that has almost ceased to exist in big cities, where all too many great pub venues have been castrated by noise complaints. The bar itself is broken from one too many punters dancing on it, the federation architecture is still in ‘original condition’, the publican takes the time to silence the punters and introduce the oncoming acts, and the only security are the locals themselves. Basically the kind of establishment custom-made for Claude Hay’s original take on the blues and roots genre.

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‘Good Times’ Europe Tour Dates

Thursday 4 July 2013
8:00pm
Klub Ćma Barowa (Barfly Club)
Warsaw, Poland
with FEBRA
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Friday 5 July 2013
7:00pm
Polskie Radio (Polish Radio)
Rzeszów, Poland
Koncert transmitowany połączony z oficjalną premierą albumu
“Live in Tarnobrzeg” – obowiązują zaproszenia
(live broadcast combined with the official release of the album
“Live in Tarnobrzeg” – by invitation only)
www.radio.rzeszow.pl

Saturday 6 July 2013
7:30pm
Dwór na Wichrowym Wzgórzu (Mansion on the Hill)
Przybysławice, Poland
www.dwor-wichrowewzgorze.pl

Sunday 7 July 2013
7:00pm
Blues na Niedzielę Scena Letnia, Arkady Kubickiego (Blues on Sunday Summer Stage, Kubicki Arcades)
Warszawa, Poland
www.sdk.pl

Monday 8 July 2013
8:00pm
Neue Welt (New World)
Ingolstadt, Germany
with San 2 & Basti
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www.bluesfestingolstadt.de

Wednesday 10 July 2013
7:00pm
Kulturalne Lato (Cultural Summer, Old Town Square)
Torun, Poland
www.tak.torun.pl
www.kulturalnelato.pl

Thursday 11 July 2013
8:00pm
Blues w Leśniczówce, Klub Strych (Attic Club)
Kartuzy, Poland
with Bluesferajna
www.lasy.gov.pl
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Saturday 13 July 2013
8:00pm
Muziekkaffee De Kroeg (Music Cafe Pub)
Geldrop, The Netherlands
www.dekroeggeldrop.nl

Sunday 14 July 2013
3pm
podium Stadsherberg (Big Rivers Festival)
Dordrecht, The Netherlands
free open air festival
www.bigrivers.nl

Tuesday 16 July 2013
9:00pm
Cafe ‘t Spektakel
Asten, The Netherlands
www.hetspektakel.nl

Wednesday 17 July 2013
8:30pm
Café Boulevard
Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
www.cafedeboulevard.nl

Thursday 18 July 2013
8:30pm
Den Ingel
Thorn, The Netherlands
www.deningel.nl

Friday 19 July 2013
8:30pm
Openluchttheater/Backstage 6 (in Gemeentegrot)
Valkenburg, The Netherlands
www.openluchttheater-valkenburg.nl

Saturday 20 July 2013
8:30pm
Le Parc (Coffee Park)
Liège-Droixhe (Luik), Belgium
http://www.grignoux.be/en-pratique#cafeparc

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