Well after a few days chilling in Sydney, Friday arrived and my first visit to the Enmore, which is located in an interesting part of Sydney called I think Newtown which gets a bit lively on a Friday night with its various bars,cafes, etc.
The Enmore is a beautiful theatre over 100 years old very similar to Hamersmith Odeon in the Uk.
This was a seated venue but for both nights the security were desperate to stop people getting up causing a few minor scuffles.
Friday night opened with Mahlia and her mates doing a good job with her soul thingy for the last time , although their was always the chance of a live birth on stage, which for a barnes would be quite fitting as she hit some high notes which could have induced the next generation.
A short interval and Maggie May faded into the Driving Wheels intro and Jimmy and the band hit the stage and took no time into a rip roaring first set.used to the truth added from Melbourne and a great version ofr Radio Songs, the crowd really getting into it now, security were desperately trying to keep everyone seated, breakfast at sweethearts kicked in to a huge singalong, the band were pumping by now,Jimmys voice stronger than ever and the crowd stood up on mass at which point head security man at front thought, fuck it iam off ,leaving the crowd to mosh away happily , the band finishing of the first set with Khe Sanh which always seems a bit special in Sydney.
The second set opened with some acoustic numbers helped by a harp ! Two hearts collide ,catch your shadow and flame trees the highlights, new songs from the forthcoming cd then rocked, Red Hot and Shake Rattle and Roll ( sweet little rock n roller would have fitted in nicely here, another night perhaps!) all the old faves then followed, Goodbye finishing of a rocking night in Sydney with Elly. Jackie, Davey , Mark, Robert,Ben on top form sending the masses home happy!
Saturday night again sold out with Mahlia opening again with another solid display, the hapless security again spoiling things not knowing how allocate a small mosh pit for a rock gig, although they probably would have had one for a Wiggles gig they were that clueless.
Another great show started with Driving Wheels, Money, a great version of Too Much Love with Mark playing some great guitar, Radio song again a surprising highlight, then we had the first guest of the evening,on electric guitar...Mossy! who took over with When the War is Over which the crowd just went off too, followed by Merry Go Round..
The second set again started with the acoustic/harp set , Still on your side and two hearts had the crowd singing happily, the crowd finally went off and stood up as Jimmy launched into Wheels in Motion , the final guest of the evening was David Cambell who joined Jimmy for Good Times , a great evening ended with Do or Die, Working Class Man and Davey and Jackie blazing away with Goodbye.
On reflection Friday probably rocked more than Saturday, Fridays show would have made a great live vid, but we had two fantastic shows with Jimmys Voice gracing the Enmore with style power and emotion!
For the fashion conscience girlies Jimmy wore the leather trousers and for the guys Elly wore a black number with a pink sash.
An interesting walk back through the streets of Newtown and to the city to watch England kick some Aussie butt in the Ashes.or not! !

When the War Is Over
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HcXQPP8A0U
Good Times
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKblwApbKrM



A Matador Playing The Harp

Your pics are fab Ade and loved your videos favourited one of them, wanted to leave a comment on your channel/video but you have comments disabled.

These are the only two I did, as I didn't charge the video camera first, no matter wanted to watch the show rather than spend too much time filming, since it's been quite a while since I've seen Jim live.

Too Much Ain't Enough Love - Enmore 08/08/09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsbi8HBhu5M

Little Darlin' - Enmore 08/08/09 Partial clip only battery ran out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bel0kPyESL4

thank god we all see things differently or it would be very boring

I thought Sat was better than Fri, but bothe were great

Great, keep them coming, like being there,for us Kiwi's.
Linda.

Hi Ade
Thank you for the wonderfully descriptive review of the Enmore Shows and the great photos/videos.
I wonder if we will be so lucky with the guest appearances at our ONE Adelaide show on Saturday night?
Regards Cheryl

FOR THE DUMB POMMMY GEEZER ...

means , " get the fuck outta here"

Adrianne , oops sorry ,Ade...

Great to hear ya in Oz !!!!

BTW.. Come on , the aussies, were only teasing .. The Ashes BELONG and are staying here !!!! So stop sooking .ooohh thats right , ya aint mentioning it , 'cause ya know better ...ha ha ha aha .. Roll on , the decider at "the Oval" ...LOL

Well, more the point , are ya gracing us with ya presence at Ballarat ?? be great to catch up , cheers , and if ya ran back to the UK , hope-ing ya cricketers needed ya support more..be a waste of time ..LOL

Have ya got a permanent aussie visa yet .. based on whilst Jims "touring "etc ha ha ha..
you know ya qualify for a "wanna be an aussie" tourist card .
Jimmy Rocks, so does their cricket team ..
Oh by the way , this could be Arsenal's year !! get on board !!

Cheers Rob

you little bastard ...... if you r not there and Mahalia gets his baby then its not real lol
Hope you will find the time to fly back to the UK ( hope u didnt lost the keys again ) to meet up with the "gang" in London. Cu there.

cheers Ralf

but nevertheless we will kill you there u know, too many Barnesy gigs without us.

ok ok her baby lol

Hey there Ade,

As always wonderful feedback and pics - sounds like you had a great time! Are your travels ending here, if not,look out for us if you're heading our way, Michelle and I hope to catch up for a chat and a wee dram.

Take care Marg