Ian Moss will take Wes Carr on the road across Australia for his Shakin It Up tour.
Moss is preparing for the release of his next studio album, Soul On West 53rd. The album is covers of his favourite old songs from soul acts like Otis Redding, Sam Cooke and Al Green.Moss recorded the album in the USA with producer Danny Kortchmar (Don Henley, Jackson Browne, Carly Simon).
The idea for the album came when he appeared on ‘It Takes Two’ last year. “When I put aside the guitar and sang a few soul ballads on that show, people were suddenly listening to me differently,” he said. “They’d say ‘Yeah, we knew you sang, but we didn’t know you could really sing’. It was both flattering and frustrating. I kept wondering what they thought I’d been doing for past 30 years. It showed that there was a different side of my music that hadn’t really been heard by enough people before.”
Coincidentally, Mossy’s Cold Chisel mate Jimmy Barnes is also preparing to release an album of soul covers from the 50s.
Moss and Carr will tour across October, November and December.
Dates are:
OCTOBER
Thu 08-Oct PROSERPINE CULTURAL CENTRE Prosperpine QLD
Fri 09-Oct CIVIC THEATRE Townsville QLD
Sat 10-Oct BROTHERS LEAGUES CLUB Cairns QLD
Sun 11-Oct IRON BAR HOTEL Port Douglas QLD
Tue 13-Oct MAGPIES MACKAY Mackay QLD
Wed 14-Oct GLADSTONE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE Gladstone QLD
Thu 15-Oct THE BROLGA THEATRE Maryborough QLD
Fri 16-Oct THE AVONDALE TAVERN Avondale QLD
Sat 17-Oct CALOUNDRA RSL Sunshine Coast QLD
Sun 18-Oct THE BOARDWALK TAVERN Gold Coast - Hope Island QLD
Wed 21-Oct HALLAM HOTEL Hallam VIC
Thu 22-Oct SANDBELT HOTEL Moorabin VIC
Fri 23-Oct FERNTREE GULLY HOTEL Ferntree Gully VIC
Sat 24-Oct CHELSEA HEIGHTS HOTEL Chelsea Heights VIC
Sun 25-Oct SHOPPINGTOWN HOTEL Doncaster VIC
Thu 29-Oct MACKSVILLE EX-SERVICES CLUB Macksville NSW
Fri 30-Oct SAWTELL RSL Sawtell NSW
Sat 31-Oct BELMONT 16FT SAILING CLUB Belmont / Newcastle NSW
NOVEMBER
Sun 01-Nov IMPERIAL HOTEL Tamworth NSW
Wed 04-Nov THE BASEMENT Sydney NSW
Thu 05-Nov THE BASEMENT Sydney NSW
Fri 06-Nov GOVERNOR HINDMARSH Adelaide SA
Sat 07-Nov GOVERNOR HINDMARSH Adelaide SA
Sun 08-Nov ESPLANADE HOTEL Busselton WA
Wed 11-Nov SETTLERS TAVERN Margaret River WA
Thu 12-Nov RAVENSWOOD HOTEL Mandurah WA
Fri 13-Nov FLY BY NIGHT Fremantle WA
Sat 14-Nov CHARLES HOTEL North Perth WA
Sun 15-Nov WINTERSUN HOTEL Geraldton WA
Thu 19-Nov PARRAMATTA LEAGUES CLUB Parramatta NSW
Fri 20-Nov DEE WHY RSL Dee Why NSW
Sat 21-Nov ROOTY HILL RSL Rooty Hill NSW
Fri 27-Nov LAUNCESTON COUNTRY CLUB Launceston TAS
Sat 28-Nov WRESTPOINT SHOWROOM Hobart TAS
DECEMBER
Thu 10-Dec VILLA NOOSA HOTEL Noosa QLD
Fri 11-Dec SOUTHPORT RSL Southport QLD
Sat 12-Dec MANSFIELD TAVERN Mansfield QLD
Sun 13-Dec VICTORIA POINTS SHARKS CLUB Brisbane Eastern Bayside QLD
Thu 17-Dec MITTAGONG RSL Mittagong NSW
Fri 18-Dec DAPTO LEAGUES Dapto NSW
Sat 19-Dec DAVISTOWN RSL Davistown NSW
