The new 6 track EP is out on Spotify/Youtube/Apple on Aug 28
Recorded totally at home at an isolated farmhouse in the Central West of NSW, it is a 6 track EP of Electronic pop and soundtrack works.
Listen to a taster here
Author: richardlawsonmusic
Former Drummer for legendary Aust. Punk band the Lime Spiders, Richard Lawson is
releasing another EP, ‘Presence of Mind’ in April 2022. Richard has released 7 albums and 3 EPs in the last 12 years covering every musical base from Electronica to Folk and Soundtracks.
Just released….a new Vinyl only compilation of Lime Spiders outtakes and rarities from the late 80,s and early 90,s. It includes lots of tracks from the fertile Beethovens Fist sessions which yielded up to 22 songs
Link here to buy and remember its ONLY available on Vinyl…no plans to put it up on Spotify yet
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The Lone Band!!
The Lone drummer has now got some powerful allies who joined him to form a ‘Lone Band’ to fight injustice on the environmental front.
Richard Burgman [SunnyBoys], who now lives in Kingston Canada and Jon Schofield [Paul Kelly] have donned the mask and cape to play guitar and bass respectively
We did an environmental version of the ‘Bad News’ song as originally performed by the ‘Young Ones’ band spinoff for the Forest Embassy.
We are performing live at the ‘National Forest Uprising’ on Parliament House lawn in Canberra at midday on Wed Feb 13 and I am hoping for a live to air or pre recorded spot with Canberra ABC Radio that morning for publicity to play the song acoustically. #NationalForestUprising #EndNativeForestLogging2020
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Illawarra Folk Fest epiphany!!
Ha!!
Only been here a day and just seen myself as featured artist in program. Wondered why there were so many people at Beatles and Folk talk/ show yesterday in the Show Pavilion. Hell they’d even heard about me at registration tent. It went really well…I always gauge how it went by sound guys reaction…very nervous and hot at start and my right hand was a bit shaky until about the 6th song. Found myself able to discourse freely on the subject of Beatles and Folk Music quite easily without a script and even ventured back further with Scarborough Fair into the middle ages. It was an epiphany doing this style of workshop/gig and I will definitely be applying at more festivals with this in mind. I have the points on the board now
After maybe 2-3 hours sleep on the beach in stifling overnight temperatures. Freedom on the beach was amazing and I was playing guitar at 4am at Bulli Beach before venturing in for a surf at 5am with the pre dawn
Damion Stirling from Swingbooty/ Beatmeisters jumped up with us on the Sunday morning gig at 9.30am in the Global Green tent. Small audience after yesterdays bonanza. Only thing is we changed the whole set round and adlibbed It was an experience for sure and pushed me right out of my comfort zone. At one stage we only played songs in 6/8
Blue Wren Wines New Years Eve 2017
with Philip Van Gent at PVG Wines Mudgee
with Bill Par Bills Beans Orange
Renovating Mystery Bay 2016
Renovating Mystery Bay 2017
Olives ready to go Mudgee 2017
Relaxing for brunch Quarterdeck Narooma 2017
Our own fresh killed Rooster Mudgee 2017
with Tim Northam Honorbread Bermagui
Sonoma Bakery Surry Hills 2017
Rock Salting the Olives Mudgee 2016
with Colin Maclean Braidwood Providores 2017
Cherries Mudgee 2017
Sonoma Bakery 2017
playing Mudgee Brewery 2016
Renovating Mystery Bay 2016
Mudgee 2017
Mudgee Growers Market 2017
Berry Hotel enrout home from Mystery Bay 2017
Alby and Esthers Mudgee 2017
Beach
Rehearsing for Play with Sam Paine Dubbo Oct 2017
Alby and Esthers 2017
Lake Tilba 2017
Sunflower crop Mudgee 2017
Market Street cafe Mudgee 2016
Berry Hotel 2017
Alby and Esthers Mudgee 2017
Mudgee Brewery w Damo and Honey 2016
Deua River 2017
Huntington Music Festival 2017
Ive been picked to play Illawarra Folk Festival and one of the sets is in discussion about the Beatles and their links to Folk Music…Ill have to brush up on ‘Hide your love away’ and ‘Norwegian Wood’ before then
Fri arvo 2.30 in Show Pavilion…Beatles and Folk
Sat morn 9.30 Global Green
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Lots of fans have been bemoaning the fact they cant access Soundcloud or Spotify as they dont have accounts and it is clunky on mobile so i have decided to make it simple and revert to a youtube playlist format from now on for the Explosion Radio Show
The last 4 shows have concentrated on progressive and dynamic record labels such as Elektra/Vertigo/Stiff and coming up is Modular Records
Enjoy here
#16 Vertigo Records
#17 Elektra Records
#18 Stiff Records
#19 Modular Records
Welcoming the new Music of Mystery Bay
August 9, 2018
As the sun set on the touring days for indie rock band The Lime Spiders, Richard Lawson dreamt of heading to Tuscany to live as a peasant farmer. Instead he settled in Mudgee in the Central West of New South Wales, which offers a lifestyle closely aligned to the Tuscan experience. There he established one of Australia’s first certified organic olive farms with the Figtree Food Company. He also began taking music students with the Lawson School of Music.
Although the connections to Mudgee have remained strong for 25 years, Richard and his partner Elizabeth are now based at Mystery Bay, where they have planted over 100 fruit and nut trees to continue the Tuscan experience by the seaside. The pair attend weekly growers markets up and down the coast, including SAGE Farmers Markets every Tuesday, Bermagui growers market as well as Tilba markets on Saturday mornings with their hand made produce.
But it’s not just the food that hungers this musical couple. “For me, the full experience of life has always centred around both food and music,” Lawson says. “In many ways it’s exactly what our culture is crying out for – a return to the simple pleasures of life, like good local food, and real music,” Richard said.
Richard and Liz teach a variety of instruments, with Rich focusing on performance and rock music, whereas Liz takes a more formal approach teaching classical guitar, piano and improvisation.
Richard’s experience was gained on the road touring the world as original drummer with the Lime Spiders, whereas Liz has taken the formal approach to studying music at the University of New South Wales and Sydney Conservatorium. Liz has been teaching private piano and guitar groups at many public and private schools in the Central West. “We have students from kindy to HSC and many adult students as well,” Liz says.
The pair bring their musical talents together in their band called “Honey”, symbolizing a substance that is pure and real that makes the world go around. The band plays as a duo at events and night clubs, swelling the ranks with other musicians for a full line up at larger music festivals throughout New South Wales, and featured on ABC radio.
Rich and Liz also run rival drumming groups – with Richard’s snare and Tom Tom based outfit Kings of Congo Congo featured as the headline band for many Mudgee events in recent years, and Liz’s African drumming band Bella Djemballa bringing a different style of groove to street events and festivals too.
Richard is now taking rock guitar, vocals and kit drums, students on the south coast, and Liz is taking classical piano, classical guitar, improvisation and African drumming classes on the coast as well.
When not teaching or playing, they can be found pottering around as they work towards establishing their new food garden at Mystery Bay.
Above: Liz and Tim Holt on @abcsoutheast
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Heading North to drum
I’ll be heading North to Townsville Qld on the June long weekend with my old friend Ben Fowler to play drums for Benji and the Saltwater Soundsystem. We have 3 shows at the Palm Creek Music Festival and the friday night is the QLD launch of their new Coming up for water EP. I thought for a bit of a laugh Id put this photo of a facebook conversation between members about volume might explain a few things LOL
Coming up for water EP
Ben Fowler pic Elizabeth Walton
Benji and the Saltwater Soundsystem
Richard Lawson I bet Bean Jamin Chookand Steve Russonello are worried about how loud Im gonna be at Palm Creek Folk Festival June Long Weekend Mick Elderfield ???
Mick Elderfield I know it will be loud, and I’m not the least bit worried about it 
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Steve Russanello hahahaha I am bringing the spaceship and you will need earplugs for my 15 minute feedback solo based on Neil’s Rockin in the Free World…you’re not going to mic the kick are you Richard?
Richard Lawson dunno…up to the soundies i suppose…jamming with Bean Jamin Chook this weekend at the new Mystery Bay garage studio
Ben Fowler What??? You’ll have to speak up!
Richard Lawson Music 