The Black Sorrows

Great concert by The Black Sorrows. No Vika or Linda Bull at this one for duets or backing vocals, but Joe Camilleri was in fine form with the band and sounded great.

Great Blues Rock / Soul sounds with a number of old classics and some new songs from the new Album "Faithful Satellite", which surely will become classics soon in their own right.

I particularly enjoyed the quieter ballad
"Cold Grey Moon" which live brought some of the same wistful feelings you get listening to it from the album.

The Basement is an unusual concert going venue in that most are seated at tables, so you don't get quite the same feel as a crowd moving to the music, but the few who were standing were certainly getting to the beat and if applause is anything to go buy many songs hit the spot. My review is probably tempered by the fact I had a head cold, though I think I was able to forget it after a while through the Black Sorrow's magic on stage.

It was a great show, the Black Sorrows certainly have it, but I can't help thinking a different venue (Standing) might have elicited an even better audience experience.

The Black Sorrows are classic Aussie rock to the nth degree. They’ve been going whole hog since 1983 and are still true blue, stomping around the wide brown land from woop woop to the back of Burke.
It’s been hard yakka for these hoons and their latest album Certified Blue is a ripper. It’s been going off with mobs all over from Maloolabah to Kananook to Freo to Tassie.
Legendary stuff.
With a constantly changing lineup, The Black Sorrows have been permanently touch and go. They had been on hiatus for yonks before reforming in 2004 with Joe Camilleri back on vocals and sax and fit as a Mallee bull. They released a handful of cracking albums including Roarin Town, One More Time, Four Days in Sing Sing and 2012’s Crooked Little Thoughts that remembered the golden days of pioneering pub rock.
They’ve been as true to the legacy as ever. They still play their old hits, the timeless ‘Chained to the Wheel’, the shimmying ‘Harley & Rose’ and the sentimental, ‘Never Let Me Go’.

Hardworking band of fine musicians, led by the irrepressible Joe Camilleri. If you want to come away with a smile on your face, catch The Black Sorrows: a great 'feelgood' band. Thumbs up also to the venue, the Caloundra Power Boat Club. Thought there might have been a rush for seats when the crowd started to queue before the doors opened but there was plenty of seating to be found inside the room.

the band were really sensational and were loving playing together.
Joe is even better on the Sax then in the 80s as he has got better as an entertainer and musician with age.
The younger drummer played with passion and the lead guitarist was sensational.
Great show but disappointed start time was 10.30pm when advertised as 9pm start time .

The Black Sorrows were great, venue was terrible though. I will never go to another gig here. The way the stage was set up made it impossible to enjoy the show such a shame