The Blackeyed Susans
Played The Cornish Arms Saturday 21 July 2001 / 17 November 2001

Dedicated to the ones we love

The Blackeyed Susans have always loved songs.

Sure, the focus over four albums and 10 years together has been on recording and performing their own songs, but they have also relished the opportunities that B-sides and live encores have given them to interpret the work of others.

The Susans' new album, Dedicated To The Ones We Love, pays tribute to the influences and aspirations of the band – from the penthouse ennui of Hollywood Elvis and epic Sinatra, to the street level affirmations of life offered by Big Star and The Velvet Underground. The album is like a compilation tape of The Blackeyed Susans' favourite songs – made up to share with friends.In the spring of 2000 the band took producer Graham Lee into Fortissimo Studios in South Melbourne to record 17 songs selected from a field twice that number.

The songs spanned much of the 20th Century and were recorded in less than a week. Overdubs were kept to a minimum and the emphasis on capturing complete performances on tape.

The challenge for the band was to make this wonderful music their own, to recast the songs as Blackeyed Susans songs while still doing justice to the originals – and when it came to Tina Turner's Private Dancer … well … that was a challenge. That song has been reborn as an all-in sing along; a waltz through the world of showbiz, complete with boozy brass and a rueful tone that betrays a wider truth behind the lyric.

The Blackeyed Susans Are: Rob Snarski vocalist Phil Kakulas double bass Kiernan Box keyboards Dan Luscombe guitars Mark Dawson drums

The Blackeyed Susans are:
Rob Snarski	vocals
Phil Kakulas	double bass
Kiernan Box	keyboards
Dan Luscombe	guitars
Mark Dawson	drums

We are all private dancers

For more information:

Remote Control:
Andy Kelly – 0416 094 492
Justin Dorset – 0425 736 583
Email: info@remotecontrolrecords.com.au
Web: www.melbourne.net/susans