Sutton Grange Winery in Queensland

The subtitle of this blog is "where you never know what's going to happen next."  This tour has certainly lived up to that.  Leaving the grandeur of our Sydney hotel, we embarked on a sojourn which brought us out into southern Queensland. The venue was a place called Sutton Grange Winery in the Bendigo region.

The Eucalyptus trees were many, but no sign of Koalas or Kangaroos.

You know you are out in the country when your promo is affixed to hay bales.  The Maui boys still wearing their shorts and slippahs, were watching carefully for venomous creatures.

The event was well attended.  The folks from Bendigo were quite enthusiastic and the flies were many!

On of the highlights of our set is the portion where Rick and I trade off on Black Magic Woman.  It is different every night and allows us the opportunity to stretch out a bit.  The Peter Green (original) version is somewhat different than the Santana rendition in that it ends up as a double time shuffle and retains it's identity as a blues tune.  

Tom Kopecek, Mick's drum tech on this tour is from Melbourne and has done an outstanding job!  We'll see you on Maui, mate!

Mick wears his patented red shoes.

The folks at Sutton Grange took excellent care of us.  The home cooking and the wine were much appreciated by all.  We dined in the "Grange Hall."  where it looked like many bingo games had been played.  An unlikely venue for a concert, but a pleasant surprise for all of us who partook in the festival beneath the ever-expansive Australian skies.  

Rock on, Sutton Grange!