Welcome to the Semiofficial LHK pages - Updated Thursday, 21 May, 2020 - please send photos, footage, reminiscences or corrections to TheWebKeeper : sirhairs(at)cannanes(dot)com

 

MOST RECENT LHK NEWS Sorry but we had to sneak in a 'limited edition' show in Sept '17 & we also managed a little recording session in late 2018 ~ There has also been talk of possible live shows [though maybe not not 'gigs' in the traditional sense] in late 2019 or early 2020.... .. ~ if we do get it together to play live sometime.. send your email address to TheWebKeeper he promises do his best to let you know ~ or The Lighthouse Keepers Facebook ~ { worth friending? if you are into that sort of thing friend away! }

 

LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS RELATED NEWS In recent years there has been 'a musical comedy' titled Van Park staged in Melbourne and Sydney featuring the songs of Greg Appel & his brother Steve; as well as a few select Oz Rock Classics. Live music was provided by Steve Appels band King Curly to accompany the actor/singers who include international Rock/Pop Legends ~ John Paul Young & Steve Kilbey! there is quite a bit more info on this over at then NEW - LHK: A Potted History page here

 

2012 Mini-Tour Due to the success of our way sold out Sandringham Hotel show in late 2011 we turned it into a 2012 mini-tour: with shows at THURSDAY 5TH JANUARY 2012 : CARAVAN MUSIC CLUB FRIDAY 6TH JANUARY 2012 : NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB ( Northcote / Melbourne ) FRIDAY 3RD FEBRUARY 2012 : CANBERRA POLISH CLUB ( O'Connor / Canberra ) SATURDAY 4TH FEBRUARY 2012 : CAMELOT LOUNGE ( Marrickville / Sydney )

ODE TO NOTHING

Very nicely re-mastered by Rick O'Neil of Turtlerock Studios the 'Best of' CD Compilation ODE TO NOTHING was released on the 19th AUGUST 2011 [ Details + you can order online here ] I'll get some more reviews up here soon but here's a nice one to start with from That Striped Sunlight Sound and another from Beat Magazine

RECORD LAUNCHED !

To celebrate the release we played a launch to a sold out crowd on Friday 9th of September 2011 @ The Sandringham Hotel : Newtown : Australia ~ The Lighthouse Keepers for this outing consisted of Greg, Juliet, Blue, Stephen and Hugh Veldon + "Mystery Guest Speaker" Steve Kilbey who was hugely entertaining ~ you can read reviews of the show by Sydney Morning Herald Music Writer Bernard Zuel here & SludgeFactory Reviewer Derek J. Huckel here ~ also live footage of some songs on YouTube (see TubeOgraphy for links)

 

SOME OTHER RECENT GOINGS ON

Greg has recently put together a Video Clip of sorts for the song Lipsnipe Groin [ clever use of old photos ] ~ ( click here to view on YouTube )

GREG & JULIET did an interview with Marcus Kelson (with Jim Trail) for 666 ABC Local Radio Canberra on 23rd May 2011 read and listen here

GREG, JULIET, STEPHEN & BLUE with help from HUGH VELDON played 'Acoustic' sets at The Basement in Sydney on the 2nd & 3rd of May 2009 with The Laughing Clowns! ~ both shows sold out and went pretty well considering.... The Clowns were excellent as always

 

WHO WE WERE / ARE! THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS

In 1983 Tex Truck & The Semis became The Lighthouse Keepers who existed until 1986 and managed to play many shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane, Newcastle & many places in between, tour Europe once + in that time had quite a few vinyl releases in numerous countries later followed by a double CD release that compiled the whole story.

There have been very few LHK performances involving Greg, Juliet & Stephen since 1986 + & in May 2009 the first in 23 years to include Michael 'Blue' Dalton recently returned from a lengthy stay in Europe ~ if you would like to be informed of any further shows email TheWebKeeper and we'll try to let you know if any others happen to come up.

 

THANKS TO THE CASUAL KEEPERS WHO HAVE OVER THE YEARS INCLUDED (among others)

 

Alex Hamilton : Trumpet

Beat Boy : Baritone Sax

Glad S Bag : Trombone

Hugh Veldon : Drums

John Papanis : Mandolin & Banjo

Mick Smith : Bass

Penny McBride : Trumpet

Peter Timmerman : Drums 2012

Rod Bradbury : Drums

The Boy Soprano : Soprano

The Palmer Street Trio : Annabel, Fran, Lee, Wadey

Tim Oxley : Drums/Harmonica

Tim Palmer : Bassist (early days)

Trent : Drums

 

FOR MORE INFO ON THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS I REFER YOU TO

The Lighthouse Keepers on Facebook ~ { worth friending? if you are a into facebook and want to know of any upcoming shows }

Egg Records have LHK page ~ { contains a short bio + discography with some nice photos ~ I'm told this page may soon be expanded }

Guthugga Pipeline ~ { a closely related group in the years 1978-1984 }

The Particles ~ { a closely related group in the years 1983-1985 }

Roger Griffin's LHK page ~ { this page contains a short bio + some nice pics and a very thorough and colourful discography }

Showroom.com.au ~ { an Australian website which contains a short bio + reviews + heaps of LHK MP3s to listen to }

Spontaneous Films.com.au ~ { a website run by Playwright + Film and TV Director/Camera Operator/Editor & Producer Greg Appel }

Wikipedia ~ { has quite an increasingly detailed and well written history of the band (with stacks of footnotes!) as well as links etc. }

ALSO CHECK OUT THE BIBLIOGRAPHY

AND THE NEW GIGOGRAPHY

A cover version of the Georgie Fame song 'Yeah Yeah' was included on the cassette release distant violins 17 :— released some time in the 1980s

An original composition entitled 'Lip Snipe Groin' was included on the cassette release Let's Sea issued by K in Olympia, WA, USA :— released 1986

The original composition 'A Time of Evil' as well as cover versions of standards 'Big Noise' and 'To Sir With Love' were included on the cassette release Distant Violins C60 :— again not sure of release date, but was some time in the 1980s

The original composition 'Gargoyle' was included on the LP release No Worries :— released by Hot Records in 1984

The original composition 'Gargoyle' was included on the LP release This Is Hot :— released by Hot Records in 1985

The original composition 'Seven Years' was included on the LP release This Is Hot Too :— released by Hot Records in 1986

The original compositions 'Ocean Liner ' & 'Seven Years' were included on the double LP release High Temperature: A Collection of Hot Records From 1982 - 1985 :— released by Hot Records in 1986

The original composition 'Springtime' was included on the ltd eition CD blunt / who cares wins [ltd edition with first 500 copies of Bob Blunts book "Blunt : a biased history of Australian rock" Released] :— published/released by prowling tiger press in 2001

The original composition 'Ocean Liner' was included on the double CD release Tales from the Australian Underground: Singles 1976-1989 :— released by Feel Presents in 2003

The original composition 'Springtime' was included on the double CD release Inner City Sound :— released by Laughing Outlaw Records in 2005

The original composition 'Springtime' was included on the CD release Souvenirs from Egg Records :— released by Egg Records in the UK in Sept/Oct 2006

A live version of Gargoyle from the benefit concert was included on the CD release "Life's What You Make It" : A tribute to Linda Gebar :— released by Audrey Studios in the Melbourne in 2009

CD album release "Ode To Nothing : The very best of ... " :— out now! :— we encourage you to purchase from Feel ( if you Feel so inclined ), They put it out! Link here to their website.

& Here is a review from sludgefactory.com.au
(more soon I'm told) :— ?

Clip produced by Ap in December 2011 ( click here to view on YouTube)

Cheap and cheerful clip (from back in the day!) for the first single ( click here to view on YouTube )

Clever use of old Photos recently put together by Ap ( click here to view on YouTube )

It's a clip for the Ocean Liner single ( click here to view on YouTube )

Live at The Sando 19th Sept 2011 ( click here to view on YouTube )

Live at The Sando 19th Sept 2011 ( click here to view on YouTube )

Live at The Sando 19th Sept 2011 ( click here to view on YouTube )

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