Best Wishes

Thanks for a great nights entertainment you guys really show how it should be done.
The music was brilliant! Good to see Steve doing his thing up there I bet it was a thrill for him.
Congratulations on the new album I like it a lot keep up the good work

best wishes Rick

New Plymouth Surfriders

Hey Graham ,

Thanks for an awesome nights entertainment last Sat night.

I have people who attended coming up to me all week raving about how good you guys are what an awesome night they had.

All are keen to see you back here again.

As we said we have a big Easter Masters surf comp here every Easter & have a big party on the SUNDAY night.

If you guys are available we would be keen to book you.

Thanks again to Beano,Bruce Brian & yourself you guys put on an awesome show
.
Change your catch phrase to The $%^#@ fabulous Brilleax I reckon.

Cheers
Mark

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Posted above is a letter of thanks from the New Plymouth Surfriders gig we played at recently Brilleaux had a Brilleaux time down there with hospitality second to NONE - thanks Mark for looking after the band - it is much appreciated.
We caught up with some old (as in known for a long time!) friends down there as in Steve and Cheryl Oconnor, who had previously booked us to play at the basement Blues Club. We got Steve up on stage for a bit of a jam during the night which was a bit of fun. Cheryl invited us round to their house for breakfast the next day before we made our trip home, and for which we are very grateful. I have some good pics of the event which I will post at a later date.
Thanks again to everybody for making this a fantastic gig.

QuarryFest Programme

Here is the programme for the Quarryfest - It looks like it will be a great day with stalls and food vendors and rides and all kinds of cool stuff to do on a SUNNY weekend.

Pass the word around and lets make this a great day.
Brilleaux are doing this for FREE - All proceeds go to the Te Puna Quarry park


QuarryFest 2006 Nov 5th
10am -4pm Te Puna Quarry Park
Entry: Gold coin donation

Amphitheatre Programme

10.00 Hunterville Pipe Band (to be confirmed)

11.00 Rodrick Stewart - magician

11.30 In –Situ Dance

12.00 Brilleaux - Rhythm & Blues band

12.30 ……..T’ai chi …………

1.00 Belisha - belly dancers

1.20 Brilleaux - Rhythm & Blues band

1.45 The Barbershop Decibels - barbershop singers

2.30 Brilleaux - Rhythm & Blues band

3.00 Omokoroa Pipe Band and dancers

Brilleaux Newspaper Review

The following report taken from the KOKOMO website was also printed in the Tauranga Newspaper The Weekend Sun.

(Brilleaux were on after Grant and Derek from Kokomo, and were simply superb. OK, so it was a Saturday night, and I’m sure the red wine had been flowing with the generosity that you would expect at a festival, but seeing them pumping it out in a hot sweaty bar full of enraptured punters I formed the firm opinion that they are pretty much the best rhythm and blues band in New Zealand today.

They are now - as was only one other band I saw in Whangarei - the complete package; they could play on any stage, anywhere in the world, and get the same reaction. As far as I see it, they have several essential factors - which every top band need - going for them.

Firstly, in Graham Clark they have a great frontman. I’ve watched Graham perform for a couple of decades now and – without wanting to sound condescending - he has become really good at it. He is both relaxed and energized while on stage, can talk to a crowd at the level required, has slick moves, and projects absolute commitment.

Second up, they have a great rock guitar player. Bruce Rolands, with a suit, bald head and grinding guitar, is the Keith Richards of the band: driving rhythms, crunching R&B lead and… that X-factor, the fact that he just looks right, absolutely embodying what a cool rock ‘n’ roll guitar player should be on stage.

Then there’s the rhythm section, with Beano and Brian Frank playing together as one unit. It takes years to do this properly and they’ve put in the hard yards. Brian having a weird DIY bass doesn’t hurt either. A bit of quirky character is always good.

Next there are the songs: the band are amassing a slew of solid originals (remember Graham wrote most of "Wonder Why I Can't Get No Sleep" from our Songs Of Love And Not album), and from the crowd reaction in Whangarei they’re songs an audience can relate to. It helps that being blues-based they have familiar rhythms, but when you’re slotting your own tunes in amongst classic R&B they better be strong enough to hold up.

And lastly (though I’m skipping a few things) Brilleaux have a gimmick. They have Graham’s theremin, that strange electronic instrument beloved of sci-fi movies and Brian Wilson. People are understandably gobsmacked by it and it provides that most essential thing for a band - it is memorable. Often bands forget this. You can be really really good without being memorable. Brilleaux manage to be both.

Whangarei Festival Reports

Here is what they had to say about Brilleaux on the Whats on NZ website - you can check it out here for more info in the Whangarei fest.

www.nzwhatson.co.nz


Another Tauranga band is Brilleaux. Described as Rhythm and Blues these boys know how to rock. They played to full houses all weekend with there high energy music. Often I heard "It's not Jazz, but they're bloody good". I was so wrapped by their performances I forgot to get their names, but I will track them down. They are a four piece band and play as tight as you can get. They are well rehearsed and know how to put on a damned good show. I will be keeping you updated when I get more info...

Brilleaux in New Plymouth

Brilleaux will be playing in
New Plymouth on Saturday 21st October (Labour Weekend)
at a gig put on by the New Plymouth Surfriders

Tickets are only $10.00 & available to the general public.c
from Beach street Surfshop &
Taranaki Hardcore
or Friday evenings at the bar of New Plymouth surfriders club fitzroy beach.

Bar opens on the night @ 7.30

Brilleaux kick off @ 8.00- 8.30.

or contact Mark on 0275580400 if you want to buy tickets.

Awesome Whangarei Festival

Well the Whangarei Jazz and Blues Festival is all over, and what a wicked time we had. Brilleaux shocked the hell out of a number of poor, unsuspecting music lovers, and came away with a whole bunch of new friends and fans.

We sold heaps of CDs, and completely sold out of our first album - Welcome to the Brilleaux
Show.

Our first gig was at DICKENS, where we unleashed the theremin - seen there obviously for the very first time. The people that saw us at that gig, followed us to the next 3 gigs!

Second gig was outside at IBANEZ, and this was probably our very best gig of the weekend (although I must say I enjoyed them all) We had the crowd dancing the entire gig, and I have never seen so many photos being snapped as at this gig!
We started this set with "Give Me One More Shot" and a bit later in the gig debuted one of our very new songs "PHD in Stupidity," and it went OFF. Derek of Kokomo was also at this gig, and said he enjoyed the song - He knew it was a new one.

Third gig of the day was at the Red Iguana at 9.45. This gig was building up to be the gig of the weekend, as Kokomo (or should I say Grant and Derek and Sonja from Kokomo) played before us, and had a FULL HOUSE in the palm of their hands. They warmed them up nicely for us. By the time we came on it was dark, and so we had the light show and everything. Derek said this gig was the very best he had ever heard Brilleaux play - the sound was awesome, and the band was just 1 big throbbing organism!!!! We had a ball, and I lost a few pints of sweat I dont mind saying!

Sunday afternoon saw us at the quietest, poshest venue of the festival, and the boys were not looking forward to playing in there, but by the time we got started, we had a good sized, VERY appreciative crowd, who hung on every note we played. Several punters - not content with just purchasing 1 album - purchased all three, and we are most grateful.

Thanks to Li'l Ian Goodsman and his wife, and all the other festival committee members, and thanks to all the venues that participated - lets hope all the rest in town come to the party next year, to make it an even bigger success.

Thanks to all the sound crews who did a great job under pressure, I must say they did a bloody great job.

It is playing festivals like this that brings home to us how much we love this band, because it is at festivals like this that we get to play to people who are only there for ONE REASON - to SEE AND HEAR US PLAY, and you cannot get a better audience than that, so to all you fans and music lovers out there that saw us at the festival - a big thanks from the fabulouse, most groovy Brilleaux - maximum R&B

If any of you took any photos on this weekend, we would love to see them.

PS: Don't forget - If you got the CD, then all you need now is the T-Shirt!

See earlier posting for prices etc.
To ORDER contact:
brilleaux@xtra.co.nz

Thanks

Graham