RELAY TURNED OUT to be a band that never gigged and in fact we never had a full line up except for one very short period of time, if memory serves me well it was about a week!

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Kevin Jacobson – Guitar
Dave Lamers – Bass 
Greg Morris – Drums

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I have no idea why but we could never find a singer, we did have one guy who was great, I can’t even remember his name or how he came into the picture but for that short week or so we were sounding pretty damn good.

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So, basically all we did was jam, we learnt a few songs but without vocals it really was pretty pointless rehearsing just songs so we pretty much got together and jammed once or twice a week. They were really nice guys and it would be great to know how they are doing these days and to catch up.

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Kev is one of the best guitarists I have worked with since starting out; he was ahead of his time that’s for sure. The last I heard of him he had gone overseas, the US I think and the more I think about it, I think that’s why we broke up.

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Dave was a very solid player and he and I clicked musically and personally from the beginning, the last time I saw him was back in the early 80’s when he was hiring a room at the back of his house for bands to rehearse in at Como. We called it the Sweat Box, no air conditioning and the walls had about 6 layers of carpet on them.

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So, not much to report about this band other than I had a ball jamming for hours and we got pretty tight.

I do remember one conversation I had with Dave just after we had decided not to continue. I’m not sure why but he seemed to be concerned that I got into a band that was in his mind a good band. I think I knew what he meant though, maybe not to waste my talent. A great compliment to me to be sure but I think he would have looked at my next band as the opposite of good.

 

Me on the other hand, I was about to join what turned out to be my favourite of all the bands I have been in. It was only for a short period of time but one I look back on as the most creative and dare I say it, the most important?

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Johnny Dole & The Scabs, here I come!

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*** UPDATE 2016 ***

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AH THE WONDERS of modern technology!!

 

Thanks to the internet and incredibly through this website, both Dave and Kev have seen it while doing searches for other things and both e-mailed me almost at the same time. Dave lives in Queensland now and Kev is living in Cambodia where he is involved with helping underprivileged children.

 

I caught up with Dave when he came to Sydney in early 2016 and we had the chance to reminisce and it was great to see him after all these years.