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"Andrew is an extremely creative individual, and is always spontaneous, especially in live performances. His shows feature anything from traditional Indian 'standards,' or ragas, to hard driving 'thrash-grass.' On his latest album, "Dance of the Good Life" (2000), he recorded a tune titled Three Mandolins, where he plays in 3 time signatures at once. This is the type of thing you can imagine Thelonious Monk doing. Nevertheless, the result (in stereo!) creates a sensation of being inside a washing machine. This effect was very hard to recreate in MIDI, partly because there is no 'mandolin' tone available. To make the MIDI file more interesting, I have added a bass line which is not included on the recording. If you want to experience this trippy sensation first hand, you'll just have to buy the album." MP3 Sample of 3 Mandolins MIDI Version |
3 Mandolins painted by Rosemary Bond Gerhardy |
More info on Discography (all releases and year of release)
‘Live at The Supper Club’ 
78min of our most classic mid-year concert to
date.
Featuring Dheeraj Shrestra (Dya Singh Group), The Lawnmowers, Mark Atkins
(Didgeridoo at
the Athens Games), with Parris & PuYu Macleod.
At last, after 5 years and more of gathering performers under the guise
of "AC's Supper Club", we have it's first bold CD release (or more
specifically an official, by chance, 'bootleg'!).
The nights have been a kind of 'Fringe Club' to the Tamworth CM
Festival. A place where musicians like Oscar Awarded Sophie Raymond, Paul Wookey,
Peter Horan, Willie Qua (Galapagos Duck), George Washingmachine, Women in Docs,
Elizabeth Lord, Pat Drummond, Michael Fix, Sam McNally can relax or send other
players teetering on their guard rails of safety. Those who enjoy the taste of
fear (er.. flight!) as the music soars around them into unpredictable paths &
flavours have been gathering - up to 70 through the 15 shows in the week.
Now since 2002, there have been some mid year concerts to keep the
flame burning. These have leaned into more worldly zones with guests from Tibet,
Taiwan and Nepal as well as appearing at numerous schools & venues in the
700squarekm area of Tamworth, Armidale & Barraba.
October 2003 saw Andrew joining Dheeraj Shrestra (Tabla drums from
Dya Singh Group), Mark Atkins (Didg at Athens Games), Parris & PuYu Macleod
(perenial favourites on Piano & Flute) plus The Lawnmowers (see below) with local
drum whizz, Randall Wilson in a veritable 'quilt of expression'. The capture
is fresh, bold and soars as far as we've ever managed to go.
Mind you we can't call it squeaky clean, but there was just too much
fun to hide it away. 78mins of both kinds of music - Real & UnReal!
| 1. | Meeting of the Rivers - Sample (mp3) |
| 2. | Don't Sleep Too Deep!- Sample (mp3) |
| 3. | The Longing - Sample (mp3) |
| 4. | Rueben - Sample (mp3) |
| 5. | Light at the End of the Tunnel - Sample (mp3) |
| 6. | EMD - D - Sample (mp3) |
| 7. | The Quest - Sample (mp3) |
| 8. | Fly like a Bird - Sample (mp3) |
| 9. | Milk Cow Blues - Sample (mp3) |
| 10. | Daydreaming at Speed - Sample (mp3) |
| 11. | Wayfaring Stranger - Sample (mp3) |
| 12. | Storm Coming - Sample (mp3) |
The Good Road - first release by The Lawnmowers (the cutting "Hedge" of bluegrass - hohohaha!)
Bluegrass has always held a special place in Andrew's heart as the many
visitors to the Tamworth Country Music Festival Bluegrass Breakfasts & Competions
can attest.
For Andrew things started cooking bluegrass wise through his
mid-highschool English teacher, Geoff Bridgland and became the BlackMountain Boys. Soon
his brother Alex learnt Banjo & they were doing duo floorshows round Adelaide.
The Uni Folk Club pointed him to the Fountain Inn where he joined newgrass
band, Remnants, (the old tapes are not lost!). He also linked up with some young
acoustic adventurers and formed, Nuclear Shoes, with the experimentation he
persued the rest of his life. All this alongside vocal group, Shut the Gate,
with Peter Hisco while doing Mechanical Engineering? (Well guess what he ne'r
finished!).
Winning 3 Bluegrass Guitar Championships while pickin & grinnin across
the country with Brian Young; Golden Guitar Award & LP record (mid 80s) with the 
Three Chord Wonders, a hot Live CD with BackBeat entering the 90s; touring
with the legendary Tom T Hall (USA) and then began tangling with multi-Banjo
Champ Dave Hellens over the next decade to finally form....
...at the cutting Hedge of Bluegrass!!!!.....a band with no sense of
humour!!....
Now The Lawnmowers Combo CD of selected tracks from The Good Road & Second Cut - email Clermont for copies
Happy as Larry by Andrew Clermont and Parris Macleod (2001)
Happy As Larry is a pure Piano & Fiddle CD with flavours of Celtic to New Age styles. The Title track was nominated to the Golden Guitar Awards 2002.
| 1. | The Fun of the Chase, Take 1 - Sample (mp3) |
| 2. | Something On My Mind - Sample (mp3) |
| 3. | Drive - Sample (mp3) |
| 4. | Breath Easy - Sample (mp3) |
| 5. | Extreme Dreams - Sample (mp3) |
| 6. | Happy as Larry - Sample (mp3) |
| 7. | The Fun of the Chase, Take 2 - Sample (mp3) |
| 8. | Circles - Sample (mp3) |
| 9. | Remember - Sample (mp3) |
| 10. | Adrenalin - Sample (mp3) |
| 11. | Moving On - Sample (mp3) |
Dance Of The Good Life by Andrew Clermont and Parris Macleod (2000)
Includes Top 5 Nomination for Best Instrumental in Golden Guitar Awards 2000 (trk 6 - Reeling In The Big One) and music from "The Night of the Piano" (see Andrew's Supper Club). Copies now available.
| 1. | Who Trod On The Cat - Sample (mp3) |
| 2. | Dance Of The Good Life - Sample (mp3) |
| 3. | Round The Bend - Sample (mp3) |
| 4. | The Light At The End Of The Tunnel - Sample (mp3) |
| 5. | Buggerlug's Boogie - Sample (mp3) |
| 6. | Reeling In The Big One - Sample (mp3) |
| 7. | Three Mandolins - Sample (mp3) |
| 8. | Time Changes Me - Sample (mp3) |
| 9. | Lonely Fiddler - Sample (mp3) |
Made In Taiwan - Live & Stormy (2000) - Andrew with Jenny Lester(Canada) & Daryl Jack Melbourne
A feast of Bluegrass recorded live at "The Barn", Leofoo Village Adventure Park, Hsin Shu Country, Taiwan. Only a typhoon or earthquake could stop the show . . . and the weather came close . . .
| 1. | Baton Rouge - Sample (mp3) |
| 2. | Heart Of Gold - Sample (mp3) |
| 3. | Y'all Come - Sample (mp3) |
| 4. | Strong Enough To Bend - Sample (mp3) |
| 5. | Country Roads - Sample (mp3) |
| 6. | House Of The Rising Sun - Sample (mp3) |
| 7. | Didgeridoo Blitz with Scotland - Sample (mp3) |
| 8. | Sally Ann - Sample (mp3) |
| 9. | Stay Young - Sample (mp3) |
"Totally Gourdgeous" Totally Gourdgeous (2000)
Totally Gourdgeous
play only instruments made of Gourds!
Penelope Swales
- maker of the Gourdgeous instruments, songs, guitar. mandolin & Vocals
Mal Webb
- fretless bass, trumpet, mbira, vocals, songs & laryngeal gourdness
Carl Pannuzzo
- djembe, The Voice, foot rattle, percussion,guiro & guitar
Andrew Clermont
- violin, mandolin, guitar, vocals
All performed in totally gourdgeous ways! Naturally!
Read all about the Totally Gourdgeous debut CD here...
New Totally Gourdgeous CD "D-vine" out in October !
- recorded at Metropolis Studios, Melbourne, engineered by Sirri.
With all the new favourites!
Meanwhile, here's a few samples from the debut CD:
1. Turtle - Sample (mp3) 2. Jim the War Starts Now 3. Bow Doubt 4. Sister Gumshoe - Sample (mp3) 5. Falling Song
6. Bike
7. Miss You
8. Brother 9 Try Change - Sample (mp3) 10. Roofrack
11. Aunty Betty
12. Strangers & Foreigners
13. Jabiluka
14. Little Green Fruit
15. Circles on the Ceiling
Check out these links for earlier photos of the Gourdgeous ones:
Poster Montages
Fav Band Montages
"D'Vine" Totally Gourdgeous (2002)
1. Back in the Arms (Hanging with the Angels) - Sample (mp3) 2. Cup has no T - Sample (mp3) 3. Chains
- Sample (mp3) 4. Forest Ranger - Sample (mp3) 5. Green
- Sample (mp3) 6. Ringbark
- Sample (mp3) 7. Bantam
- Sample (mp3) 8. Ti - Skube - Sample (mp3) 9 Cope - Sample (mp3) 10. Brunswick St Cappuccino - Sample (mp3) 11. Meltdown at Indian Point - Sample (mp3) 12. Round & Round
- Sample (mp3) 13. Lunatic
14. Jacaranda
15. Thank you
New DVD is the The Bazaar Clips - see youtube for samples and http://www.myspace.com/totallygourdgeous
A$25
Six piece Australiana, Bush and Good Times music. Winner of 'Battle of the Bush Bands' 1999 (as FowlHouse Jack). A vibrant recording, released with Southland/Outback Music. Produced, arranged, mixed and co-performed by Andrew Clermont . . . . . .
| 1. | Wasn't That A Party - Sample (mp3) |
| 2. | Glenboro Wool - Sample (mp3) |
| 3. | Son Of The Southwind - Sample (mp3) |
| 4. | 50 Million Blowflies - Sample (mp3) |
| 5. | Dance Dance Dance - Sample (mp3) |
| 6. | The Whale - Sample (mp3) |
| 7. | Country Drag - Sample (mp3) |
| 8. | Throw Me A Line - Sample (mp3) |
| 9. | The Naked Piper - Sample (mp3) |
| 10. | Lachlan Tigers - Sample (mp3) |
| 11. | Capricorn Rain - Sample (mp3) |
| 12. | Ryebuck Shearer - Sample (mp3) |
One of a series of three albums released in the early days where Andrew includes other new artists in each production. However, on this tape , Clermont plays everything with equal fervor and clean technique - a serious collectors item featuring the Bluegrass Guitar Championship as indicated below . . . . .
| 1. | Let's Have Some Fun - Maguire's Pub Scenario |
| 2. | Lonesome Day - Win in 1984 |
| 3. | Brickwall Fantasia - Stephen Berry influence |
| 4. | Red Wine - Lonely winters by the fire |
| 5. | Dusty Miller - Win in 1987 |
| 6. | Big Mob - Runner-up in 1986 |
| 7. | Rocket Pilots - Fiddle Mania |
| 8. | State Of Mind - About people |
| 9. | Apple Butter - Win in 1985 |
| 10. | Just Like That - The way it happened |
| 11. | Doc Wyland's Reel - Dede of the Highlands & Corte Madera |
| 12. | I'm Alright - Can't live without 'em, can't live with 'em |
| 13. | Ground Zero - Poem by Micheal Dransfield |
| 14. | Soddy Daisy - Win in 1985 |
| 15. | Blacktown - Bothy Band influence |
BACKBEAT - The Sessions (1990)
Featuring:
'Radical' Rick Ide on 5 string Bass;
Daryl Melbourne on 5 string Stelling Banjo, Lead and Backup vocals;
Andrew Clermont on Fiddle, Mandolin, 5 string Electric Violin, Lead and Backup vocals;
Bruce Priddis on 5 piece Drum kit; and
Brian Dover on Lead Vocals, Harmonies, Songs and Acoustic Guitar (he'd like a 5-string though).
Recorded live and late at Tathra Studio (Moore Creek), October 1990. All instruments and voices recorded in stereo for stage sensoround reproduction. We put forward our best collective foot, left in laughs & jives plus a good dose of music of the moment.
| 1. | She's Long (Blue Yodel - Jimmy Rogers) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 2. | The Outlaw (J. Bolotin) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 3. | Working Man (B. Dover) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 4. | One Way Track (Ricky Scaggs/Wes Golding) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 5. | The Loner (B. Dover) | |
| 6. | Better Slow Down (B. Dover) | |
| 7. | Say Goodbye (P. Burton) | |
| 8. | Vamp In The Middle (John Hartford) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 9. | Get In The Wind (G. Place) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 10. | Forest Ranger (Green) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 11. | You Don't Think About Me (Stept/Palmer/Clear) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 12. | Higher Ground (B. Dover) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 13. | Magnificent Seven (Elmer Bernstein) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 14. | Great Balls Of Fire (Otis Blackwell) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 15. | Changes (B. Dover) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 16. | Flying Low (B. Dover) | - Sample (mp3) |
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Didgeridoo Interlude - Alastair Black (1996)
Featuring:
Alastair Black on Didgeridoo;
Stephan Richter on Cello & Fretless Bass;
Andrew Clermont on Violin, Mandolin & Dulcimer; and
Craig Lauristen on Percussion & Harmonic Flute.
This album combines the different worlds of Australian Didgeridoo, European Strings and Afro-American influenced Percussion in a completely improvised exploration of the spirit of nature. The spontaneous flow of music takes the listener on a journey through a collection of aural landscapes, each featuring a unique combination of melody, rhythm and emotion. Each journey is separated by a solo didgeridoo interlude which acts as a narration of the following soundscape.
| 1. | Clouds of Carpentaria | 8. | Interlude 4 |
| 2. | Interlude 1 | 9. | Shadowland |
| 3. | Return To Dawn | 10. | Interlude 5 |
| 4. | Interlude 2 | 11. | Teritories |
| 5. | Another Way Home | 12. | Interlude 6 |
| 6. | Interlude 3 | 13. | Dunes |
| 7. | Against The Flow | 14. | Interlude 7 |
| 15. | Moonraze |
In recent times I have taken to writing a Xmas wRap - stories and the odd detail - covering the year's mischief and wanderings. Before you is a slice across this past decade or more. A rememberance of journeys, places, people met, families extended and the music which gathered it together or set it apart.
Beyond my guitar, mandolin, fiddle or vocals you'll hear "me mates" cut loose in their own style. For some it was a case of bringing the mountain to Muhammad. Two large reels of 2" 24 track tape, did the lap of Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney twice before the contributions from friends drew to a close. Well it had to stop sometime in the two and a half years since Richard Porteous first approached me at Tamworth's Longyard Hotel. He'd said, "its time to record . . ."
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The Crest of Gilmont - (Clermont & Gilbert)
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- Sample (mp3) |
| 2. | Julia Creek - (O'Hara Murphy) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 3. | Letters From Home (Dear Daddy) - (A., M. & S. Clermont) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 4. | The Longing (Clermont) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 5. | Stay Young (Gallagher & Lyle, Clermont) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 6. | Once Upon Arrival (Berry) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 7. | Song of Bernadette (Cohen) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 8. | Lights on the Hill (Dusty & McKean) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 9. | The Sweetest Song I Sing (O'Brien) | - Sample (mp3) |
| 10. | Ya-Be-Dah! (Berry) | - Sample (mp3) |
Fiddlers Festival Live (1997)
The idea of a group of fiddlers playing divergent styles of music is not new, though it rarely happens in front of an audience. Everyone tries to out do the other, whether it be in the fastest Jazz or Irish piece or the most heart-felt ballad. That's what this album is all about.
| 1. | Minstrel Boy, Scaley Devils |
| 2. | Carthy's March, Lemon Tree |
| 3. | Rose of San Antone |
| 4. | Give Me Your Hand |
| 5. | Slow Boat to China |
| 6. | Danny Boy |
| 7. | Red-Haired Boy Set |
| 8. | Trade Winds |
| 9. | Ashplant Set |
| 10. | Talkin' Balkan |
| 11. | Adagio For Solo Violin |
| 12. | Dion Reel, Mouth of the Tobique |
| 13. | Ashokan Farewell |
– More amazing tracks from the
fun team.
Guitar (DVD) Mandolin (DVD) Fiddle (DVD) Digeridoo (DVD) Intro- The Pick
Wrist & Pick
Arm & Relax
Pick Rhythms
Stretching
Fret Hand & Strum
Into Bass Runs
Better Strum
Nimble Fingers
More Dexterity
Scales!
Picks again
Speed
Rhythm Dynamics
G run
String Break
Tuning
Rhythm Machine
Accents
More Tuning
Intervals
Ideas
Picking patterns
Extras
And
Last Fling
CDs etc
Soundtracks included:
Various from 'Dance of the Good Life' with Parris Macleod
Beginning
Peck the Pick
Useful D scale
Finger Placement
Pick Control
Relaxing the Pick
Irish trill
More D scale
Melody Shapes
Back to Basics
Cross Picking
Speed Exercises
Tremolo
Appeggios
Chord Rhythms
Intervals
CDs to Buy
Soundtracks included:
Two and a Dog & Spinach Inquisition - Totally Gourdgeous
3 Mandolins - 'Dance of the Good Life'
Intro
Loosening up the Body
Holding the Bow & Violin
Loosening up the Hands
Accents for Bow Shuffles
Bow wrist movements
The Shuffle
The Note Intervals
Rhythms
More Shuffles
'Possum Up a Gum Stump'
Various Licks 1
Various Licks 2
Various Licks 3
Trills
Eb & G minor
For Fun
Revising Note Intervals
Wrap Up & CDs
Soundtracks included:
Various Fiddle pieces from 'Happy as Larry' featuring Parris Macleod on Piano
G'day
The Lips
Circular Breathing
The Essential Circle
With Didg
Tone Changes
Breathing recap
Rhythm
Rhythm 2
Didg Talking
Mid Summary
Long Breath
All together
Low Tone
Other Didgeridoos
Harmonic Trumpeting
Big Didg & Pitch
Wrap Up
Soundtracks included:
'Didgeridoo Blitz with Scotland' (fiddle tune played by Jenny Lester)) - Live in Taiwan
'The Crest of Gilmont' - The Longing
“A Crash Course to Fiddling Freedom”
Guitar Technique
DVDs typically include
with Bluegrass to Folk - Rock - Country - a grab of Jazz - a twist o' lime!
A great guide to breaking out from classical bonds!
Containing what would normally spread through about 4 visits,
this one lesson will take you a long way.
Note: the Focus is on How to Play the Music, not the tunes themselves. The tools with which to craft the music. Catering also for those simply starting out, this one is for all-comers. “It’s like I’m patiently there to show you over & over till you’ve got it.”
Special bonus: YOU GET TO ORDER YOUR OWN LESSON!
Yep, send me back your questions or ideally return this DVD with yourself videoed and I’ll send back your next steps to take! It’ll be that easy. All other instruments will be attended as orders are taken in “Crash Courses for . . .”
You name it, we’ll show you how - APPLYING SPECIALISTS IN THEIR FIELD
DVDs are $50 (DidgDVD $30)- including 1st Bonus Lesson & enough steps for 5 lessons or more - great value!
Songs For The Soul (1999)
A collection of songs from Andrew's partner Pauline for meditation and contemplation; created to help us experience Our Peace Of Mind. To be At One In The Mind Of God . . . At One With All Creation. Andrew provides musical accompaniment and backing vocals.
| 1. | I Watch The Pelicans - Sample (mp3) |
| 2. | The River Is Flowing - Sample (mp3) |
| 3. | God I Surrender - Sample (mp3) |
| 4. | Sing Together As One - Sample (mp3) |
Let the Sun In You Shine Through (2002)
-A Healing CD with meditation based on recovering from Abuse
Discovering who you truly are by a willingness to release and forgive.
When we have traumatic experiences in life such as mental, emotional and physical abuse we can become trapped in the conscious and or sub-conscious memory of that experience.
We either repeat negative behaviour patterns or resolve to bring about change.
To experience healing is to release and forgive. With this CD we have an opportunity to join as One Mind in healing for ourselves others andd the planet as a Whole.
| 1. | Amazing grace - Sample (mp3) |
| 2. | I walk with God - Sample (mp3) |
| 3. | Trust - Sample (mp3) |
| 4. | Silent tears - Sample (mp3) |
| 5. | Fiddle interlude - Sample (mp3) |
| 6. | Let the sun shine - Sample (mp3) |
| 7. | Let life be - Sample (mp3) |
| 8. | Fiddle interlude - Sample (mp3) |
| 9. | Spoken meditation - Sample (mp3) |
Books - Please click the cover images to view a sample page.
| All Is One (2002) Written and Illustrated by Pauline |
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| Giving Thanks Written and Illustrated by Pauline |
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| Songs for the Soul (QuickTime sample, 1.2MB) |
June, 2010
Home Grown #2 (1987)
The Longing (1997)