I was one of the crowd at Ascension Vineyard on Sunday night to watch the last stop of the New Zealand tour by the Topp Twins and guests. We had an awesome night sitting on the side of the hill amongst the vines laughing and singing. There may have even been some dancing later in the night. The picnic was great too (no thanks to me - luckily I went with some friends who can cook).
So now I am boring everyone to tears by playing the Topp Twins and other country music. Actually everyone in the workroom enjoys the Topp Twins. Which is quite good because although I bought Grass Highway at the concert, there are several other discs winging their way to me via the Auckland Libraries and our fantastic courier system. I do have a yearning for some Country music (not all of it) and it's great for a girls car trip when you can sing at the top of your voice and there is noone to hear you.
One of their songs is New Zealand Icon. While it is dedicated to their mum and all the rural women of New Zealand, it could just as easily be used to describe themselves. Or some of their other guests. Such as the Hamilton County Bluegrass Band or fiddler (and entertainer) extraordinaire Marion Burns. They were joined by rising talent Tami Neilson and Cameron Luxton (who may or may not be the son of Ken). They played a lot of my favourites including songs like The Devil went down to Georgia and a surprising take on the Tina Turner classic Proud Mary.
But it was Jools and Lynda Topp who were the stars of the Show. By the time they had sung a couple of their classics, a couple of their latest songs and we had brought them back on stage for an encore Untouchable Girls was a fitting end.
Click on the links throughout this blog and it will take you to some of our homegrown talent, plus the best international country music. You can also get your fix of the Topp Twins in print, DVD, video (from their original TV show) and of course music CD.
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