SPRING BLOSSOM SEASON ON THE GRANITE BELT
Terry’s all original album at Whiskey Gully Wines
September is the month that cherry, peach, apricot and nectarine trees blossom across the hills of Glen Aplin south of Stanthorpe. We had a cold winter on the Granite Belt providing the required winter chill factor for these deciduous trees to produce an abundance of flowers and subsequent fruit set.
Nectarine blossom in the Das Helwig Haus garden
Our spring garden is proving a delight. As the golden daffodils fade masses of Spanish blue bells appear to brighten the garden. During so many past winters our magnolia flowers have been frosted, but not in 2007 when spring began in mid-August. That year there were no September frosts. Again in 2008, following the coldest August for seventeen years on the Granite Belt we are now experiencing a delightfully warm September and once more the magnolias haven’t suffered damage from late frosts.
Magnolia flowers in the Das Helwig Haus garden
Apart from the attraction of our spectacular garden, one of the reasons you could enjoy a visit to the Granite Belt any weekend is the wine, food and music at Whiskey Gully Wines every Friday and Saturday nights. The multi-talented Warwick-based singer songwriter Terry Clark will launch his first album at this Friday’s Whiskey Gully Wines What’s Cookin’ night at Severnlea.
Terry is a popular performer around the district with songs like “Paranoia Blues” and “It’s My Party And I’ll Die If I Want To” but, until now, he never recorded them.
“I purchased a digital recorder with the intention of putting my songs down,” Terry explains. “Really I just wanted to do it for my own satisfaction and for posterity.”
Terry wrote, recorded and produced the project, which ended up as two albums, called “Paranoia Blues” and “Missing You Tonight”, with 24 songs in total.
He played all of the instruments on the tracks including mandolin, several acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar, percussion and harmonicas. The only outside involvement was the graphic design of the album covers by his friend Karina Devine.
“The songs are about experiences I have had and things that interest me. I wanted this to be a personal project and putting everything together was a great challenge,” says Terry.
The project suited his self-sufficient lifestyle – he lives in a solar-powered house that he built himself, high on a rural ridge outside Warwick. Terry was born in Britain and came to Australia as a 14 year old. He moved out of home at 18 and, for seven years, did a variety of labouring jobs before winning a scholarship and taking up full-time study in Brisbane to become a teacher. He moved to Warwick 13 years ago to build his house and find a better life. He has certainly done that. These days he teaches music as well as being a specialist in remedial reading.
Join Terry, entertainer Lee Williams and the Whiskey Gully Wines crew at the vineyard this Friday, 7pm, Turner Road, Severnlea and find out What’s Cookin’. Everyone is welcome and Terry will perform several tracks from the albums.
Further information: contact John Arlidge 07 4683 5100; 0419 789 447; email: john@whiskeygullywines.com.au <mailto:john@whiskeygullywines.com.au>
http://www.whiskeygullywines.com.au
Stanthorpe, Severnlea and Glen Aplin.
Whiskey Gully Wines and Beverley Vineyard Restuarant are only 5 minutes driving time from your Bed and Breakfast at Das Helwig Haus. For further information: contact Fay Helwig 07 4683 4227; email: helwig@halenet.com.au http://www.webstation.com.au/accom/helwig
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