Local rock n roll icon Kim Salmon is today releasing his brand new solo record My Script and to celebrate he’s heading out on the road for a national tour throughout the rest of March and most of April.
While packing his gear in preparation for the impending tour, Salmon noticed that some of his most cherished items have gone AWOL over the past few years and he’s decided he’d like them back.
To celebrate the upcoming tour and to get his shit back, Kim has penned a list of everything he’s missing (and wants back). Check it out below and be sure to catch Kim when he hit the road this weekend. For more info visit Kim’s Facebook page.
Dan Kelly
Haircutting scissors: I want ‘em back. Dan and I were discussing our shared hair problem a while back. With our kinda curls you can’t really trust a hairdresser not to make you look like an absolute knob so its best to DIY with a decent pair of shears.
A snip in the wrong direction and instead of a white – boy ‘fro, you’re stuck with a granny perm! He’s still got ‘em and I need to give myself a trim before I go out on the road to promote ‘My Script’.
Dan Kelly
My Haircut. Yes… the obvious answer to said hair problem…
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Jumper leads: Wouldn’t that be the case. The one pair of Jumper Leads I’ve ever owned are over in NYC in the possession of one Jon Spencer. It was back in ’96 in San Francisco on tour with my band The Surrealists and we were playing some bar.
We’d had a spot of mechanical trouble and bought the leads just in case. We were about to play our set and who should walk in but Jon and his lovely wife Christina. Turns out they had a flat battery. We gave them our jumper leads. Presumably they got off safely, as I‘ve seen Jon, Christina and the JSBX countless times since. I’ve never thought to mention it.
Mudhoney
My Burt Bacharach book of sheet music: Come on guys! You don’t need this. You’re strictly ‘grunge’… you only play power chords, not A flat major 7 or B minor7 flat5 chords. I used to have this really cool book of Bacharach songs – actually learned ‘Anyone Who Had A Heart’ from it especially to play a version for that compilation ‘To Hal and Bacharach’.
I went over to Seattle for a couple of weeks a bit later and recorded an album with Mark Arm, Dan Peters and Matt Lukin – ‘Until’ it came out on BANG! RECORDS (strictly a ‘grunge’ statement btw). Anyway, I carried that book everywhere! Funny I don’t recall ever seeing the book after that trip.
Tex Napalm and Dimi Dero
My red nail varnish: Just a few weeks back at the ‘Day By The Green’ show at the St Kilda Bowlo just before my set of Scientists songs with Mike Stranges I was back stage talking with Tex Napalm. He remarked on my nail polish matching my guitar, boots and belt. He used to do that all the time he told me. I hadn’t even realized I was coordinated.
Biggsy was in the room and said “come on guys, we’re not Zoolander”. I felt ridiculous but was very amused! I gave my bottle of varnish to Tex but now I miss the match. I think I’ll get some more and get the red boots out for my launch.
Hoodoo Gurus
Books. Come on Rick, I know you have my copy of Dr John’s autobiography ‘Under a Hoodoo Moon. Actually I’m kidding, it was a gift. However, Dave?…. that New York Dolls story? did you ever finish it?
Harry Howard and the NDE
Please Kill Me. No don’t actually! I’m of course talking about that great book…
SORRY just checked and it’s still in my bookshelf. Would you like a loan of it mate?! I think you should read it given your band name is Near Death Experience. I’m really getting my wires crossed.
Brian Hooper
(I know Hoops is just one person and not a band but he counts for a whole band he’s got so much rock and roll in him). He’s still got my copy of I Slept with Joey Ramone by Joey’s brother Mike Leigh. Gawd, just call me the Rock and Roll Librarian!
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
My Melways: Come on guys you’ve all got Siri on your iPhones. You don’t need a book to show you where to go north of the Yarra. Anyway that St Kilda vs ‘the North’ thing died years ago…
Kill Devil Hills
My drummer Todd Pickett: Now I know Charlie Watts once punched Mick Jagger for referring to him as ‘My Drummer’ and actually the reality is more that I borrowed Todd off the KDH on their 2011 Euro tour when Todd and I opened for them. I hope Todd doesn’t mind me thinking of him as ‘my drummer’.
He DID do a brilliant job playing drums for me on two tracks from My Script. I’m just about to launch the album with my next single Destination Heartbreak – one of those two glorious (in no small measure thanks to Todd) tracks.
In actual fact nobody owns, or loans, anyone’s drummer but Fellas! There is that bottle of MY Febreeze and MY tour trick of getting more wear out of a few days worth of clothes on those long stints with no time for a laundry break.
Upcoming Tour Dates
MAR 19 Northcote Social Club, Northcote
APR 9 Union Hotel Newtown, Newtown
APR 15 Crown and Anchor, Adelaide
APR 16 The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick
APR 22 Mojos Bar, North Fremantle
APR 23 Bar 459, North Perth
