The Nation Blue support LUGS

Tom Lyngcoln from The Nation Blue organised such an awesome gig on the weekend, with Little Ugly Girls headlining. Nation Blue were main supports, and were also phenomenal! It's been a while since I've seen them, and since they've played.. and they killed it!

Hobart's own Julian Teakle joined the Nation Blue to perform a stellar version of the classic song Sonic Advisor, from Teakle's two piece band The Frustrations... giving mad props to genius taswegians such as his old bandmate Mike Harris, and many others who may not have made it across to the mainland for the show.

The Nation Blue play The Tote's final gig

Another bunch of Tasmanians who have made themselves a home at the Tote over the past decade or so has been the Nation Blue.

In a musical gesture that choked me up (and I'm sure a majority of the crowd that night), they ended their set with a short rendition of the Magic Dirt track Baby Cakes, in honour of the Geelong band and their bass player Dean Turner who sadly passed away late last year.

Tom eventually lodging his guitar in the woodwork...