{"id":12402,"date":"2012-10-03T14:47:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T04:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=12402"},"modified":"2012-10-04T14:56:17","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T04:56:17","slug":"ian-moss-long-way-to-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2012\/10\/ian-moss-long-way-to-the-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Moss &#8211; Long Way To The Top"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LWTTT-IAN-MOSS-379-Supplied-Disc-25.07.12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12405\" title=\"LWTTT - IAN MOSS - 379 - Supplied Disc 25.07.12\" src=\"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LWTTT-IAN-MOSS-379-Supplied-Disc-25.07.12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LWTTT-IAN-MOSS-379-Supplied-Disc-25.07.12.jpg 512w, https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LWTTT-IAN-MOSS-379-Supplied-Disc-25.07.12-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/a>\u201cThere are so many great artists and that&#8217;s what&#8217;s so great about this show and why it&#8217;s so important, it will possibly be the last time a lot of us will get to perform together.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In what promises to be a series of truly memorable performances, some of Australia\u2019s greatest ever rock legends are set to soon take to the stage for the Long Way To The Top, 10<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary.\u00a0 As much a celebration for the artists involved, as it is for the audiences who will attend, over 17 legends of Australian rock will perform hit after hit of iconic songs from the 60\u2019s, 70\u2019s, and 80\u2019s, which for no doubt many, represent a lifetime of memories.<\/p>\n<p>Long Way To The Top, 2012 will also include a special tribute to one of it\u2019s formative producers, Billy Thorpe, who passed away in 2007 and was integral in conceiving the initial performance(s) of 2002.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBilly Thorpe was an icon, a freakishly talented bloke who had a huge impact on music history in this country,\u201d says Michael Chugg.\u00a0 \u201cWe miss him terribly and this reunion tour of A Long Way to the Top was a good opportunity to recognise the man, the musician and our mate.\u00a0 We\u2019ve brought Ian Moss on board to perform this special part of the show.\u00a0 How we are going to re-create \u2018Billy in the room\u2019 is a moment not to be missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We chat to Ian Moss about his special involvement in Long Way To The Top, paying tribute by performing the songs of the late, great Billy Thorpe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Well Ian, the first performance of Long Way To The Top is coming up on Friday night in Melbourne and you personally have a pretty special part to play with your tribute to Billy Thorpe.\u00a0 So what was your initial reaction when you were first asked?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Obviously I was very flattered, because Thorpey is a very important icon in Australian music. \u00a0He&#8217;s quite possibly almost the pioneer of heavy blues rock, when it comes to Aussie music.\u00a0 When he switched from being a pop artist in the mid 60&#8217;s, he disappeared there for a bit and then popped up with one of the heaviest bands in the country with Lobby Lloyde on guitar and doing a heavy blues version of <em>Gangster Of Love<\/em>.\u00a0 There was also his massive voice which is one of the things I remember most about Thorpey.\u00a0 So a part of me is flattered but another part of me is wondering how I&#8217;m going to be able to match that voice.\u00a0 But the important thing is, and if Thorpey knew I was doing it he would agree, it&#8217;s not about copying or mimicking him, he would be more flattered if I took his songs and looked at his lyrics and took the songs seriously and put my own spin on them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As far as \u201cgetting inside the songs\u201d of Billy Thorpe which you just previously referred, how has that experience been for you?<br \/>\n<\/strong>It&#8217;s just been a process of listening and playing the songs a couple of times a day and the more you do it, you discover new meanings and new twists on the words.\u00a0 You just take those on board and hopefully when it comes to concert time, it will all come out and I deliver a version of the song that stays true to what Billy was originally trying to get across.\u00a0 I guess I knew I was doing the shows a few months ago, so there&#8217;s definitely been that time for me to really get inside those songs.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LWTTT-GROUP-L-R-JON-STEVENS-IAN-MOSS-371-Supplied-Disc-25.07.12-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12406\" title=\"LWTTT - GROUP L-R - JON STEVENS &amp; IAN MOSS - 371 - Supplied Disc 25.07.12-1\" src=\"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/LWTTT-GROUP-L-R-JON-STEVENS-IAN-MOSS-371-Supplied-Disc-25.07.12-11-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Can you remember back to where and when you first heard or saw Billy Thorpe performing, did you ever even get to go out on tour with him?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Not tour as such, but there was a big night up in Cairns at Johnno\u2019s Blues Bar and Thorpey just happened to be in town and we did about half a dozen numbers together.\u00a0 We pretty well rocked the joint, that was the thing with Thorpey he certainly didn&#8217;t pull any punches when it comes to energy levels.\u00a0 That&#8217;s what I&#8217;ll be keeping in the back of my mind on the <em>Long Way To The Top<\/em> tour, I&#8217;ll be making sure the band have got that energy level up and kicking it in the guts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many songs will you be performing?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I&#8217;ll be doing 3.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a pretty big show and there&#8217;s not really much more time to do more than 3 songs.\u00a0 There are so many great artists and that&#8217;s what&#8217;s so great about this show and why it&#8217;s so important, it will possibly be the last time a lot of us will get to perform together.\u00a0 Particularly if they run them every 10 years or so. \u00a0We lost a few people from the last one and who knows what&#8217;s going to happen in the next 10 years.\u00a0 There are some great artists and some great old names here and this could very well be the last time we get to do a show like this together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Long Way To The Top, its also really such a celebration of LIVE music performance isn\u2019t it!<br \/>\n<\/strong>It is indeed about the live performance.\u00a0 Especially these days, it&#8217;s pretty hard to sell records and the great thing is that the Australian people love live music.\u00a0 The Aussie pub scene is obviously not what it once was, but there&#8217;s still a lot of great festivals that just do so well such as the Byron Bay Blues Festival and so many others that I&#8217;ve played at that have been so well attended.\u00a0 Australians just love their music and still support live music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cold Chisel\u2019s recent No Plans album certainly seemed to have made an impact and you stormed through with the Light The Nitro tour, it\u2019s been a big 12 months or so, what\u2019s on the horizon as far as Cold Chisel in the near future?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Good name for an album that isn&#8217;t it (laughs).\u00a0 <em>Light The Nitro<\/em> playing to around 250,000 people, 36 dates in 60 days that certainly kept us on our toes.\u00a0 The album came out in April of course and we hit the market pretty hard over that period, so we will be pretty quiet over the next 15 months or so, so you won&#8217;t really being seeing Cold Chisel popping up our head anywhere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Having said that, obviously you personally are incredibly active on the live circuit.\u00a0 Have you also been writing any new material and if so, can we expect to hear anything anytime soon?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I&#8217;m accruing material at this stage.\u00a0 My last few albums have been either acoustic or a tribute to soul music and I seem to have hit some newer straps with guitar playing I think, so I&#8217;ve got some new material that kind of shows off the guitar a bit more.\u00a0 It&#8217;s still a work in progress, but when it does come out, it will be bluesy and edgy.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Essential Information<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>From:<\/strong> Australia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ianmoss.com.au\">www.ianmoss.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Long Way To The Top<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Documents-and-Settings_theteam_Local-Settings_Temp_tmp8E2_files_image001-300x161.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12331\" title=\"Documents-and-Settings_theteam_Local-Settings_Temp_tmp8E2_files_image001-300x161\" src=\"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Documents-and-Settings_theteam_Local-Settings_Temp_tmp8E2_files_image001-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring:<\/strong> Axiom, Brian Cadd, Dragon, Marcia Hines, Col Joye, Masters Apprentices\u2019Jim Keays, Dinah Lee, Mi-Sex, Russell Morris, Ian Moss, Noiseworks, Doug Parkinson, Little Pattie, Glenn Shorrock, Spectrum, Lucky Starr, Chain\u2019s Matt Taylor &amp; Phil Manning, &amp; John Paul Young<\/p>\n<p><strong>Produced by:<\/strong> Amanda Pelman &amp; Michael Chugg for Chugg Entertainment<\/p>\n<p><strong>Director<\/strong> Ted Robinson<\/p>\n<p><strong>Musical Director:<\/strong> Jamie Rigg<\/p>\n<p><strong>TOUR DATES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friday 5 October\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena<br \/>\nTicketek 132 849<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 6 October\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sydney, Entertainment Centre<br \/>\nTicketmaster 136 100<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday 9 October\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Newcastle, Entertainment Centre<br \/>\nTicketek 132 849<\/p>\n<p>Friday 12 October\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brisbane, Entertainment Centre<br \/>\nTicketek 132 849<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.longwaytothetop2012.com\">www.longwaytothetop2012.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chuggentertainment.com\">www.chuggentertainment.com<br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chuggentertainment.com\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/44AD49FC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12332\" title=\"44AD49FC\" src=\"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/44AD49FC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/44AD49FC.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/44AD49FC-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this photo: BACK ROW &#8211; J Stevens &#8211; 3RD ROW L-R 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