Tinsley Waterhouse Band - 1981 - Full Of Ink An' Talkin' Shorthand FLAC

I've Been Dreamin'/Ain't Got You/If You Love Me Like You Say/Hard To Handle



 Throughout the 1980s and into the 1990s, gravel-voiced R&B; veteran Tinsley Waterhouse led ever-changing line-ups of his Tinsley Waterhouse Band. The band boasted over 50 musicians through its ranks over the years. Among all the changes in personnel, Waterhouse managed to issue three albums of tough, roadhouse R&B; material.

Waterhouse played drums in late 1960s blues bands The Gravy Train and The Horse, plus a brief stint in the final version of New Zealand band Chants R&B; circa mid-1967. In 1979, he formed Tinsley Waterhouse's Old Tracks which had evolved into The Tinsley–Townsend Band (with Snowy `Cutmore' Townsend, ex-Wild Beaver Band) by April 1980, and The Tinsley Waterhouse Band by July. The line-up listed above recorded the 7-inch EP Full of Ink an' Talkin' Shorthand (`I've Been Dreamin', `Ain't Got You'/`If You Love Me Like You Say', `Hard to Handle'), which came out on Project 9 Records in February 1981. The Tinsley Waterhouse Band worked the Melbourne pub circuit, and issued its debut album, After the Mudd You've Got ... The Tinsley Waterhouse Band, in October 1982.

By that stage, the line-up comprised Waterhouse and Ballard, plus Mick `The Reverend' O'Connor (Hammond organ), Ron Robertson (bass) and Peter Lee (drums), all of whom had previously played with Broderick Smith's Big Combo. By March 1983, the line-up comprised Waterhouse, Robertson, Gerry Joyce, Chris Stockley (guitar; ex-Cam-Pact, Axiom, Dingoes, Stockley See Mason Band, Rock Doctors), Neil Wyatt (sax; ex-Dutch Tilders, Keith Lamb's Airport) and Paul Hitchins (drums; ex-Sports, Nighthawks). The August 1983 line-up featured Waterhouse, Stockley, Robertson, Leigh Horton (sax; ex-Saxons, Pete Watson's Rockhouse) and Barry Cram (drums; ex-Michael Turner In Session, Avalanche, Russell Morris Band, Contraband, Ideals).

 In early 1984, Michael Bright replaced Chris Stockley on guitar. By November, Ray Davies had taken Bright's place, and Horton had also left to be replaced by Dean Hilson (sax) and Dave Wright (trombone). The Tinsley Waterhouse Band's second album, Hangin' Around (1985), had been recorded in three sessions (March 1983, June 1984 and November 1984). As well as covers of a number of R&B; staples like Robert Johnson's `Sweet Home Chicago' and Jimmy Witherspoon's `What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?', the album included the single `Don't Get Mad'/`Holy Cow'. The Tinsley Waterhouse Band's third album, I've Been Dreaming, featured the line-up of Waterhouse, Cram, Ron `Groper' Trinder (guitar), Paul Gatcham (sax), Ron Anderson (sax) and Tim Ayres (bass; ex-Kevin Borich Express).  Thanks to Sunny.