Louise with co-writers, Kris Ralph (next to Louise) and Tony King (far right), at the Australian Songwriters Association 2006 Awards night with our award for "Genius Of Love". We won the Open section and came second in the Inspirational section - woohoo!
Performing "Genius Of Love" at the Australian Songwriters Association Awards 2006. Louise is here with Kris Ralph to her left and Tony King to her right.
And now we see the whole band. On keys, Tim Jenkins, double bass, Greg Royal and the incredible Gordon Rytmeister on drums, with Louise, Kris and Tony. We were lucky enough to have Gordo play on the "Genius Of Love" recording.
On stage at Sound Relief 2009 - Fire and Rain with Marcia Hines - what a great crowd!!!
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Louise with and Mary Azzopardi and the luminous Marcia Hines backstage at Sound Relief 2009.
On stage with Mary Azzopardi at Sound Relief 2009 - Dave Pritchard what are you doing????
Rachel Gaudry, Virna Sanzone and Louise at a Fundraiser for the Women of DC Congo. There is so much still to do to raise awareness and to help these women... but every little bit helps.
Louise with Anthony Callea at Scarborough beach in Perth in 2007
Louise with Anthony Callea - here we are obviously admiring my fantastic necklace????
The band carries it's mascot!!(Anthony Callea) Backstage at a fantastic outdoor concert put on in his honour at Perth's beautiful Scarborough beach by radio station, 96FM.
It was VERY sunny at the Manly Jazz Festival 2007 on the main stage - Louise with the very talented Gary Pinto.
Look it's Australian Idol's Musical Director, John Foreman, with Louise at Manly Jazz Festival 2007!
Manly Jazz Festival 2007 - that's the incredible Erana Clarke on lead vocals, with Louise and Gary on backing vocals and Barry Leef on guitar and vocals. You can also just make out Rex Goh (guitar) between Erana and Barry. What a great gig that was!
I sang backing vocals for Sarah Blasko at the historic Make Poverty History concert in Melbourne. Here I am with Sarah and Robert F Cranny backstage. We were supposed to be on first that day until U2 and Eddie Vedder turned up unannounced and pushed in front of us. We had to stand side of stage and watch it all.... in disbelief I might add!
The Duffettes backstage at The Basement - Louise, Rachel Gaudry and Evelyn Duprai
The Duffettes and their Duff - Louise with Jeff Duff, Rachel and Evelyn - we did some great gigs together including the Adelaide Cabaret Festival in 2006.
Holding court as we build the Australia Idol set - just me and the sound team. Look at me with my piece of paper looking like I know what I am talking about!!!
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That says FCUK on my hat! Louise with one of Australia's greatest drummers, Gordon Rytmeister. I have been lucky enough to have Gordo play on a lot of my tracks.
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Louise with Tony Azzopardi - the busiest percussionist in the business!!! (and I mean the he is employed ALOT, not busy if you know what I mean!!)
Hanging with some of the band after the Australian Idol Grand Final 2006 - that was a busy day for me... I had to run an indoor and outdoor concert that day... and look, I'm still smiling... Left to right is Louise, Rex Goh (guitar), Gordon Rytmeister (drums), John Foreman (Musical Director) and Tony Azzopardi (percussion). Where's the bass player I wonder?
Waiting on the World To Change with John Mayer.
One of my fave piano-playing singers in the whole world! Ricky Peterson.... brother of Paul... what a talented family....
A writing session with the fabulous Gary Pinto - well he is Gary Pinot now - we christened him that as you can see from the bottle of wine. This was our "Still Hoping" session. Brydon Stace was there too but he is holding the camera. I hope to release this song one day - it's a beauty.
Louise with Peter Cupples from Stylus backstage at the Basement after a Hall and Oates Tribute show. I got to sing "Rich Girl" on that show... and sing backing vocals for Peter on "She's Gone" - fantastic! what a great singer he is!
Louise with the highly talented and hilarious Musical Director, Chong Lim. He was my partner in crime on It Takes Two and Dancing With The Stars.
Two of my favourite people. Julia Morris (comedienne) and David Hobson (opera singer) at the Grand Final of It Takes Two. They won!
Look at these two handsome men.... though I think you may have just overdone it DC!! Louise with the ridiculously talented Ian Moss and eternally effervescent David Campbell at the It Takes Two Grand Final.
this is the launch of "whatever Lucy says" at the Basement in Sydney in July 2006. extraordinary band from left is Rex Goh on guitar, Warren Trout on drums and Victor Rounds on bass.
such face pulling leads me to believe that this was a ballad...
Can you play something I can dance to?
Action shot... and, hey look! - there are some backing vocalists - rachel gaudry and simon shapiro - very talented singer songwriters in their own right.
not sure what exactly was going on here but Rex Goh is smiling - he is always Smiling when he plays - I love being able to turn around at a gig and see him smiling away.... and you get a much better look at Rachel Gaudry and Simon Shapiro here as well.
Louise with Anthony Callea and Brydon Stace in Brydon's Studio. We wrote 2 killer songs that day. You can hear "Far From Over" on itunes.
Flame-haired singer, Amanda Easton, with Louise backstage at The Basement.
Louise at The Bitter End in New York. Bill Risby is on piano.
This is the fantastic St Paul (Paul Peterson) with Louise and Brydon Stace. Paul is an amazing bass player and singer who spent his early days playing in THE TIME. Yes...PRINCE"S THE TIME. We co-wrote a great little pop song called "If You Were Mine".
I was lucky enough to sing with the sublime Sylvie Palladino - what a voice!
Anthony Callea, Louise and John Foreman - I must have had the high heels on that night:-)
Brydon Stace - hands down my favourite person to sing with in the whole wide world (unless Michael McDonald calls of course). If you haven't heard him sing, then you are really missing out. check out his myspace page - www.myspace.com/brydonjstace. Notice Lloyd Gyi and Bill Risby in the background - our 2 bald bookends in the band :-)
From left, Louise with Kimi Tupai, Kim Hart and Gary Pinto backstage at the launch of Sarah Blasko's, "what the sea wants, the sea will have" album. Sarah wrote some great tracks that needed a four part vocal group - that would be us!
The "whatever Lucy says" photo shoot.
"whatever Lucy says" i know.....
.. and again...
i was laughing because the intrepid photographer (Colleen Ward) chose to wear white jeans that day and then proceed to roll around on the freshly cut green grass to get the best picture.... such dedication...
even though this is kind of out of focus, this shot is my favourite - to me it captures the essence of the album "whatever Lucy says" - eyes to the sky, looking towards the light....
Okay, so this is the last one I will put up :-)
This is my beloved Rufus, the wonder dog....
Having some 60's kind of fun on stage at Taronga Park Zoo Twilight series 2009. I didn't even know that I could sing and dance at the same time until I did that gig!!!! From left, Tania Murray, Damien Lovelock of Celibate Rifles fame, Amanda Easton and me in the hat with Jon Howler on the drums.
Louise and her terribly handsome travelling band at a gig in Sabah, Malaysia. From left, Bill Risby (keys), Sam Hawksley (guitar), Brydon Stace (vocals), Victor Rounds (bass), Louise and Lloyd Gyi (drums).
Good looking and good at their job. This is Matt Fell at his studio, Love Hz, mixing my latest album, "whatever Lucy says" with Sam Hawksley (producer) supervising from over his shoulder. They are my white thongs also working hard there.
One of my happiest memories. On tour for the Australian Idol auditions in 2006, Erana Clark, Mark Williams and I let off some steam after a hard day's auditioning. We were singing songs we didn't even know we knew around the piano in the foyer of the hotel we were staying at in Alice Springs!!!
Was obviously a very high note... I'm holding on to the top of my head so it doesn't blow off ... that's the freakishly talented Gavin Pearce behind me on the bass - at a quick guest spot at the Grand Hyatt in Melbourne.
A friend of mine sent this to me after a trip to Japan - could have been my first album cover maybe? thanks Lindsay :-)
Some of my happiest days were doing our regular Sunday gig at The Bridge Hotel in Rozelle, Sydney. That gig went for several years and we never quite knew what was going to happen from week to week. From left, you can just see Bill Risby (keys), Louise, Brydon Stace (vocals), Victor Rounds (bass), Lloyd G (drums) and Peter Northcote (guitar).
I love him but he always takes up so much room waving his hands around like that!!!! Louise with Brydon Stace.
Oh what a time we had at the Thredbo Jazz Festival 2004 over 3 nights in the Schuss Bar. It was freezing outside but we were cookin'! Louise with Pete Drummond (drums), Libby Bee (bass) and David Longo (guitar).
Following the light - thanks to Geoff Fraser for this great live shot!
The band live and braving the elements - you can't see it from this pic but it was pouring with rain by the end of this outdoor show. We were up high and undercover....the poor audience were out there in the rain and the mud... but they hung in there with us!!!
Louise with a very youthful looking Victor Rounds on bass and Con Settineri on drums.
A girl and her guitar.
Drink ... Peek... Louise Perryman... Makin Whoopee - WHAT IS GOING ON HERE??????
Louise at The Famous Spiegeltent in Melbourne... so THAT is what that previous sign is all about.... From left, Bill Risby on piano, Gavin Pearce on bass, Danny Farrugia on drums and Ben Edgar on guitar. What a very special place it is to play - quite magical.
Louise with Ben Edgar, one of Melbourne's finest guitar players and all round good guy. We don't get to play together often enough...
The Australian launch of Whisper My Name at Sydney's Wine Banc - you can see Bill Risby on piano, Louise, Victor Rounds on bass and Peter Northcote on guitar...but where is Kere Buchanan?
Oh there he is...Louise, with Kere Buchanan on drums and Victor Rounds on bass at the launch of Whisper My Name. Kere produced the album and co-wrote all of the tunes with me.
An evening at the Woollahra Hotel in Sydney. Can you see the elbows to the right? The dancers in the audience nearly knocked me over that night! Bill Risby on piano, Kere Buchanan on drums and Victor Rounds on bass are there with me, shielded by their instruments!
Louise with Victor Rounds. I love doing gigs with Vic - he is so full of great energy and fun. Not bad on the bass and vocals either!!!!
Gigs in exotic locations.... ready when you are!!!! Makes it very easy for a girl to do her job when this is what the office looks like!
Another one of those fun days at The Bridge in Rozelle...
One of my favourite singers in Australia... sometimes I get lucky and get to sing with him – that’s Barry Leef there with his guitar. He always makes me sing Everynight (the Phoebe Snow version) and I always try to make him sing everything else so that I can just listen to his voice!!!! You can also see lovely Lloyd G on drums and the mighty, Alex Hewitson on bass.
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