Alex Legg welcomes new subscribers through Jango and Reverbnation	Posted: July 21, 2011
A big welcome to all my new subscribers from All around the globe, particularly those of you I've met through airplay on Jango. Enjoy the LeggSite! The long silence is due to the fact that we have been on the road. Canberra, for the National Folk Festival and West Australia, for Fairbridge Festival and a whole raft of dates taking in Perth, Fremantle, Bridgetown and Margaret River. What a wonderful country this is!! And what a joy it was to play Bridgetown, just a little way from Manjimup, where Alex's Grandma settled in Australia and set up her dairy-farm in 1919. There WILL be a song in that, sometime soon, I'm sure! Alex is just putting the finishing touches to a DVD of a live set, played at Camelot, Marrickville, Sydney earlier this year. This will be available when all permissions to use footage and audio are granted. Thanks to special guest, Fergus Brown, Ray Gurney for footage and to Yaron Hallis, proprietor of Camelot for his work on sound and lights. Fergus, Ray and Yaron all made a priceless contribution to a recording of a great LeggShow! This month's free download is 'Country Club' a co-write with Buddy Miller sideman, Sammy Horner Just go to www.alexlegg.com Hit LeggSongs and click on the 'buy' tag and 'Country Club' is yours to play on your iPod or iTunes browser for free. While you're there, please check out the dates page for a gig near you and keep checking back as new dates are being added all the time.
THANKS SYDNEY!!!	Posted: Feb 7, 2011
It is with a sigh of relief that Isobel and I are home from our Sydney, New South Wales, tour. Thanks to Mick and Christine Wheeler of the wonderful www.wheelersanddealers.com.au for hospitality in the beautiful Blue Mountains. A great gig was had at Blue Mountains Folk, thanks NIck and all who came. Thanks to Keith Armitage at Songwriters Live!! for the gig at Manly Boatshed. Great gig, Yaron and all at Camelot, Marrickville where Alex Legg and Fergus Brown displayed their considerable talents. Some footage here, courtesy of Ray Gurney http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1svaiFmPgg Rosemary and all at Foodz and Toonz, Marrickville for a wonderful open-air experience on Friday in stifling summer heat. On Saturday, Christina Mimocchi, Peter Miller-Robinson and Alex Legg played the Sydney Gaelic Club. Thanks to Aisling and staff and all who came, again in the hottest weather Sydney has ever known. Sunday evening Great hospitality and a house concert at the home of Andrew and Jenny Wallace in Newcastle. A wonderful, intimate experience and a pleasure to perform for all of you. Monday Morning 7.30 - the start of the 13 hour, long road home.... Thanks to all of our old and new Sydney friends for making the entire time such a pleasure
Thanks Bendigo!!	Posted: Jan 26, 2011
Thanks to Anita Donlon, Martin Ruffell and all at Bendigo Sandhurst Rotary Club for a wonderful day by the lake at Bendigo's Australia Day Celebrations. A stunningly warm day, refreshed by a breeze from the lake. Isobel and I would like to thank everyone who sat on the bales, listened, danced, bought CD's.... Let's do it again soon.... Keep an eye on the dates page for upcoming Bendigo dates.
Welcome to 2011	Posted: Jan 13, 2011
The year of the big push!!! At the end of January we are in Sydney. Breaking new ground is the name of this game and after 4 years of unsettledness and house-shifting. Alex and new love, Isobel are on the road.
Five CDs of LeggSongs due in 2011	Posted: Jan 02, 2011
Alex has five releases planned for 2011. A full-production album featuring the work of Keyboard player Tim Oliver and Albert Lee on Guitar... ...and a LIVE!!! album featuring cuts from various Alex' Live shows... ...2 CDs entitled 'Fokey Koke Fokin' one featuring a live Irish set... ...and Fokey Foke Fokin' 2 featuring a set of Alex' more Scottish traditionally inspired Songs... ...not to mention 'Dinosaur Dreams', an album of kids' songs about perennial favourites, Dinosaurs! These recordings join 'Healesville' (2003) and 'The Best-laid Plans of Chocolate Mice' (2009), on the merchandise tables at a venue near you....
2010 recording and writing with Sammy Horner	Posted: Oct 24, 2010
2010 - an eventful year with recording, co-writing and producing an Australian album with Uk's Sammy Horner. The CD rec'd this review in Cross Rhythms Reviewed by Paul Loader I love this album, I really do and I can't put it down. As it was created by Electrics frontman and prolific songwriter, producer and festival favourite Sammy Horner, I was expecting something along the lines of a Celtic reel, The Pogues with a message. Instead what I got was a stripped down acoustic gem recorded in Melbourne and produced by British-born Alex Legg. The album feels that Sammy has been listening to the radio a lot on an extremely long tour and had written 'Acoustic From Australia' based on the music he had soaked up. There are touches of Neil Diamond in there, especially with the opening track "Wilderness". Johnny Cash gets a look in with the phenomenal "Country Club", which to me elicits the same kind of feeling that I had when I first heard Cash's rendition of 'Hurt'. Bruce Springsteen certainly gets a nod with "Cold Wind" and "Sinnerman" just got me. Poignant and angry it seems to have a real dig at the pious judgemental attitude that some Christians appear to have towards the world. I puzzled for a long while on the meaning behind the wonderful "1759". At first it appeared to be a love song, if at least a weird one, with the line "You're the best thing that happened to me since 1759", completely losing me I sought YouTube for an answer. In a totally appropriate salute to his Irish roots Sammy is singing about Guinness, I think. Fair play I say. There is not a weak track on this album and I heartily recommend it to anybody who loves their music stripped right down to basics and presented to them with heart, passion and sometimes humour. I give this set full marks and Sammy Horner has just added another fan to the growing enclave who adore his music.