CD Launch of the OKAPI GUITARS latest CD "Haram Homebrew" at THE HARP,
Princes Highway Tempe on Sunday, July 1st from 7-10pm. Cost $5 entry, $10
entry + CD

Two sets of live performance by the 4-piece Okapi Guitars (which includes one
Jura member and one Jura supporter).

On their latest release these Australian afro-guitar enthusiasts seem to
be drifting northwards. They've taken the trans-Saharan route, and the sun
and wind have left their mark.

The first song on this album, Repent, growls with a trembling electric
guitar straight out of the desert. The singer atones for his sins: his
mobile phone and four wheel drive, the iPod racket and that big pay
packet. The fat days are over. The time has come to face the reality of a
new world order where the majority world calls the shots.

Two potent cover songs are included: Neil Young's Ohio, pure protest,
angry and urgent, here featuring twanging acoustic guitars and banjo; and
the classic Paul Kelly/Kev Carmody land rights narrative From little
things big things grow, transformed from a folksy waltz into thumping
r'n'b meets Persian percussion. Wicked!

John Laidler and Bernhard Huber on guitars, vocals and strumstick, Sigi
Huber an bass and Chris wright on drums.

Website: www.okapiguitars.com