The Black Sorrows will perform at the Palais Geelong on Friday, January 20 to celebrate the limited release of their new live album, Live from the Shangri-La.
Iconic Aussie performer and Black Sorrows frontman Joe Camilleri said the album showed how the band had continued to grow and evolve while still maintaining the spark and energy that had defined them over the years.
“Live from The Shangri-La gives you a sense of how far the Sorrows have come, of how we’re always moving forward as a band,” Camilleri said.
“It’s never about the past. Although we are always celebrating where we’ve been, we are constantly finding a new and fresh pathway.”
Live from the Shangri-La is a limited vinyl release, with only 1,000 copies available.
“You can’t buy it in shops, only from our website,” Camilleri said.
“I just wanted to make 1,000 vinyl records, all numbered, with a flamingo pink disk.
“It’s a document of the band, how it works, how it changes and evolves.
Camilleri said one of the joys of the band was the way the songs were continually recreated as different musicians came and went.
“I think one of the reasons why I keep certain players alongside me is that they take the opportunity to be what they want to be inside the songs, and it becomes their thing,” he said.
“Someone else may have recorded the song, but the person that’s playing it really owns it.”
The bandleader said he was excited to return to the Palais after playing there decades ago.
“I remember that gig really well, I think it was in 1976, and we were playing there with Flo and Eddie,” Camilleri recalled.
“I just remember the Palais being a standout place, and I hope it really kicks off again. I think every neighbourhood needs a venue like that.”
