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The Tall Dwarfs are a New Zealand band featuring Alec Bathgate and Chris Knox. The band have been variously described as “passionate music fans inspired by the music of the 60’s, the punk movement, Captain Beefheart, T Rex and the weird ideas and instruments of the sixties period”. They have a distinctively “lo-fi” unpolished sound which uses guitars, Casiotone keyboards, drum machines and omnichord. Chris Knox is well known for his involvement with Flying Nun records as his 4 track was used to record early singles, he and Alec Bathgate were also members of “The Enemy” and “Toy Love”.
This is a live performance by the Tall Dwarfs at the Windsor Castle featuring Chris Knox (guitar, vocals, keyboards) and Alec Bathgate (guitars, vocals). This performance also has Mike Dooley playing drums on a significant number of songs.
Turning Brown and Torn in Two
Shade for Today
Burning Blue
Beauty
Clover
Woman
Pictures on the Floor
Paul’s Place (featuring Mike Dooley on drums)
Maybe (featuring Mike Dooley on drums)
Walking Home (featuring Mike Dooley on drums)
I’ve Left Memories Behind (featuring Mike Dooley on drums)
All My Hollowness to You (featuring Mike Dooley on drums)
Get Outta The Garage (featuring Mike Dooley on drums)
Unknown Song [possibly a cover or Toy Love / The Enemy song] (featuring Mike Dooley on drums)
Nothings Going to Happen (featuring Mike Dooley on drums)
Unknown Song [possibly a cover or Toy Love / The Enemy song] (featuring Mike Dooley on drums)
Luck or Loveliness (featuring Mike Dooley on drums)
Gone To the Worms (featuring Mike Dooley on drums)
Easter - unreleased song (featuring Mike Dooley on drums)
Burning Blue (featuring Mike Dooley on drums)
The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (featuring Mike Dooley on drums)
Crush (featuring Mike Dooley on drums and Graham Jefferies, Peter Jefferies and Chris Matthews playing percussion and guitar)
The final 8 minutes is a performance by the Tall Dwarfs at the Hillsborough Tavern in Christchurch supporting John Cale followed by the “official” music video for “Nothing’s Going to Happen”.
Streets of Laredo
All My Hollowness To You
Nothing’s Going to Happen (timecoded)