A very special milestone for the MobeyDick band - the roadie husband's perspective.
Today was an amazing milestone. My partner, my love - Claire Mobey (
Together with her band partner 
They have come such a long way and I am so proud of you my love!
Soon enough, the recording of the radio interview shall be available on Zone Radio's podcasts and you can listen to it again and again. But let me tell you about the journey that brought this band from long lost friends corresponding occasionally on Facebook to where they are now!
I had known Claire something like 8 days, therefore on the 8th of January 2020, she sent me a recording of Embalm, now known as One more Time. It clicked in my head that THIS was who Claire was!
This was her soul. She was a musician.
By heartache and misfortune she has stopped all music ventures for 20 years. Then we met and I just held her and loved her. Soon enough there was lots of singing near the fire on weekends. Soon enough she began thinking about all those old songs in her songfile that had not been completed.
And then she made contact with Jasper!
The two of them had been friends in pre-school and they had played in the sand-pit together.
So they made a plan to meet after hard Covid Lockdown. New songs came into being. You can look on their profiles for these songs. This story is not about the songs, but about the musicians.
New songs were created and other songs were dusted off and completed.
Some time after that was the first open-mic event. The two of them performed on stage in Muzenberg. Some time after that it was Barley Corn and Cottage club and Salt & Sage.
Soon enough they had gone for all sorts of gigs, more and more their lineup that had been mostly covers began to evolve and now covers are a rarity in their lineup.
Shows that they had seat booked for were sold out and they even managed to perform and sell out at the Alma Caffe!
And then they got to do their radio interview and tell their story. They also performed two songs live and on the air. The response from callers were phenominal and Claire had a great time!
Finally Claire and Jasper got to add their signatures to the large canvasses that decorated the hallway of the little radio station.
Like I said. I am so happy and proud of Claire for pushing so far and keeping at it!
Thank you for reading this post.
Cheers!
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