Livid leaves hot legacy
by
Serene Conneeley
West Australian
December
17,
1992
Original article: 
After 12 hours and more than 20 bands at Davies Park in Brisbane, the biggest impression I was left with of the Livid Festival was the heat.
The music was great but the oppressive, burning heat had a way of making its presence felt far longer than any act on the bill.
But Queensland’s version of the Big Day Out was a huge success. Now in its sixth year, the Livid Festival was bigger and better.
At 11 am we got our bearings while local Brisbane bands, Squelch and RubberBug played.
But it was Michelle Shocked I was dying to see again, and she didn’t disappoint.
She sang the first song accompanied by her mandolin and a band which included a fiddler, then she switched to acoustic guitar.
The Texan singer-songwriter shared her views and some fascinating stories. She mesmerized the audience.
Michael Barclay, of Paul Kelly band fame and who is currently in [a] great new Melbourne band, the Victory Girls (with ex-Huxton Creeper, Rob Craw), was drumming but the rest of Michelle’s backing band had come from the U.S.
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