There is a bit of a story to this song... written a year or two ago following one of those wonderful corporate bashes where they pay you loads of money to show up and play music and nobody pays any attention to the band...
Due to the apparent lack of interest (although nobody left, which said something for us), Didi (the redhead in the song) and I (the blonde) decided it was time for some schmoozing. We kind of "hovered" across the room to Joe ("Redhead's Joe"), the guy that hired us, and, well, schmoozed. Joe was a very nice man, so I wrote him into the song. Wasn't long before Didi and I were attentively surrounded. It never ceases to amaze me how naturally schmoozing comes with the job of performing, even though I don't think of myself as a Queen of Schmooze at all. The imagery of the Queen of Hearts, the knights, the power -- the song is a fun flirting romp with a jazzy bluesy feel...
Once again we are treated to the vocal talent of Josephine Howell, who breathed her own dynamic personality into the song. With all her wonderful ad-libbing at the end, once again I just couldn't bear to lose any of it in the fade, so we faded everything else and left Josie to do her thing... ta-ta, bye-bye fellas, etc.
And Michael Matthews adds more magic as he weaves his tenor saxophone through the song.
This song should probably be accompanied by a glass of red wine. May I recommend anything Australian from the year 2001 (a good year) that says "Henschke," "Penfolds," "Wolf Blass," "Jacob's Creek," or "Wyndham Estate," (all our favorites!)
