Murphy's Pigs

01/09/2026

Good morning everyone. It's been a hectic and sad last few days. Thanks again for all your comments and thoughts. Scott's family are very thankful as are we, the band. For your information.

30/08/2026

Our last show for the year. Great fun at the Gympie Muster. A big, supportive crowd. Thanks everyone for a great night. Don't forget to inundate the Muster organisers and convince them that we should be back next year for our 21st birthday. 😁 Thanks to all for your well-wishes for Scott. Greatly appreciated.
If you have any good videos or pics, send ém through.

29/08/2026

A great night at the Gympie Muster last night. A fantastic crowd. We got the chance to catch up with many of our supporters. Scotty would have been pretty happy. It was the last gig he arranged for us.
Scott Nicholson was one of a kind. Very loyal and very generous. We received many calls and messages reaffirming that. Yesterday was fairly hectic and it will be over the next few days that we can get our heads around what his absence will truly mean to us; as a band and individually.
Thanks for all you kind words. One of my favourite comments was from a former work colleague, Adam Entwistle: All great adventures start with Scott Nicholson. How true is that.
We thank everyone for your comments and well wishes. I apologise that I won't be able to respond, personally, to you all. I wrote a few words yesterday about Scott from the band's point of view.

Scotty: Gone Too Soon
(28/08/26)

He always had another plan,
Another door to try;
While we were pleased with where we'd come,
Scott's sights were twice as high.

He worked the phones, he worked the room,
He always knew the score;
And when we thought we'd done enough,
He'd push a little more.

He stood between the world and us,
And fought to get things right;
He'd bargain hard, he'd hold his ground,
And always take our fight.

He'd worked with names the world would know,
On stages great and small;
But titles never mattered much-
His mates came first of all.

For Scott was there when glasses raised,
When someone left or stayed;
At parties, wakes and gatherings,
A friend was never weighed.

His loyalty was absolute,
His heart was open wide;
And if he called somebody mate,
He'd stand there by their side.

He saw in us what we could be,
Beyond what we could see;
He'd push and prod and dream aloud
Of what we yet might be.

And now the phone has fallen still,
No next deal left to make;
No Scott to tell us, “Think more big!”
Or which new road to take.

But every time we take the stage,
And reach towards that height,
We'll chase the dream you saw for us-
And bloody prove you right.

Once again, on behalf of the band, and our families, thanks for your support. Our sympathies to Scott's family.

R.I.P. Scott Nicholson .

John

27/08/2026

To all our wonderful supporters,

It is with great sadness that I inform you that our manager, Scott Nicholson, died this morning.
We, the band, are gutted. Scotty had been a driving force for several years, had helped us achieve many goals and pushed us into new markets - much like square pegs in round holes - but it worked. Scott, John and Peter had known each other for decades. They had been former work colleagues. We will miss his counsel and his drive.
Our show tonight an the Gympie Music Muster will be dedicated to him.

Vale Scott Nicholson .

25/08/2026

We are very deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Dolly Parton We recently donated to the Dolly Parton's Imagination book program. What a joy she has bought to people over the last 6 decades of entertaining. Our condolences go out to her family and team. Our manager's brother spent several years as her international production manager. God speed.

25/08/2026

A quick snapshot of some of the band the last time they played at Gympie Music Muster in 2019. We are back this Friday evening - who is coming to see us?

08/08/2026

Our dancers ran into some other dancers backstage at Tara Camel Races.

06/08/2026

From John's trip back out to Goondiwindi after the May concert a couple of months ago. He's now part of the advertising for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. We finally found someone shorter than John.



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03/08/2026

From James Fell historian.

You know that “Find someone who looks at you the way . . .” meme? . Find someone who, if you are murdered, they will sell all their possessions to fund a mercenary fleet bent on revenge. Such is the story of Jeanne de Clisson, who swore vengeance upon the King of France for killing her husband, and turned murderous pirate.

--On This Day in History S**t Went Down: August 2, 1343--

Born in 1300 in western France to a noble family, Jeanne was married at twelve to nineteen-year-old Geoffrey and bore two children. After fourteen years of marriage, Geoffrey died, and she married a wealthy Breton named Olivier four years later. They had five children together. After eleven years of marriage to Olivier, the Breton War of Succession between the English and French began. Jeanne and Olivier sided with the French in favor of Charles de Blois as Duke of Breton.

Then, sculduggery.

Olivier was a military commander defending the town of Vannes during the war, which was taken by the English in 1342. He was the only one ransomed free, for a surprisingly low sum, which led to de Blois alleging Olivier was a traitor.

The following year a truce was signed. Olivier and several other Breton lords were invited to a tournament on French soil, but King Philip VI violated the truce and had Olivier arrested. On August 2, 1343, with little evidence of treason, Jeanne’s husband was found guilty, beheaded, and his co**se displayed in a grotesque fashion reserved for common criminals.

Jeanne was pi**ed.

She sold everything, which was a lot, and used the funds to raise a force to attack the French in Brittany, a peninsula on the west coast of France. One such attack was against a garrison of de Bloise’s—her husband’s accuser—where all but one was massacred. The survivor was purposefully left alive to tell the tale and spread fear.

With help from the English king, Jeanne outfitted three warships, the flagship being named My Revenge. She would hunt French ships and kill all aboard except a few witnesses to inform King Philip of what she’d done. For thirteen years she was a feared pirate in the English Channel, attacking not only French ships but towns in Normandy, putting them to the sword. Her viciousness earned her the nickname “Lioness of Brittany.”

At the age of fifty-six she decided she’d had enough, married an English knight, and settled in Brittany for her remaining years.

NOTE: This piece was researched and written by a human, not some bu****it "ai" plagiarism software.

Those who cannot remember the past need a history teacher who swears a lot. Get both volumes of ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY S**T WENT DOWN at JamesFell.com/books.



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02/08/2026

We don't have the right words.