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A brief glimpse of life in Lismore, Northern Rivers, NSW, Australia.

Jimmy Willing & the Real Gone Hick-Ups give a wet workout to their arrangement of Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy's classic When the Levee Breaks. Live at the Lismore Lantern Parade Carnivale, 20 June 2009.

Four weeks earlier Lismore had experienced a major flood which came close to breaking the levee wall protecting the central business district from inundation.

Jimmy Willing: vocals
Dan Rumour: electric guitar
Davey Bob Ramsey: acoustic guitar
Nirvana Glassey: double bass
Clancy Robinson: drums

Footage by Terese Van Twest