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Phil Para at Way Out West Dec 8, 2019
Recently, I discovered that Phil is another Kiwi musician who arrived in Australia during the years the book covers (1959 – 1976). He arrived in 1974. And started life in Oz, not in the traditional main cities like Sydney or Melbourne as most other Kiwi musicians did but he went to WA with mates who…
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Dave Hogan & some of the Hounds at the Espy Sunday Nov 17, 2019
The first thing that was apparent on Sunday was that NY bass player Jerome wasn’t in the line-up. Neither was drummer Ash. But on the drummer’s seat was Robbo from Spectrum. Spectrum has had less gigs recently as their bass player Broc has been under the surgeon’s knife. So that was 3 of the Heinous…
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‘Blues Portrait’ – Pauline Bailey
Beautifully presented, Blues Portrait by artist Pauline Bailey was launched last Sunday at the Rainbow in Fitzroy. The bar was packed & lots of those present are people whose profiles are in the book. The book features short chapters of 45 contemporary blues musicians most Australian born; all based in Australia. Each chapter begins with a brief summary…
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Kevin Borich coming to Melbourne again
Spread the word … KB is doing three shows in the greater Melbourne area late January 2020. These are: January 24: Western Port Hotel, San Remo January 25: Memo Music Hall, St Kilda January 26: Way Out West Club, Newport Bowls Club, Newport It’s been a while since he has done a show of his…
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Billy TK Jnr at Musicland Oct 31, 2019
What would it be like to be the son of a guitar God like Billy TK … such big boots to fill! On Thursday night we got to see Billy TK Jnr in his Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society t-shirt in action. Jesse Valach from the support band had warned us that Billy would rock our…
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