BRUTHEN - HOME OF AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST LITTLE BLUES FESTIVAL



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 Live at Bruthen 2002 CD



 

Artists interested in applying to play at a future festival, should email details to  be added to our Applicant List. Please include contact details, a brief bio, genre/style and any weblinks.

If you are an artist looking for a gig, or would like to join one of the Blues Jams, contact the Bruthen Inn at 14 Tambo Upper Rd Bruthen 3885 or (03) 5157 5201

If you have played at a previous Bruthen Blues festival, feel free to email a pic and weblink and we will update your mention below.

 
ARTISTS WHO HAVE APPEARED AT PREVIOUS BBs

2008

    Lloyd Speigel

    Dallas Frasca (and her Gentleman)

    Chris Wilson

   NickCharles

   The Hornets

   Anni Piper

   Dean Haitani

SAN   SAN

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Street Performances by Cirque Mystique

Congratulations to Jake, Matt & Craig - Winners of the 2008 Blues Jam:
Jake Kilpatrick - a young harmonica player and singer who has been been a Blues Jam regular over the past few years.
Matt - an ‘I’ve only ever played on the front porch’ original singer songwriter guitarist who wowed the audience last year as well.
Paul Aspin - Jam competition drummer of the day.

2007

    Lloyd Speigel


    Rosie Burgess


    Chubby Rae & the Elevators

    Geoff Achison

    The WolfeGang

    Anita George - winner of the 2007 Blues Jam

And special mentions to Shannon and to Matt, runners up in the 2007 Blues Jam

Also playing in 2007 were:

The Dirty Soul Society

Willy Go Lightly

Elston Gunn & the Tar Heels

Thirsty Fish

The Unmentionables

2006

    Chris Wilson

Chris Wilson is one of our finest vocalists, harmonica players and songwriters, fronting the superb Crown of Thorns.

His instrumental gifts have been used on recordings by the James Reyne, Hunters and Collectors, Vika and Linda, Renee Geyer, Archie Roach, Deb Conway and Ross Hannaford's Dianna Kiss. He has performed in the U.S. and has won the respect of many overseas artists including Charlie Musselwhite and Tony Joe White. Bob Dylan once made a special trip backstage to shake Chris' hand after a show together in 1992! 

    Josh Owen

Josh is a singer/songwriter who has been playing around Melbourne at some of the best live music venues in townand has played with some of the greatest Australian names including BOMBA, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Roachford, Ross Wilson, Joe Camilleri and the Black Sorrows, and Kerri Simpson.

The Josh Owen Band has wowed crowds at music festivals, including the 2005 Frankston Guitar Festival and the 2005 Melbourne International Music Festival.

Featuring Josh on lead vocals and guitars, his love of funk, soul and reggae sees the band stretching the boundaries of roots music and finding a willing audience wherever he goes. Josh's Home Page

    ERTH Street Theatre 

ERTH's unique work combines a highly developed visual aesthetic with performance, using giant puppets, huge inflatables, acrobatics, aerial and flying creatures, stilt-walking, costumes and pyrotechnics to create original theatre productions. Usually performing outdoors, their very accessible work appears both as large scale site specific theatre as well as street style roving performance.
ERTH Home Page

Images and information coutesy of ERTH Visual & Physical Inc.

    Dallas Frasca

    Rosie
Stomping away on her home made stomp box, & sliding away on her slide guitar, rosie keeps herself warm with an energetic, engaging performance, using guitar, cello, harmonica and mandolin to accompany her vocals. Her music flows straight from the heart and blood - at times edgy and intense, at times raw and beautiful, it is always original and gripping.
rosie's Home Page
Buy rosie's CD :)

    Danni Carr

 
    Danny Burton

 
    Padma Newsome


    Robyn Munro www.eggigguide.com/robyn


2005


ALEX BURNS - RON TABUTEAU'S CHICKENHEAD - THE VANGUARDS - DUTCH TILDERS and the BLUES CLUB

GEOFF ACHISON - ANNEMARIE SHARRY and DALE LINDREA - HARPER and BEN HARWOOD
DEBI CANDLISH and BRENT OTTLEY Elston Gunn & the Tarheels

Alex Burns
http://users.bigpond.net.au/rooster/alexburns.html

Ron Tabateau's Chickenhead

Dutch Tilders & the Blues Club

The Vanguards
http://users.bigpond.net.au/rooster/vgindex.html

2004

THE BRUTHEN BLUES JAMMERS - LOTUS
GET FUNKED! - ASH GRUNWALD - SALTY DOG
KERRI SIMPSON & RON TABUTEAU
COLLARD GREENS AND GRAVY - FIONA BOYES
ROD PAINE and the FULL TIME LOVERS
PETE MASKELL - CRAWFISH DAVE

 

2003


THE BRUTHEN BLUES JAMMERS - LOTUS
DEBI CANDLISH - TERRY LOCKWOOD & DAMIEN NEAL
CHRIS WHITE & ROSS WARD - THE VANGUARDS
NICKY MOFFATT - BLAIR DAWES - DIRTY RIVERS
CHRIS WILSON & the SPIDERMEN
PD HALE & the BLUE ROOM
SURFIE - ANNEMARIE SHARRY
THE SOUTH OF THE RIVER CHOIR - GEOFF ACHISON
ANDREA MARR'S BLUES TRAIN - BEACHHEAD

 

2002


THE BRUTHEN BLUES JAMMERS - JOHN MAZUR
DEBI CANDLISH - TERRY LOCKWOOD & DAMIEN NEAL
HOT WHEELS BLUES - JAY WAGSTAFF
BROCOLI BROTHERS - SERIOUS JIMS - SKIP SAIL
GIT - COLLARD GREENS and GRAVY
GEOFF ACHISON and the SOULDIGGERS
NICKY MOFFAT - LLOYD SPIEGEL BAND - THE MOJO'S

2001


THE BRUTHEN BLUES JAMMERS - NICKY MOFFAT - BROCOLI BROTHERS
TONY LUKE and SODA POP - QUIRKIE and SURFIE - DEBI CANDLISH
TERRY LOCKWOOD - DUTCH TILDERS - BO JENKINS BAND - SALTY DOG
MARCO GOLDSMITH - 12 BARS FROM MARS

2000
THE BRUTHEN BLUES JAMMERS - NICKY MOFFAT - BLUEPRINT - SUSPICIOUS MINES
BROCOLI BROTHERS - FIONA BOYES - COLLARD GREENS and GRAVY - JAN PRESTON
RAY BEADLE and the KING BROTHERS - TAHANA BAND - BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE
GEOFF ACHISON - ANDY COWAN and BIG MAMA'S DOOR

1999
THE BRUTHEN BLUES JAMMERS - NICKY MOFFAT - SUSPICIOUS MINES - SANDY CLARK
COLLARD GREENS and GRAVY - ALEX BURNS and NICK CHARLES
ROCKBOTTOM JAMES and the DETONATORS - THE MOJO'S

1998
THE BRUTHEN BLUES JAMMERS - NICKY MOFFAT - COLLARD GREENS and GRAVY
DUTCH TILDERS

1997
THE BRUTHEN BLUES JAMMERS - DUTCH TILDERS

1996
THE SWANNY BLUES JAMMERS - GEOFF ACHISON

The blues jam used to be held at Swan Reach each month and the first Blues Bash was a celebration of the Jammers 1st Birthday. After this it then moved to Bruthen and has never looked back. The Jam was established by Trish and Ian (Wags) Wagstaff and their family involvement continues today with son Jay running the monthly Bruthen Blues Jam.

THANKS TO THE BRUTHEN BLUES SPONSORS

 

Bruthen: 2007 Regional Community of the Year Award winner for towns under 5000 people!

This web page is a BA&EC Production © D.Ritter 2005. hosted by Vicnet.
(Photographs © 2001 Ross Mortimer/Rooster unauthorised copying prohibited).
Other pics from artists' websites with permission.
The Bruthen Blues & Arts Festival is an event of the Bruthen Arts and Events Council Inc. Proceeds go towards keeping Blues music and arts alive in Bruthen. Thanks to Flabdablet for the maintaining the URL.
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