If you want to hear the blues played with a real passion and respect for the music, check out this band. The Red Dog Saloon Band members know the blues inside out and have been playing on the Wellington music circuit for over 30 years. During that time, they have become masters of their craft, … Continue reading "Red Dog Saloon Band"

Master of the Dolbro slide guitar, Pip Payne, and master of the harmonica, blues and chromatic, Neil Billington, with killer rhythm section Des Mellon and Micklin Halstead laying down fat grooves.   From the genteel parlours of the 1% to sweaty beer-soaked bar rooms and beyond, this band has touched everyone. Vigorously and repeatedly.   … Continue reading "Pip Payne and Neil Billington"

Funky blues, swingin blues, old blues, bent blues stinky blues and some smokin hot freshly scented blues and some sleezy funk just because we can. Shaken not Stirred features the horn section of  Damian Forlong and Dylan Holmes, the vocals and bass playing of Geoffrey Hern with Deane Hunter on guitar and Darren Mathiassen on … Continue reading "Shaken Not Stirred"

Oscar is not to be missed. His voice is full of soul and grit, taking you back to Chicago and the great blues singers of the ‘50s and ‘60s, yet he’s only 23.   He will be performing some of his own songs, plus blues classics from that period. His versions of songs by artists … Continue reading "Oscar LaDell"

If you want to hear the blues played with a real passion and respect for the music, check out this band. The Red Dog Saloon Band members know the blues inside out and have been playing on the Wellington music circuit for over 30 years. During that time, they have become masters of their craft, … Continue reading "Red Dog Saloon Band"