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Howdy Folks. With a genre variously described as Hillbilly Boogie,Cowboy,Roots,Folk, the Unwanted gang have now completed their second year of meanderings out from the stunted wastelands of the bleached bone & rock strewn , stringybark & wattle littered, drought stricken plains of the old Victorian goldfields. Apart from the usual pub and club gigs, the band more than acquitted themselves endearingly at no less than seven Festivals, both large & small, through 2007. From the pristine blue waters of the Port Fairy Folk Festival Fringe , to the headwaters of the Loddon River at Glenlyon (Glenfest), the local Guildford Blues & Roots Festival, Mt Beauty Music Festival in the lush north east, Barham Bush Bash on the Murray’s green banks, Guildford Banjo Jamboree and lastly, their hometown, 34th Annual Maldon Folk Festival. With irreverence, confusion and sometimes just plain class they bullocked their way through the genuine old cowdy songs of yesteryear (the ones no one else has got the guts or ability to do!), and a liberal sprinkling of tunes from the great Mr Cash as well as a few heartbreakers of their own. Festival goers were agog to finally discover a band with audacity, verve and uninhibited dribbling. The crowds just kept growing with each performance, and, despite the efforts of some so called professional sound engineers, both on and off stage, the encores were more than forthcoming !The Unwanted gang have got so serious now that Mick Coates , continuously outdressed by the sartorial elegance of Ms Kitty’s plethora of 18th & 19th century petticoats, has even purchased himself, all the way from Arizona, a black pinstripe suit that Wyatt Earp could’nt look more dapper in (on credit of course!). And a string tie, if he ever learns how to tie the damn thing. With Tex Turkey’s hair ,appetite and sleep requirements getting longer, Tony “the Lawman†Chay’s badge being outshone only by his spurs, “Slappin†Finn Mathews ‘ expensive black leather hat slipping down over his eyes and Uncle Arthur refusing to wear his 1950s tie with the picture of Diana Dors on the back, they’ve decided to get “Gipsey “Robbins to clean up his head and put his recording hat on. By the end of summer the long awaited debut CD of the “Unwanted Men in Black and a Lady†might be nearly available worldwide. Stay tuned.