Member Since: 4/1/2007
Band Website: Right here on Myspace
Band Members: THE BAND :NICI - VOCALS & ACOUSTIC GUITAR :MUSIC DEFINITELY RUNS IN THIS LADY’S GENES. NICI HAS BEEN SINGING IN VARIOUS BANDS, TRIOS & DUO’S SINCE THE EARLY EIGHTIES & HAS WORKED HARD TO MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM IN HER STAGE CRAFT & HER SINGING ABILITY.
NICI HAS AN INCREDIBLE RANGE & VERSATILITY OF VOCALS THAT CAN BE AS LIGHT AS ELLA FITZGERALD, AS BLUES WITH RAW EMOTION AS JANIS JOPLIN & ANYWHERE INBETWEEN. A MUST EXPERIENCE PERFORMER.ROGER – GUITAR & BACKING VOCALSACCURACY, FLUENCY AND STYLE BEST DESCRIBES ROGERS
AWESOME PLAYING ABILITY. MUCH SORT AFTER OVER THE YEARS, HE HAS GRACED MANY BANDS AND RECORDINGS USING BOTH 6 AND 12 STRING GUITARS. HAVING WORKED WITH SUCH BANDS AS “SWANNIEâ€, “BROKEN ENGLISHâ€, “THE RHYTHM METHOD†AND EVEN … CHAD MORGAN, ROGER CAN COVER JUST ABOUT ANY STYLE AND HAS A SOUND REFLECTIVE OF HIS EXPERIENCE AND TALENT.BILL - BASS GUITAR & BACKING VOCALS :THE MAN WITH ALL THE GROOVES, BILL HAS BEEN THE REGULAR HEART- BEAT OF ROCK, BOOGIE & BLUES BANDS SINCE THE MID-SEVENTIES.
ORIGINALLY FROM MELBOURNE, HE HAS PLAYED WITH WYLIE REED, CO-WROTE SONGS WITH TEDDY TOY(EARLY MEMBER OF BILLY THORPE & THE AZTECS) & HAS ALSO BEEN ON MANY RECORDINGS.
A BASS PLAYER OF AMAZING STYLE & COLOUR, HIS BASS PERFORMANCES HAVE STUNNED CROWDS THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA.SAXY LOU – SAXAPHONE,KEYBOARD,HARMONICA
& VOCALSSAXY LOU ORIGINATES FROM MELBOURNE. HAVING PLAYED IN THE "BLUES, JAZZ & COVER BAND†SCENE DOWN SOUTH, BEFORE HEADING NORTH & SPENDING 3YRS IN THE WHITSUNDAY'S AS A RESIDENT MUSICIAN & PERFORMER. SINCE BEING BASED IN BRISBANE, SAXY LOU HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN LIVE THEATRE PERFORMANCES, BOTH AS A MUSICAL DIRECTOR & A MUSICIAN.
TOURING, DUO, TRIO & SESSION WORK IN BANDS & STUDIO’S AROUND THE COUNTRY, SAXY LOU HAS ALSO BEEN SPOTTED ROUND TOWN RECENTLY, PERFORMING HER OWN BRAND OF "CABARET COMEDY".
LOU IS A PASSIONATE PLAYER OF SOME DISTINCTION & IS A WONDERFUL ENHANCEMENT TO ANY LINE-UP.AZZ - DRUMSHAILING FROM NEW ZEALAND. AZZ HAS BEEN PLAYING IN MANY ROCK/FUNK/RHYTHM & BLUES BANDS SINCE THE 80'S. HE HAS BEEN PLAYED ON RADIO & HAD CUT A VINYL RECORD BEFORE COMING TO AUSTRALIA & MAKING HIS MARK ON THE MUSIC SCENE IN SYDNEY AS WELL AS BRISBANE.
A FANTASTIC PERFORMER, AZZ IS A WONDERFUL NEW ADDITION TO FUNKEN BLUES. HIS LIGHT TOUCH WITH A SWING THROUGH TO HIS POWER-HOUSE PLAYING OF A ROCK BEAT ADDS A SOLID BACKBONE TO THE UNIQUE SOUND THAT IS . . .FUNKEN BLUES
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