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Summerland Band

About Me

Take a blend of age and experience; add a dash of percussion mastery, top off with a raw young New Age guitarist, a howlin' harp player, throw in four vocalists; a fat rhythm section and blend to perfection!The result is the truly amazing Summerland Band - a cocktail of acoustic and electric music that covers over a century of the Masters, from Robert Johnston to Jimie Hendrix - passing Albert & BB, Johnny Lee, Willy Dixon, the Walters, Stevie Ray to name but a few - an eclectic mix of styles, instruments and entertainment wrapped up in one talented outfit!

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Member Since: 23/04/2007
Band Website: http://summerland.blues.com.au/index.html
Band Members: At no stage are you presented with straight covers as such, Summerland deliver their own style and feel that is built around their exceptional rhythm section - Doug "Snoup" Marsden on percussion, Tony "Mr T" Vella on bass as well as the indelible John "JD" Doyle on guitar.Up front on lead guitar is Alex "Albert" McKean - a magnificent guitarist with unbelievable passion and raw emotion. He is blessed with the ability to switch through licks and rhythms that seem to blend from nowhere; one minute a touch of Robin Ford, a glimpse of Stevie Ray or BB or Albert King - pure guitar mastery.The howlin' in this outfit is down to Ian "Half Watt" Wilks on harmonica and tenor banjo; some very old country feels, some hard edged harp that is very new.
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Record Label: Unsigned