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Member Since: 31/07/2007
Band Website: www.bluestrain.com.au
Band Members: Victoria’s historic coastal town of Queenscliff is home to the world’s one and only Blues Train. It is a unique experience that combines four of Australia’s best live blues performers with the picturesque scenery of the Bellarine Peninsula. It all happens aboard a real moving vintage steam train, and is one of Australia’s most spectacular dining and entertainment experiences.Nothing captures the spirit of the blues quite like a steam train. The sound of the whistle, the clickety-clack of the tracks; you can imagine the old blues masters jamming it up on Mississippi freight trains, as they were “ridin’ the blinds” around America’s Deep South.The Blues Train has hosted many great musicians since its inception including Aussie blues legends Jimi Hocking, Chris Wilson and Lloyd Spiegel; Aria Award winners Collard Greens and Gravy and Mia Dyson; the award-winning Ash Grunwald and Kerri Simpson; local artists Chubby Rae and the Elevators, Stringybark McDowell and Dave Steel; and newcomers to the Victorian scene Sweet Felicia and the Honeytones, Jaimi Faulkener Band and Dallas Frasca.In 2004, the 10th anniversary of The Blues Train was commemorated with a CD featuring all The Blues Train artists of that first 10 years. Adele Spence, Mary Whitehead and Simon Hill, NMIT students undertaking the Music Industry Business Advanced Diploma course, approached Hugo T Armstrong in February of 2004 with the idea of putting together a Blues Train compilation CD. They wanted to represent Australian blues and the atmosphere and experience of The Blues Train. After a decade of showcasing Victoria’s best blues musicians, the music and the atmosphere of Victoria’s most unique blues venue was captured on CD - giving Blues Train punters the chance to take some of the Blues Train music home with them.After overwhelming response and successful sales, the second instalment has just been launched and is available from our website by following the image below. 'Train Trax 1&2', two comprehensive and diverse collections of the fantastic musicians that have played on the world famous Blues Train. To get your own dose of authentic Aussie blues, click on the merchandise link (CD cover image below)

Hugo T Armstrong was born in the coastal Victorian town of Point Lonsdale and as a young boy thrived both on sailing and musicIn 1994, inspired by stories of the old blues masters jamming it up on Mississippi freight trains as they travelled the Deep South, Hugo joined forces with the renowned Pasquini’s Deli of Point Lonsdale to create one of the Australias most spectacular dining and entertainment experiences - Queenscliff's legendary Blues Train.In 1998 Hugo was appointed Artistic Director and Promoter of the Queenscliff Music Festival. He successfully developed Queenscliff Music Festival into one of the country’s premier music festivals, winning a national tourism award and three consecutive state awards, seeing its induction into the Victorian Tourism Hall of Fame. The festival was the official Victorian Ausmusic Day event twice and also won an Australia Day Award. Under Hugo's leadership, Queenscliff Music Festival developed into a sustainable annual musical and cultural event growing in both scale and reputation.Over his time in various parts of the music community Hugo has established strong relationships with artists, agents, labels, promoters, touring companies and the national music media. In 2001 he received a Centenary of Federation Medal, a reflection of his contribution to both music and his local community.After Hugo retired his position as Artistic Director and Promoter of Queenscliff Music Festival in 2005 he was invited to accept the position of Program Manager at PBS. He had previously held staff roles in sales and marketing at the station, addition to his continuing role as an announcer.With a deep and long-standing understanding of PBS, his aim as Program Manager was to develop and promote programming to create a larger listening audience across Melbourne for the diverse range of under-represented music played by PBS. These include blues, roots, jazz, punk, hardcore, emo, electronic, country, rock, latin, indie, soul and reggae, to name a few
Sounds Like: Blues form all eras on a Steam train.
Record Label: Train Trax
Type of Label: Indie

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THE BLUES TRAIN LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE

THE BLUES TRAIN LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITEWe'll it's been a long time coming, and did not disappoint! Friday night saw The Blues Train launch it's new website at the offices of web developement team Dzign...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:24:00 GMT

NEW SHOWS - DISCOUNT TICKETS FOR BT MYSPACE MEMBERS

NEW SEASON, NEW SHOWS - DISCOUNT TICKETSFOR BLUES TRAIN MYSPACE MEMBERS  THE BLUES TRAIN IS PULLING OUT TWO MONTHS EARLY!August & September on sale now! To celebrate the new season we're ...
Posted by on Wed, 20 May 2009 22:13:00 GMT

NEW SEASON BEGINS EARLY! - Aug & Sep onsale soon

Due to popular demand, the 2009-2010 season of The Blues Train is leaving the station early, starting TWO MONTHS early!Additional performances have been added in August and September, giving you and y...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:20:00 GMT

APRIL 2009 SHOWS ON SALE I EXTRA SHOW FEB 7

APRIL 2009 SHOWS ON SALE  I   EXTRA SHOW FEB 7 APRIL 2009All April 2009 shows go on sale Tuesday 23 December, 9am through all Ticketek Outlets.EXTRA SHOW - FEB 7 2009We are pleased to announce an extr...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:27:00 GMT

FEBRUARY & MARCH 2009 SHOWS ON SALE NOW!

February and March shows ON SALE NOW! .............. 3/12/2008   Blues Train Web Members can take advantage of our special pre-sale for February and March shows!February 2009 Grou...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:07:00 GMT

BLACK MARKET MUSIC SHOWCASE IN JANUARY

BLACK MARKET MUSIC SHOWCASE IN JANUARYFor the first two Blues Train shows in January we are presenting a showcase of some great talent from Black Market Music, dubbed Australias most successful bl...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:07:00 GMT

IT'S OFFICIAL: QUEENSCLIFF'S BLUES TRAIN IS A TOP ATTRACTION

IT'S OFFICIAL: QUEENSCLIFF'S BLUES TRAIN IS A TOP ATTRACTION ...... 3/10/2008   Kyle PollardThe EchoOctober 2nd, 2008GET on board Queenscliff, your Blues Train has been voted one of ...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:03:00 GMT