Member Since: 5/10/2006
Band Website: www.perchcreek.com
Band Members:OUR NEW RECORD, BIGHOUSE BLUES AVAILABLE NOW. Recorded and mixed by Melbourne producer and musician Joe Ferguson. Features Hillbilly Bob Hodgkins: Singing (or some derivitive thereof ), guitar, harmonica, piano accordian, uke. . . . . .Camilla Hodgkins: Riviera keyboard, ($5 from the local dump) hillbilly harp, banjo ukulele, melodica,toy piano and much much more. (definite over-achiever). . .Lear Hodgkins: Junk percussion, singing and insightful teenage wit. (yeah whatever) . . . . . . .
. . .Eileen Hodgkins: Singing, garbage tin bass, ukulele and tap dancing. (no jokes may be made at Eileen's expense since she suffers from the debilitating illness T.P.B. syndrome. (teenage princess bitch). . . . . . . .
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Crispy Hot Chickens: Kazoo, saw, harmonica, and the butt of most jokes involving put-downs of a personal nature.. . . . . . . .
. . . . .Lenny Hodgkins: Sings one song and looks cute the rest of the time while stealing the limelight of the more talented and deserving members of the band.
Influences: Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, Mic Conway's Natioal Junk Band, Jim Kweskin Jugband, Tom Waits, Ukulele Ike,Charlie Parker, all the great black swing bands and the unheralded players that made 'em great, Woody Guthrie, Jimmie Rodgers, Ethel Merman, the original jugbands, i dunno, where do you start and where do you stop! All honest artists everywhere; Trouble In The Kitchen, Season Of Youth, Flap, King Curly,Azo Bell, Dev'lish Mary, The Fuelers, Gleny Rae Virus. I'm sure you get the picture. There's great musicians all around us and it's a great honour for us to know a few of them.
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