Three Quarters Hazel

About Me

Three Quarters Hazel (plus guests) is a three piece band that delivers a sound that is a genre of folk reggae with the power of percussion and tantalising tribal rhythms. Since forming together in June 2005, they have been making people happy all over sydney, in Melbourne on their first tour and Cherie went on a solo tour all they way up to Seventeen Seventy.
Cherie is lead vocal, guitar, djembe, keys to name afew..... and creates contageous smiling with her high energy performance and killer voice (she's known for her Janis Joplian slash Jack Johnson styles). Josh who plays bass, djembe, percussion and vocals brings so much life to the stage, together with Cherie they work off eachother, takin songs to wherever its gonna go but are always so connected on stage. If you haven't seen this man rip it up on the bass and then switch back to djembe all in a funky solo, then you haven't seen everything........have you???
And Grant he is the man with the beats, and he surely never misses one....... Grant's smooth and precise drumming give "Three Quarters Hazel" that final dash of spice that make people rise to their feet and always asking for more..........
"Three Quarters Hazel" have performed at such venues as: *PERISHER BLUE SPRING CARNIVAL O7
*CHALK THE WALK
*MELBOURNE TOUR 07, VENUES:
- St Andrews Pub - The Hard Rock Cafe - The Espy
*Peats Ridge Festival 06-07
*The Beach Road Hotel, Bondi
*The Basement (on a few occasions and have a cd recorded live at The Basement),Sydney
*Perth Tour 06 Cherie's solo tour, played at Mojo's and The Hyde Park Hotel
*Melbourne Tour 06 played at The Vinyard, The Old Colonial
*The Commonwealth Games (melbourne 06)
*The Bondi Winter Music Festival (Bondi Pavilion) 06
*The Vanguard (Great Escape Heats and various other nights), Sydney
*Cherie played at Woodford on her solo tour, and many cafes/pubs/beaches/parks..:)
*Played for The Sierra Leone Team welcoming ceremony 2006 Commonwelth Games
*The Annandale, Sydney
*The Metro
*The Hopetoun, Sydney
*The Bondi Hotel which is where it all started for them ( Cherie was the regular MC there and also @ Monday Live @ The Basement)

This is only a fraction of what they have done since their rollercoaster of powerful, enlightening and pure love for the music they create begun. "Three Quarters Hazel" making people feel good!!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/12/2006
Band Website: threequartershazel.com
Band Members: Cherie Kotek Vox, guitar, hoola hoops & percussionJosh Oshlack Vox, Bass, curly hair & DjembeGrant Colquhoun DrumsTalented Guests Harmonica, didgeridoo, Hoola Hoops, dancing chix with tambourine
Influences: All music with power, emotion and substance. We're talking Janis Joplin, Michael Franti, Traditional African Drumming, and the sweet sounds of reggae music. But our main influences are the people in our lives that helped to make us who we are today and if we started naming them all and we forgot someone, we may never hear the end of it............ we love you all and thank you for coming on this journey with us...... smile and the whole world will smile with you :)
Sounds Like:
"If music were a colour it would be, Three Quarters Hazel"....
Got any other suggestions??? :)

'FOR MY FRIENDS' clip made for me by Stefan

Record Label:
Type of Label: None

My Blog

If UR on FACEBOOK join the THREE QUARTERS HAZEL FAN CLUB, we got some footage for you!!

hey there, we all have these busy lives but still find the time for myspace facebook youtube...and whatever else the cyber world has to offer....oh yeah my favourite is GOOGLE .....well we just added ...
Posted by Three Quarters Hazel on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:16:00 PST

"OUT OF CONTROL" single release COMING SOON!!!! dance baby dance!!!

Its been a long time waiting, but here comes a single and very soon, an album..."Out Of Control", with ska, latin funk vibes will get you up and dancing and feeling good...Stay tuned for more, So muc...
Posted by Three Quarters Hazel on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:44:00 PST

IF YOUR GOING TO PEATS RIDGE AND WANT TO DANCE WITH US ON STAGE THEN HERE’S YOUR CHANCE!!!

CALLING FOR ALL PEOPLE WHO WANNA DANCE, GET UP INFRONT OF PEPLE AND LEARN A SHORT AFRICAN INFLUENCED DANCE ROUTINE...THE MORE PEOPLE WE GET THE MORE AMAZING ITS GONNA BE.....WE WANT YOU!!!DROP ME A LI...
Posted by Three Quarters Hazel on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:05:00 PST

WE ARE GOING ON AN EAST COAST TOUR.... OVER THE JANUARY LONG WEEKEND!!

check out the gig guide and tell everyone, its gonna be so much fun, and we will have some great pics and footage for you on return...peace love and smilescherie
Posted by Three Quarters Hazel on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:02:00 PST

THREE QUARTERS HAZEL HEADLINING ONE OF THE NIGHTS @ PEATS RIDGE FESTIVAL

We have been asked it makes me so happy, november and december are just going to be crazy...if you want to dance with us on stage and are already going to be at Peats ridge fest, please drop e an emai...
Posted by Three Quarters Hazel on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:00:00 PST

TO THE KIMBERLY (WE WENT), TO THE SNOW (WE GO), TO PERTH I GO (JUST ME SOLO :(......

We have been seeing what australia has to show, it is a dream come true to look a croc in the eye in the outback, where there are no cages, just the area they choose to protect...we had sharks circlin...
Posted by Three Quarters Hazel on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:22:00 PST

I JUST FOUND OUT I SHARE MY BIRTHDAY WITH ONE OF MY INSPIRATIONS!!!..

i was on the phone talking to a friend, asking him if hed like to come and bust out some sing song on stage with us coming up...i told him it was also on my birthday, he said oh yeah whens that... i s...
Posted by Three Quarters Hazel on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:19:00 PST

THREE QUARTERS HAZEL ON UNEARTHED

www.triplejunearthed.com/threequartershazel That's right ladies and gents, we have hit the Triple J Website and we need your support. By getting you all to rate our music, we get the chance of b...
Posted by Three Quarters Hazel on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:16:00 PST

THREE QUARTERS HAZEL ON YOUTUBE............

Id just like make a quick mention i didnt even know about, because i didnt put it there, but my good friend stefan VJ POPUPTRASH put it there.....Now i dont know a short cut but if you go to www.youtu...
Posted by Three Quarters Hazel on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 03:28:00 PST

IF MUSIC WERE A COLOUR IT WOULD BE "THREE QUARTERS HAZEL"...........

Time flies by, and i forget that maybe i should write something in here....well i've asked the guys to help out but, you know how it goes......sometimes everyones abit of a slackarse.... but i still l...
Posted by Three Quarters Hazel on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:16:00 PST