Monday, October 02, 2006

NAROOMA BLUES AND ROCKABILLY FESTIVAL










JUST GOT BACK FROM NAROOMA. WHAT A SENSATIONAL WEEKEND. WHAT A FANTASTIC LINE UP OF ARTISTS FROM AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE EVERYONE, BUT MY FAVOURITES FIRSTLY FROM THE U.S. WERE CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE BAND, GOSPEL HUMMINGBIRDS, LITTLE CHARLIE & THE NIGHTCATS AND LEE ROCKER BAND. OF THE LOCALS, PETE CORNELIUS & THE DEVILLES, OXO CUBANS, JOHNNY GREENS BLUES COWBOYS, MAX MERRITT & THE METEORS ROSS WARD, THE AUDREYS. WORD IS, THE FESTIVAL IS MOVING TO BATEMAN'S BAY NEXT YEAR, APPARENTLY A VOCAL MINORITY OF LOCALS ARE MAKING THINGS A BIT HARD. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE BIG MONEY THIS EVENT BRINGS TO TOWN WOULD BE WELCOME, BUT APPARENTLY NOT. OH WELL, NOT AS FAR TO DRIVE NEXT TIME.

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