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Australia has the blues, and I'm glad...

by Dennis Gaskill
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It's true, there are a lot of good blues blues/rock artists from Australia, and they're well worth listening too. Here's a few...




An interesting thing about David Hole is that all his slide work is done with this hand over the top of the neck rather than from underneath like everyone else does.

  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    I don't know much about music, but I know what I like. I liked the one by Ash Grundwald a lot.
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  • Profile picture of the author David Braybrooke
    Ummm ...... Embarrassing admission. I'm from Australia, grew up in the bluesy rural types of areas, Qld etc. Never heard of any of these artists.
    And besides, there's only Two types of music in this world ..... Country .. and Western!
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    Sal - Glad you like at least one of them. You might like some of his other songs too. A lot of them have the same kind of rhythmic feel to them.

    David - I've known about David Hole for years. He's toured the US, or my part of it anyway, so I first saw him in a bar while I was imbibing in a few rather tasty brews. I came across Ash about a year ago, but the other two are fairly new to me. I "discovered" both one day recently when I was browsing YT for new music.
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    • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
      Australia is well known for a lot of music and many of the other things they do so well, however, there has never been a better song than this beauty, played to me many years ago just after I'd arrived on a trip.

      I liked it so much I tipped the cabbie $50.

      Long live Chris Franklin!

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    • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
      Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

      David - I've known about David Hole for years. He's toured the US, or my part of it anyway, so I first saw him in a bar while I was imbibing in a few rather tasty brews. I came across Ash about a year ago, but the other two are fairly new to me. I "discovered" both on the day when I was browsing YT for new music.
      From memory, you and I have discussed Dave Hole a few times in the OT forum. He's from my home town (Perth), which for some reason (don't ask me why) is known as the Blues capital of the Southern Hemisphere.

      When I first started going to pubs back in the late 70's, there was a choice of two types of bands to see:

      1) Cover bands - doing anything from classic rock to 50s/60s stuff to Top 40 hits of the day, or

      2) Blues bands.

      Here's one from one of the old crowd, Chain (they were formed in the 60's).


      They're still doing the traps, and there's quite a bit of them on YouTube if you're interested.
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      Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

      Sal - Glad you like at least one of them. You might like some of his other songs too. A lot of them have the same kind of rhythmic feel to them.
      Don't get me wrong - I think they are all good. They just don't play the type of music that rocks me. None of them would be irritating to me to listen to, though, if that is what someone else was playing. Please don't ever think that when I say I don't like some form of music that I'm confused about the skill level of the musician.
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      • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
        Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

        Don't get me wrong - I think they are all good.They just don't play the type of music that rocks me. None of them would be irritating to me to listen to, though, if that is what someone else was playing. Please don't ever think that when I say I don't like some form of music that I'm confused about the skill level of the musician.
        Hey, I've got a lot simpler things to be confused about. I'll get back to you when I've found clarity with them. :p
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  • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
    Harper played at the Little Bear Saloon a lot when I worked there.
    (probably still does - nice guy - parties like, well, a musician)
    He played the didgeridoo at my dog that had a nose tumor.
    There's supposed to be a healing aspect to the
    didgeridoo - I guess the vibration. My dog just looked
    puzzled.

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  • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
    I don't think this happens in any other genre - styles named after a city or region:
    Chicago Blues style, Perth Blues, Texas Blues, Memphis Blues...
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    • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
      Originally Posted by bizgrower View Post

      Harper played at the Little Bear Saloon a lot when I worked there.
      (probably still does - nice guy - parties like, well, a musician)
      He played the didgeridoo at my dog that had a nose tumor.
      First time I've ever seen a didgeridoo played in a blues song. Now THAT is different. Thanks, Dan.


      Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

      From memory, you and I have discussed Dave Hole a few times in the OT forum.

      They're still doing the traps, and there's quite a bit of them on YouTube if you're interested.
      Yeah, we talked about David Hole at least once. I'll check out more songs by Chain. I didn't care for the beginning of that, but when the blues part kicked in, good stuff. Worth checking out for sure.


      Originally Posted by bizgrower View Post

      I don't think this happens in any other genre - styles named after a city or region:
      Chicago Blues style, Perth Blues, Texas Blues, Memphis Blues...
      And then there are other defining styles as well... jump blues, soul blues, swamp blues, and so forth.
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