Keith Hall Blues Band + Max Rau + Bilson

About Keith Hall Blues Band + Max Rau + Bilson

Live@Lefties proudly presents Keith Hall Blues Band, supported by Max Rau and Bilson!

Where: Whyalla Left Hand Club, see the map for more details

When: 7.30pm Saturday 27th August (Doors open 7pm)

Keith Hall Blues Band:

NEW CD "A Sense Of Place" currently No 3 on Australian Blues and Roots Airplay Chart!!!

Finalists 2016 Chain Awards "BLUES BAND OF THE YEAR"

Last Four CDs (2012 to 2015) in TOP 5 on Australian Blues Airplay Charts

Keith Hall  and  Pat Dow Band are a national, and international Blues/Roots Band from Australia. They have developed a distinctive sound of their own, being part of the Australian Blues music scene since the early 80's. They draw on the traditional blues of people like John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, as well as the British Blues Scene of the 60's Eric Clapton/John Mayall and Eric Burdon (Keith hails from Manchester).

Keith (vocals/bass/acoustic guitar) and Pat (guitars/harp) are the mainstays of the band, with Peter Allan on drums in the current lineup.

Keith started his musical career in Adelaide. One of the first gigs was supporting Mike Rudd and Ariel with his band Windfall. Playing on the local Adelaide scene with other young bands such as Fraternity, Windfall recorded two Albums, "Windfall" and "Odyssey". One memorable tour was supporting Kevin Borich in the outback towns of Whyalla and Port Pirie.

Moving to Sydney in 1979 Keith played on "The Balmain Blues Scene" in the bands Hot Ice with Shayne Pacey (Bondi Cigars) and The Stumblers with  Dom Turner (The Back Sliders), putting out a solo album in The Labels featuring Julian Gough and Craig Walters.

After coming from Queensland where he toured with people like Elliot Randall (ex Steely Dan) Pat joined Keith to form the duo Spectacular Feets in 1985. The Feets where soon holding down 6 gigs aweek (yes there was gigs aplenty back then). Becoming one of the most popular acts in Sydney, with residencies at The Coogee Bay hotel, North Cronulla Hotel and The Orient Hotel at the rocks to name just a few.

Rob Grosser (now with Don Hopkins) joined Spectacular Feets on drums, recording the albums "Meet Me At The Station" and "Lightning Ridge". Occasionally joined by Marcus Knoffner (saxophone) and Tina Faimetea (vocals/keys) for live gigs.

The boys were now gigging from the suburbs of Sydney to the snowfields of Mt Kosciuszko, north to Newcastle and the beaches of the far North Coast of NSW, playing an average of 200 shows a year.

The late nineties saw Robby Seracusa (Richard O) on drums, with the album "The Stealer" featuring Gary Jelfs on guitar.

Steve Fearnley (The Flood) has been in the drumming seat for the last three albums, "Let Love Surround You" with Jim Finn (Finn) sharing the drumming honours on "Summerrain" 2010 and "This Kind of Blue" 2012.

Both support acts are young local musicans!

Max Rau
Max Rau is an acoustic/vocalist who plays covers and originals. Let Max spell-bind you with his smooth Pete Murray meets Ed Sheeran like voice.

Bilson
Bilson (AKA Billy Burns) is an acoustic folk guitarist/vocalist who plays originals and covers. Bilson is a story teller and close attention should be paid to his quirky and clever lyrics.

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