W/E 5/3

Thursday Feb. 26  Shades of Blue Get it going @ the Gumbo Room Blues Jam 

@ the Gov front Bar

Thursday Feb. 26  Keith Hall and Tim Hulsman @ the Gilbert Hotel

Friday Feb 27th Nate and Rubes @ Southwark hotel 7.30pm

Book it in blueslovers!

Friday Feb 27 the Blues Underground...... we have special guest musician Richard Blues from the UK @ German Club cellar... I really hope you come to help us celebrate the opportunity to dance to live music... As lucky as we are to have such excellent DJd music each fortnight, it's always so very different and visceral dancing for a live musician. Social tickets will be $10 at the door

Friday Feb. 27th @ The Semaphore Workers, One more Mile

Saturday Feb 28 Lazy Eye @ Clipsal 500

Sunday, March 1st Two bugs and a Roach @ The Gilbert Street Hotel 12-4pm

Sunday, March 1st Muddy Road @ The Royal Oak Hotel 7:30pm free entry.

Sunday 1st March  Zkye Blue are heading to Finn Mac Cools this  for the last time before Paul White heads to New York City, and Zkye and Damo head back to Tennessee for a spell. Not far from releasing their new album, Zkye Blue are gonna be cooking up some tunes @ The Norwood Hotel- Finn Mac cool's. Those of you who've been to one of these shows know what a cracker of a gig this is... For those who haven't experienced it, check it out. This is one of the more well loved and well attended residencies in town. A stellar line up of the players you know and love, bringing you an unforgettable dose of funky blues/rock and soul! Zkye's powerful vocal style, backed by Nick Panousakis - guitar, Paul White - Hammond/Keys, Andrew Bignell - Drums and Damien Steele Scott in the bass chair, is a mighty fine way to spend your afternoon. Get out and get a dose.

Lowdown Hokum Orchestra and Burlesque Revue continues at Channel 9 Kevin Crease Studios from 8pm until Sunday, March 1st Parks Theatre One from 8pm on Fri Mar 6, and Elderton Wines from 8.15 pm on Sat Mar 7.
Book at FringeTIX on 1300 261 255 or adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix.


Sunday, March 1st STRINGYBARK MCDOWELL 2:00pm
The Wheatsheaf Pub in Adelaide, South Australia
Fall or Fly CD Launch Jade Monkey Craig Atkins April 4 $10.00 8.30 pm

USA Blues Hall of Fame Award Winner,
SAMIA Hall of Fame inductee, and ARBA Patron Chris Finnen,combines forces with Multi-award winning Blues singer/songwriter, Cal Williams Jr, combining the gentle fingerpicking of British Folk with the raw intensity of Delta Slide Blues to create a sound that is both intricate and powerful. taking you on a journey to the Mississippi Delta  its People and its songs.
The Wheatsheaf Hotel Sunday March 1st, Sunday March 15th 4.30pm


Sunday, March 1st Muddy Road @ The Royal Oak Hotel 7:30pm free entry.Royal Oak Hotel, O'Connell St. North Adelaide 7.30 to 11pm free entry

Sunday March 1st T Bone Walker @ The Semaphore Workers Club

Zkye
Every Tuesday @ The Lion Hotel (North Adelaide)
8pm FREE
Norwood Live
Norwood Hotel Crn The Parade & Osmond Tce

Every Wednesday Proton Pill @ the Lion Hotel North Adelaide

4th and 5th of March Adelaide Fringe Event Chicago Nightclub Presents 
Keith Hall and Pat Dow

"Blues Music Show"

Tickets @ Fringe tix

This weeks Blues & Roots W/E 28/2

Every Thursday The Gumbo Room Blues jam
This week, The Red Earth Band
These guys put in a solid performance at the ARBA blues heats, check them out!

Friday February 20, Adelaide band Local Revolution (funk, afro soul and reggae) @ Worldsend Hotel, performing alongside Funk Latin Union (Latin, Funk, Rock, Reggae, Cumbias) and Craig Atkins (Acoustic Roots, Blues & Folk)
$6 entry with doors at 9:30pm
$6 Corona's and $6 Sailor Jerry's ALL NIGHT!

Saturday February 21 The Downs Volunteer Concert  Free! Get out of the heat and sit in the cool aircon. at the Elizabeth Downs Soccer Club. 4 great bands, $10 Yiros 4-10pm, Icy cold cheap drinks, Great beer garden. Its going to be a great day! We'll see you all there.
THE DEAD ENDS
SMOKIN CROCS
MANGROVE JACK (featuring members of the Lunchcutters)
BLACK ASPIRIN
2pm - 10pm

Sunday  February 22 Sundays at the Hampshire  this week - Zkye & Damo 2.00pm

why not grab a table and have lunch before the show, great food and $5.00 pints of craft beer!

Sunday, February 22 DEAD LUCKY @ The Semaphore Workers Club from 5.00pm only $8.00 gets you in

Sunday, February 22 The Customlines Jump, Swing, Blues 3.30 -7.00 $5.00 Kilburn Football Club Lionel Ave Blair Athol

Sunday, February 22 The Dirty Roots Band @ the Port Dock Brewery Hotel from 2-5pm as part of the The Port Rocks event. FREE ENTRY with great meals available and great vibe down at the Port....we're else would you want to be on a Sunday!!!

Sunday, February 22 Big Smoke @ The Railway Hotel Pt Adelaide 4-8 pm free

Sunday, February 22 at 12:00pm - 4:00pm Come see two of Adelaide's most loved Rockabilly acts The Satellites and The Lincolns  in Port Adelaide's own 50's Dance Hall. Food and bar facilities available.

Matt Taylors Chain and legendary Aussie band Spectrum with Mike Rudd will be performing....
Fri. 20th February  @ The Semaphore Workers Club 93 Esplanade Semaphore 8.00 - 11.30 $20.00 at door
Saturday, February 21 @ The Woodcroft Tavern from 8:00pm $25
Woodcroft Tavern in Adelaide, South Australia
Sunday 22 February @ The Bridgeway Hotel, Bridge Rd, Pooraka,  from 4pm on  tickets, $25 at the door or via Moshtix.

Sunday February 22 – Mick Kidd @ The Old Bush Inn, Willunga – Solo Gig!

DOWN with the SHIP! @ La Boheme' ADELAIDE FRINGE

A musical Voyage, tales of Casinos and Sinking Ships, told by Bonnie through songs of Ray Charles, Billie Holiday, Sergio Mendes and other soul, blues and Jazz artists. with a few of her own songs for good measure!
3 Fun Shows Sunday, Feb. 22 at 5:00pm Wed. Feb 25,7pm Thurs. Feb.26th, 9.30pm
La boheme in Adelaide, South Australia

Visit Fringe TIX

Every Tuesday the Gaslight Blues Lounge, come all ye Blues Jammers!

Every Wednesday Proton Pill @ the Lion Hotel North Adelaide

Thursday Feb. 26 Keith Hall and Tim Hulsman Acoustic@ the Gilbert Hotel

Fri.  February 27th Nate and Rubes @ The Southwark hotel 7.30pm
Book it in blueslovers!

Fri.  February 27th Blind Dog Taylor @ The Semaphore Workers

Saturday February 28 Lazy Eye @ Clipsal 500
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Every Tuesday @ The Lion Hotel (North Adelaide)
8pm FREE
Norwood Live
Norwood Hotel Cnr The Parade & Osmond Tce

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this week in Blues WE/ 20/2

Thurs. Feb. 12th – Mick Kidd Semaphore R.S.L., Semaphore- with Dave Blight
THE 2014 DERRINGERS MUSIC ADELAIDE BLUES AWARDS Winners for
Outstanding Male Performer - Mick Kidd
Outstanding Solo/Duo - Mick Kidd & Dave Blight

Thurs. Feb. 12th  BOOGIE MASTER... JJ Fields & The T-Bones @ The "Gumbo Room" Blues Jam this Thursday from 8.30pm @ The Gov's Front bar....FREE ENTRY, great jams and the infamous $10 Gumbo and Rice...COME ON DOWN!!

Friday. Feb. 12th  @ the Wheatsheaf 9PM/FREE
FRITZ DOLLY + VELVET MOTH

Friday 13th Feb The Chairmen Rockin' Blues@The Alma Hotel, Hill Street, Willunga - from 8pm

Friday 13th Feb The Customlines @ the Excelsior Hotel Brompton

Friday 13th Feb The Bluescasters Gaslight with with Stephen O’Malley from the Saucermen

Friday 13th Feb  LACHY DOLEY @ Semaphore Workers Club 8:00pm

Friday 13th Feb Chris Finnen & Ronny Davidson @ the Hampshire Hotel City

Friday 13th Feb  Lily and the Drum at the Singing Gallery in McLarenvale SA. It's Friday the 13th and we're waging on it being a good omen !!! 
Love to see you there smile emoticon

Friday 13th Feb The Backsliders are coming to Adelaide with very special guests The Old Gray Mule playing the Gov. doors open 7.30pm $25-
Backsliders (Dom Turner, Rob Hirst with Ian Collard) after 28 years on the road, are still “redefining, refining and diversifying the [blues] genre”- The Australian, 2014.Doors open 7.30
Joining Backsliders as support and as very special guests are the visiting US based Mississippi Hill Country blues heroes, Old Gray Mule. (www.oldgraymule.com).

Saturday, February 14th Valentines...a day for Lovers!
And at the Gaslight Tavern on Valentines Day is a Blues Lovers delight with Benny C and the Associates & Craig Atkins! We'd love to see YOU there! Doors 8:30 and free entry!


Saturday, February 14th The Fallen Saints Carl Pink - Vocals, Accoustic guitar
Nick Panousakis - Lead guitar Ron Kosmida - Bass guitar, Vocals
Mark Meyer - Percussion
7:30pm Semaphore and Port Adelaide RSL

Saturday, February 14th
Benny C & The Associates with Craig Atkins at Gaslight Tavern.
Doors 8:30 and free entry smile emoticon

Sunday Feb 15th The HEALERS@ The Hampshire Hotel, with John, Sav, and Mick.
Real Blues Soul and swing from 2 pm

Sunday,February15 Hoy-Hoy! At the Modbury Hotel

This Sunday at 5.00pm THE BLUESCASTERS play The SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB. $8.00 will get you in!

Sunday, February 15 Whitmore Hotel 8pm, Saturday 7th March Jade Monkey 10pm

Fringe Show!! The Jungle Room, featuring the fabulous Tari Sisters, Taisha and Belinda, along with Simon Wilson and myself. These Kiwi girls need to be heard to be believed. They are just incredible. Underpinned by Simon and I (aka The Hitmen) the result is something truly special.

Sunday 15th  Feb, 

Sunday March 1st, 

Sunday March 15th 4.30pm The Wheatsheaf Hotel 

Songs of the Delta Blues - Chris Finnen and Cal Williams Jr

USA Blues Hall of Fame Award Winner, SAMIA Hall of Fame inductee, and ARBA Patron Chris Finnen,combines forces with

Multi-award winning Blues singer/songwriter, Cal Williams Jr, combining the gentle fingerpicking of British Folk with the raw intensity of Delta Slide Blues to create a sound that is both intricate and powerful. taking you through a journey to the Mississippi Delta  its People and its songs.

Sunday,February 15 Whitmore Hotel 8pm, Saturday 7th March Jade Monkey 10pm
Fringe Show!! The Jungle Room, featuring the fabulous Tari Sisters, Taisha and Belinda,  These Kiwi girls need to be heard to be believed. They are just incredible. Underpinned by The Hitmen the result is something truly special.

Zkye
Every Tuesday @ The Lion Hotel (North Adelaide)
8pm FREE
Norwood Live

Every Wednesday @ The Lion Hotel, Proton Pill

Friday February 20th  Spectrum + Matt Taylor's Chain at The Semaphore Workers Club 93 Esplanade Semaphore 8.00 - 11.30 $20.00 at door

This weeks Blues and Roots Gigs W/E 13/2

Every Wednesday @ the Lion Hotel Melbourne St. Proton Pill

Every ThursdayThe Gumbo Room Jam from 8.00 pm front bar of the Gov.

Thursday 5th Feb. JJ Fields will be playing @ The Gilbert St. Hotel  with Mick Garcia on drums-7-10pm Come along and enjoy some fine blues

Friday Feb 6th  Pete and Roger from the Bluescasters @ The Coffee Pot

Gwyn Ashton
Friday 6th Feb Whitmore Hotel
Saturday Feb.7 Old Spot salisbury heights
Sunday 8th Feb.Mortlake State Library
Tuesday 10th Feb. Gaslight Tavern
Wednesday 11th Feb @ the Wheatsheaf
Thurs. Feb. 12th Singing gallery with Chris Finnen

Friday Feb 6th Hoy-Hoy! at the Semaphore Workers Club,  love to play for you, if you go that night, and the line up will be Mauri on guitar, when you are lucky enough to play in a band with Mr. berg, it's hard to get too excited by other guitar players, and Trapper on drums
Doors open 8:00pm the band hits the stage about 9:30. $8 will see you through the door.

Friday 13th Feb The Customlines @ the Excelsior Hotel Brompton

Saturday Feb.7th No Roswell style shenanigans here folks but a night out of music flying high! First Saucermen gig for 2015 and we're joined by The Jamjets for a night of Rockabilly and Jump Blues at the renowned Grace Emily Hotel from 9pm.
free entry

Saturday Feb.7th
Beat This Rock And Blues Benefit Concert featuring Chris Finnen and his Band, The King Pins, RockFellas, Vanishing Act and Rocks In Yer Head is being held at The Arts Centre, Port Noarlunga, from 6.30pm onward
Bookings on 8326 5577 or www.onkaparingacity.com/arts. Tickets will also be available at the door.
Tickets are $35 each, with ALL proceeds going to the Cancer Council of SA.
Mention The Clothesline Magazine or BSide Magazine and pay only $25 when purchasing your tickets at the door.


Sunday 8th Feb. The DIRTY ROOTS BAND will be on stage Sunday @ the Semaphore Workers Club Door opens at 4:00 pm, band about 5:15 – 5:30pm . Cost? Again $8.00.

Sunday 8th Feb. Vibe Fundraiser 11 am - 6pm Lily and the Drum are pleased to be a part of this event. Having lived in the area affected and both involved with the CFS over the years as well as having friends directly affected by the recent fires we are glad to help out. Get along to this Festival and show your support for a great cause

Zkye
Every Tuesday @ The Lion Hotel (North Adelaide)
8pm FREE

Wednesday 11th Feb @ the Wheatsheaf 8PM/ $15/ 10 CONC.
GWYN ASHTON

Thurs. Feb. 12th – Mick Kidd with Dave Blight Semaphore R.S.L., Semaphore-

Friday 13th Feb @ the Wheatsheaf 9PM/FREE FRITZ DOLLY + VELVET MOTH

Friday 13th Feb The Bluescasters @ The Gaslight

Friday 13th Feb. Finnen and Davidson are extremely happy to be starting a series of gigs at The Hampshire Hotel Adelaide, on the odd Friday starting at 5pm...the first gig is on  For an after work drink or three with some really cool, laid back tunes