Define your genre in five words or less:
Original music with old-time flavour.
So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you… what do they say?
“Hey, there’s a 6ft 3 dude with a pretty substantial beard and bush hat trancing out on a national beat on guitar, with a 5ft chick looking like she’s just stepped out from the 1940’s Yellow Brick Road on a vintage drumkit. They’re playing some old-time original tunes, mean harmonies too, like something out of Deadwood. It’s getting pretty heated in there and there’s people going nuts. Let’s check them out.
How long have you been gigging and writing?
We have been writing for 3 years together, about 25 years for Fitzy and about 20 for me. And there is seven years between us.
What inspires or has influenced your music the most?
Travelling on the road is a great experience that has influenced us and keeps it fresh, as you’re constantly having a spontaneous moment. The people you meet along the way are inspiring when they share their life stories with you…kind of makes you feel fortunate sometimes, and when you feel something, hey, you gotta write about. It’s all in the music.
Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them?
We’ve got our new album out now. It’s called Wiley Ways and it’s out through Only Blues Music. You can get it at JB HiFi and all good record stores.
When are you playing live/releasing your album/EP/single/etc?
Releasing our new album Wiley Ways on Sunday October 21 at The Workers Club, from 2pm. You can also catch us at Baha Taco’s on Saturday October 20, and at the Theatre Royal in Castlemaine on Thursday October 18, with Broderick Smith and Shannon Bourne. We’re also at the Harvester Moon on the Bellarine Peninsula on Friday October 19.
What makes you happiest about what you’re doing?
When you’re there playing at a gig/festival and you look around out front and the crowd are right there with you, it’s electric!
Describe the best gig you have ever played.
One of the best was opening up for Jools Holland in the UK to a crowd of 2,500 people, with all of them right behind us all the way. What a buzz.
