Define your genre in five words or less:
Roots, blues, reggae, gyspy.
What do you love about making music?
I love the touring/travel part. I love touring Europe, Canada and the USA, but also our own amazing country. I love people. Their stories, their faces. their reactions. And I love my band. They are for sure my besties.
What can a punter expect from your live show?
Energy. A lot of fun. A lot of raw emotion.
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?
True story. My father was at the men’s urinals at a show of mine. The man next to him (not knowing of course that it was my dad) turned to him and said “God, I would love to slip her on like a wellington boot.”. So, maybe something along the lines of this?
Why should everyone come and see your band?
Simply because it’s more fun to play to a bigger crowd. And we need to get our music out in Melbourne. It’s about time!
What makes you happiest about what you’re doing?
I am writing, singing, playing, travelling, recording, meeting awesome people – doing what I love. I’m lucky.
And what makes you unhappiest about what you’re doing?
Being away from home. That simple. Missing out on a ‘normal’ social life.
Describe the best gig you have ever played.
Summerfest, Milwaukee, July 2008. Opening for Gomez. One of the biggest festivals in the world, so they say. An incredible festival with the best lineup around. And somehow we scored a gig there. Very, very awesome.
Tell us about the last song you wrote.
It’s actually about a Melbourne guy. A hippy-surfer guy (no names mentioned) who went to Texas and couldn’t get laid. So he learned to two-step/line dance and he reckons it worked a treat with the ladies (so he says!) The song is called Stole Them Away.
If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be?
At this stage in my life, Glen Hansard from The Swell Season. I would just sit back stage crying non-stop to his music. He is awesome. He blows me away.
