Tractor's New Bite

TRACTOR has refuelled and retooled for a second bite of the rock market.The man behind the wheel is singer/guitarist KEN JEWEL who has recruited the labour of drummer ROB CARSTEIN, bass player LEIF TISDELL and guitarist DARREN SEARLES. Next Wednesday night, December 15, Tractor will plough ...

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Lavish praises

BRISBANE band LAVISH will give Newcastle another go this Saturday night after a performance at The Cambridge Hotel last month saw the band turn up a day before it was publicised.The group's management and record company have got their dates co-ordinated this time, and are confirmed to play ...

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Shoot Lucy Gigs Again

AFTER more than a year away from the live music scene, Newcastle's SHOOT LUCY has resurfaced for a gig this Friday night, supporting LITTLE HORNET at The Castle.Punters are advised to get in early to catch Shoot Lucy, which joins SUPERSONICS and VILLAIN on a four-band bill assembled to ...

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Cigars are Smokin'

SYDNEY blues stalwarts the BONDI CIGARS will perform with Dudley band LUCY'S WALL this Friday night at Highfields Azzurri Sports Club.Bondi Cigars is renowned for its joyful rock-solid rhythm, fluid bass lines and melodic harmonica.The group contributed two tracks, INTENSIVE CARE and LEAD ...

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Duo Forms Catchy Act

COSTUME changes and a broad repertoire drawn from across the spectrum of popular music makes CAUGHT IN THE ACT a versatile duo.Vocalist KAREN DURAND, well known as the former vocalist with HOT PROPERTY, has teamed up with acoustic guitarist and actor LANCE HAWKINS. Hawkins also has a teaching and ...

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New Breed at Phoenix

TWO of Australia's newest breed of spruced-up country music stars will perform on Sunday at Club Phoenix.'The pride of Wagga Wagga', carrot-topped DARREN COGGAN, who scored five nominations at this year's Tamworth Country Music Festival, will be there.At 23, Coggan is the ...

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Double Act

WHEN LARA GOODRIDGE is not playing violin in electric string quartet FOURPLAY, she can be seen with her friend JOY HOWARD playing as JOY & LARA. Performing tomorrow night at the Northern Star Hotel, Joy & Lara play 'songs by people we like' such as CROSBY, STILLS & NASH, some ...

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A 'Mystery' Man

A SPECIAL guest guitarist will again join SWING LIKE FLYNN at THE DUNGEON tomorrow night.Swing Like Flynn is drummer and vocalist ROB COXON, bass guitarist and vocalist PETER GRAY and saxophonist BEN JONES. The group will play tomorrow night at THE DUNGEON all-ages venue in the lower hall, ...

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Band Leader's Debut

DOUBLE bassist JACK THORNCRAFT will hit the Northern Star Hotel on Wednesday, December 16, for the first time as a band leader.Thorncraft, who made a name for himself in the 1960s and 1970s in Sydney, has worked with some of Australia's most prominent jazz musoes including GALAPAGOS DUCK, ...

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America Still Needs You

MIDDLE-of-the-road United States duo AMERICA may not have changed their musical formula much in the past 30 years but DEWEY BUNNELL and GERRY BECKLEY can't be accused of not moving with the times.America, playing next Friday, December 18, at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre with THE BEACH ...

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