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South West Blues Club

Locality: Bunbury, Western Australia

Phone: +61 400 155 554

Address: 1 Austral Parade 6230 Bunbury, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.southwestbluesclub.org

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25.01.2022 But there were plenty who were happy just tapping there feet in the sun st the edge of the bay. This is going to be a great way to spend a late Sunday afternoon. We will see you same time next month for more Blues on the Bay.

25.01.2022 We are hoping to be out on the deck with our next jam, all things being equal. The start of the warmer weather means we can get outdoors with our live music. Come on down and support local musicians, spend an afternoon with a cold drink, close friends and hear some great music. We guarantee a good time.

25.01.2022 See you at the Jam Session, Parade Hotel Bunbury 2pm Sunday.

24.01.2022 This is Blues on the Bay, Good times by the water.

24.01.2022 Dave cranking out some lovely acoustic.

23.01.2022 Tracy on stage for the first time. Well done.

23.01.2022 The question on many lips this afternoon was why wasn’t one particular lady doing a set behind the microphone? Still lovely to see you here Camille and maybe we can coax you up next month.

22.01.2022 South West Blues Club is proud to announce its involvement in The Parade Hotel's Blues on the Bay monthly Sunday session. The very first of these will be this coming Sunday at 4pm and will feature three of our great Bluesmen. Relax at the waters edge with a cold ale, spicy Southern Style food and the sound of blues hanging in the breeze. This will be as close as you can get to a New Orleans style experience. Come on down and support the club and what we hope will be a great ongoing monthly event.

22.01.2022 We are putting 2020 behind us and welcoming in a brand new year with, all the pomp and ceremony it deserves. Join us for a fun afternoon of music and camaraderie at Bunbury's most spectacular waterside hotel. Grab your musical instrument and show us what you've got or just relax and enjoy the music with a cool drink. Start the year in good spirit, with friends listening to live music.

21.01.2022 Look at these guys go. Brian Sweetman and Stage Left cranking out country blues to a very appreciative audience.

21.01.2022 Another new face and with a great voice. Jude on acoustic guitar and first time on stage as a club member.

21.01.2022 Our poster girl was up behind the microphone sharing her beautiful voice. There is so much great talent in this club. We are privileged to have so many enjoying the jams.

19.01.2022 Our efforts to support the Blues at Bridgetown, sadly have been thwarted. We encourage members to get along and support the event as your support will be needed by the Festival organisers and the township. Covid restrictions mean that the venue we had tried to support may not comply with the quite stringent rules that apply for festivals. At least there will be one South West Blues Club band, Stumptown, playing in Bridgetown over the weekend and of course on the Sunday it will be Jam Day here in Bunbury.

19.01.2022 Tori was a new face and voice on stage. So good to see young talent coming through.

19.01.2022 Enzo's True Blues pick this week is from 1966, Move With You Baby, actually the B side of He Won’t Bite Me Twice on release, that was BIG AMOS PATTON nephew of Charley Patton. Born in 1921 in Mississippi, he grew up with blues recordings, and his own style was heavily influenced by that of Rice Miller, aka Sonny Boy Williamson II. He moved to West Memphis, after serving in World War II, doing radio shows and playing local juke joints getting a break in the early 60s." https://youtu.be/U27Eq8FW2XU Catch you Thursday.

18.01.2022 It was good to see Martin making it up from Busselton. Word has it that he is honing his harmonica skills so we may be able to coax him up on stage soon.

18.01.2022 It was so good to see and hear Daren back and cranking out that silky saxy sound.

16.01.2022 Enzo's True Blues Pick of the Week is: Cold Hearted Woman from the 2002 album Hell Is Too Hot For Me, by CHRIS BELL & 100% BLUES. Chris plays Lead and Rhythm Guitar, Slide and Acoustic Guitars and provides Lead Vocals, Chuck England is on Bass and vocals and Bill Nuti on Drums. Chris was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Massachusetts. He credits both his parents for introducing him to blues, jazz, rhythm & blues and gospel music. At the early age of 9, he picked up his first guitar and discovered his passion." https://youtu.be/AOWmPwKbcn4 Catch you all tonight on my show.

16.01.2022 Brad drumming with his old Kalgoorlie buddies.

15.01.2022 Matt had a few sets on the skins.

15.01.2022 A reminder that a number of South West Blues Club bands and members will be playing in and around the area over the festive season. We will attempt to announce these events as they are given to us. We know that there are a good many followers and fans who will want to get out and see our members in action. Make sure you have this one in your diary for New Year's Eve.

15.01.2022 Next year things will really heat up for the club. We are getting more inquiries for bands to play private functions and we would love to be able to have South West Blues Club bands and musicians out there playing locally, earning money and having fun. We also have a new 'series' in the wings that we will roll out next year. What we need right now is information and details of club members who are available to play, this includes full bands, soloists, duos or even if you ar...e available to fill in or play with others. If you are part of a band but would also like to register as a soloist or a duo then please put in more than one registration. Please note: you MUST BE A FULL PAID MEMBER OF SOUTH WEST BLUES CLUB. Below is an example of the information we need. Please send us your details ASAP. Either message us on Facebook or you can email [email protected]. If you have any questions then please call Dave 0438 467 505. We want you on stage.

14.01.2022 Enzo's True Blues Pick of The Week is : That Did It from 1967. American Blues singer, Robert Calvin Bland, was known professionally as BOBBY BLUE BLAND, who mixed gospel with the blues and R&B. He was described as "among the great storytellers of blues and soul music. Inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1981, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, and the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2012. Described as "second in stature only to B.B. King as a product of Memphis's Beale Street blues scene" https://youtu.be/pEsreefx75k Catch you on my show tonight.

14.01.2022 Jamie Green at his boisterous best. It is great to see such great talent on show.

14.01.2022 Enzo's True Blues Pick of the Week" is Cakewalk Into Town Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, born May 17, 1942, who uses the stage name TAJ MAHAL, is an American blues musician, a singer-songwriter and film composer who plays the guitar, piano, banjo, harmonica, and many other instruments. He often incorporates elements of world music into his works and has done much to reshape the definition and scope of blues music over the course of his more than 50-year career by fusing it with nontraditional forms, including sounds from the Caribbean, Africa, and the South Pacific. https://youtu.be/oBGbrFlWwsE Catch you Thursday.

14.01.2022 And yes Ric, working on the sound desk is thirsty work.

14.01.2022 Marty the mad Irishman was making a meal of the whiteboard. Thanks for your efforts mate. Our jams are made possible by a heap of dedicated club members who chip in to get these afternoons flowing.

13.01.2022 Just as the sun slipped over the horizon the Prez made a showing. It has been great getting out in the warm Koombana Bay air and it is going to be a great summer.

13.01.2022 South West Blues Club band Stumptown is playing for a charity at the Graham Bricknell Sound Shell in Bunbury this Saturday. They played for the Relay for Life last year and it is good to see them back this year as the main act, to cap off a day of fundraising. They will be on stage about 9pm and will take the night out with a hiss and a roar. Get on down to support the cause, to have a good time and hear some great music.

12.01.2022 What a great sunset.

12.01.2022 Andrew hammering out a big sound.

11.01.2022 Enzo's True Blues pick this week is I Had A Dream from his 2006 album "My Days Are So Long". Written & recorded by LINSEY ALEXANDER, born July 23, 1942, he moved to Memphis, Tennessee, with his mother and a sister when he was 12 years old. Later he played in clubs on Chicago's North Side for nearly two decades and has played with numerous blues musicians, including Buddy Guy, Magic Slim, and B.B. King. https://youtu.be/g4IIwOWJw3U. Catch you on my show tonight.

11.01.2022 WOW not long now until Christmas, but don't let that freak you out. Come along to the Parade Hotel and enjoy an afternoon with the South West Blues Club. Come and play or just listen. You will be among friends at that largest blues jam in WA. Nothing will guarantee a less stressful end to the year than an afternoon at the edge of Koombana Bay, with a cold drink in hand, with friends, in the Spring sunshine and some of the best blues you are going to hear anywhere. See you there.

10.01.2022 Some music you just can’t sit and listen to, you just gotta get up and dance.

10.01.2022 It doesn’t take much prodding to get Ron singing.

10.01.2022 Terry is a new face and he fired up the keyboard for a number of sets.

08.01.2022 Enzo's True Blues Pick this week is Standing Around Crying written & recorded by Muddy Waters and His Guitar in 1952. In the early 1950s, Muddy Waters and his bandLittle Walter Jacobs on harmonica, Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Elga Edmonds (also known as Elgin Evans) on drums and Otis Spann on pianorecorded several blues classics, some with the bassist and songwriter Willie Dixon. One of the true Blues legends." https://youtu.be/cD4TsOTyIw4 Enjoy...catch you Thursday night.

07.01.2022 This week's True Blues pick: You Got To Pay is by Morris Holt, born August 7, 1937; died February 21, 2013, known as MAGIC SLIM. Born in Mississippi, he followed blues greats such as Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf to Chicago, developing his own place in the Chicago blues scene. Six time winners of the W. C. Handy Award as Blues Band of the Year with his band, THE TEARDROPS. In May 2013, Magic Slim was posthumously awarded another Blues Music Award in the category Traditional Blues Male Artist & in 2017, he was posthumously inducted in to the Blues Hall of Fame. https://youtu.be/NFkaf3g9ziU catch you all tonight.

06.01.2022 Peter arrived in style. What a great day.

06.01.2022 Enzo's True Blues pick this week: is EASY BABE by Samuel Gene Maghett (February 14, 1937 December 1, 1969), known as Magic Sam. He was an American Chicago blues musician, born in Grenada County, Mississippi, and learned to play the blues from listening to records by Muddy Waters and Little Walter. The stage name Magic Sam was devised by Sam's bass player and childhood friend Mack Thompson at Sam's first recording session for Cobra, as an approximation of "Maghett Sam". He recorded singles for Cobra Records from 1957 to 1959, including "All Your Love" and "Easy Baby". Together with recordings by Otis Rush and Buddy Guy (also Cobra artists), the Westside Sound was a manifesto for a new kind of blues. https://youtu.be/N6m8qweJ9Lw Catch you tonight

06.01.2022 Whatever your plans for Christmas, you will be getting things on the right foot if you spend an afternoon with us kicking back, a cold drink in hand listening to some darn good live music. It may have been a shoddy year but we are going to finish it the right way. We have a whopper hamper to raffle so some lucky punter will find Christmas comes early. Bring your friends and instruments and relax at the water's edge. It is going to be a smashing good day.

05.01.2022 As the sun went down the music kept playing. This is a place like no other in the South West. Our thanks again to the Parade for their generous support and hard work.

05.01.2022 Enzo's True Blues Pick for this week is: Give Me Your Money, Baby by JACK OWENS, born November 17, 1904, was an American blues singer and guitarist, from Bentonia, Mississippi. He farmed, sold bootleg liquor, and ran a weekend juke joint in Bentonia for most of his life. He played guitar and sang, utilizing the stomp of his boots for rhythm in the manner of some other players in the Mississippi Delta, such as John Lee Hooker. Another recording shot by Alan Lomax, Worth Long, and John Bishop at Jack Owens' farm near Bentonia, Mississippi, August 12, 1978.Owens died in Yazoo City, Mississippi, in 1997, at the age of 92. https://youtu.be/2qBKWWLHP7w Catch you Thursday night.

05.01.2022 Ric under the bright lights at the Parade for the first time.

04.01.2022 Enzo's True Blues pick this week is The Drifter written and recorded by RUSSELL MORRIS from his Sharkmouth studio album, released on 12 October 2012 by Fanfare, Ambition Records. It peaked at No. 6 on the ARIA Albums Chart to become his first top ten album and the highest selling album of his career. Sharkmouth is based on stories from Australia's Depression years and some of their colourful characters, like boxer Les Darcy, gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s like Squizzy Taylor, 1930 Melbourne Cup winner, Phar Lap and from the 1940s, Arthur Stace, Australian soldier, known as Mr Eternity. Catch you tonight on my show. https://youtu.be/PTOf39TzbfE

04.01.2022 Enzo's True Blues Pick of the Week is : "Milford Blues" recorded in Houston, Texas, in 1949 by Melvin "Lil' Son" JACKSON, born August 16, 1915, Tyler, Texas. Died of cancer May 30, 1976, Dallas. He was an American blues guitarist and singer. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II, after which he pursued a career as a blues musician. When he was injured in a car crash in the mid-1950s L’il Son gave up his music career, returning to work as a mechanic. " https://youtu.be/UHCdA-7dywg Catch you Thursday

03.01.2022 The jams are a great time for catching up with friends.

02.01.2022 Gary Green is our man on the sound desk and it is just perfect through the clubs new PA.

02.01.2022 Steve hammering out the songs like he did 30 years ago.

02.01.2022 Ever wanted to be Roadie for a band? Well now you can, without ever leaving home. We need help with our set up and break downs every jam day. It is fun and you get to meet and work with a heap of great club members. No skills required, just be fit willing and able. Our jams are now one of the largest regular jam sessions in Western Australia. Post your interest here or call Dave 0438 467 505.

02.01.2022 Brooksy sporting his Ratbones tee.

02.01.2022 Enzo's True Blues pick this week is: Bad Luck & Trouble by MEMPHIS SLIM, born John Len Chatman, September 3, 1915 ; died February 24, 1988 in Paris. American blues pianist, singer, and composer. He led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of jump blues, included saxophones, bass, drums, and piano. He was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1989 & the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2015." https://youtu.be/4tMZyZa-7BU Catch you on air tonight, don't be late.

02.01.2022 Dave in full cry.

01.01.2022 If you are local help support the fight to stop the expansion of WA's largest tip located in Dardanup. It is built on two fault lines adjacent to a National Park and has fresh water creeks and important ground water supply in close proximity. Come along to see legendary blues rock icon Dave Hole and band and help stop this ludicrous proposal.

01.01.2022 What a voice this guy has. This is the first time we have seen the band play and what an awesome combination. They drew a lot of punters inside. Can’t wait to hear Stage Left play for us again.