SAVAGE EVENTS - ARTISTS -

__TICE & EVANS

DAVE TICE and MARK EVANS are two seasoned musicians who have evolved separately and together to form Australia’s premier hard-edged acoustic duo. MARK EVANS is the bass player from the original and classic AC/DC line up and DAVE TICE’S musical history began in the early 70's as front man for legendary heavy rock pioneers `Buffalo'. Together, their obvious talents are now very much in demand across the planet, including in the home of delta blues itself. Dave's powerful vocals and blues harp and the driving swampy guitar work emanating from Mark bring new life to R'n'B classics by Wilson Pickett and Sam Cooke, to John Fogerty, Chuck Berry’s ‘Rock and Roll’ and Elvis Presley's ‘Mystery Train’. This is Australia’s Premier Blues Duo....more

__JOHN 'SWANEE' SWAN

He has been on the Australian music scene since he was 14 years old. He has become part of this country's musical backbone playing first as a drummer, then as a singer with many of the country’s top rock and roll outfits. In 1978 he released his first album "Into The Night" with WEA Records. Swanee's first major chart success was a great rendition of Tim Hardin's "If I Were A Carpenter" from the album "This Time It's Different". Success with the next 2 singles from the album immediately followed. "Lady What's Your Name" and "Temporary Heartache" both screamed straight up the charts. In 1987 he joined the Party Boys and enjoyed a hit with “He’s Gonna Step On You Again”. The Album and Single went #1 nationally. He built a reputation as one of the most respected rock'n'roll singers in Australia....more

__GANGgajang

Former Adelaide musicians, Geoff Stapleton, Robert James, Chris Bailey and Buzz Bidstrup joined Englishman Mark Callaghan in 1984 to create GANGgajang. They have recently celebrated their 22nd anniversary and continue to feature on radio and TV with their unofficial anthem "Sounds of then - This is Australia". Highly popular in the Brazilian and International surf scene, they’ve toured Brazil several times. The GANG continue to play around Australia and are strong supporters of the Jimmy Little Foundation for Indigenous Health, The Fred Hollows Foundation and Diabetes Australia playing many charity fund raising events.They will soon tour to Kakadu to
raise funds for renal patients and conduct music workshops for the indigenous youth....more

__Grace Knight

First, Grace Knight took the Eurogliders pop band to chart topping success throughout the 80s, then she became Australia's number one selling Jazz Diva in the 90s. In her early teens Grace began singing in folk clubs and competing in national talent quests.
Anxious to spread her wings, she sang her passage on a cruise ship to Australia where her sister introduced her to musician Bernie Lynch. Grace honed her performing skills as Lynch shaped the band that was to become the "Eurogliders".
From the Eurogliders first album "Pink Suit Blue Day" in 1982, to their last "Groove", the band with Grace as lead singer, were a chart topping and live rock and roll success. The Eurogliders performed to a TV audience of 65 million viewers on the MTV New Year's Eve special broadcast...more

__Russell Morris

Russell Morris is one of Australia's most enduring singers. A major pop star in the late '60s, he went on to become one of the country's first singer/songwriters.
Morris' career started in September 1966 with the formation of the Melbourne group Somebody's Image, which rose to prominence with a local hit version of the Joe South song "Hush." Morris was convinced to leave Somebody's Image for a solo career. His manager/producer, local music identity Ian Meldrum, spent unprecedented hours and money to create a seven-minute production extravaganza around a song called "The Real Thing." Once the result was released to shocked radio programmers who had never been asked to play such a long Australian single before...more

__Cotton Keays Morris

The combined achievements of Darryl Cotton, Jim Keays and Russell Morris produced an astonishing 42 charting records, 10 of which hare bona fide classics. They represent the cornerstone of 60's and 70's Australian music and cover a wide range of styles from early garage punk, psychedelia, power pop, rock and progressive rock through to modern adult orientated songs and beautiful ballads.
From their early beginnings in Zoot, Masters Apprentices and Somebody's Image they have progressed and survived in the fickle music industry...more

__The Rustlers

The Rustlers burst onto the scene with the release of their "Broken Pieces" album, launched at the Barmera Country Music Festival in June 2001.
It has since been re-badged and re-released in the United States in May 2006.

Not since the early sixties have such songs been penned - sing-along lyrics, catchy riffs, raucous harmonies and unforgettable melodies.
The songs can soar with the energy of a wild stallion or steal your heart away with their raw honesty...more

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