South West Blues Club

On Saturday the 14th of October 2023, a fun, exciting, and new community event comes to Capel and South West Blues Club have been asked to provide a day of live music.
The event has been developed as a four-way partnership between the Ironstone Adventure Riding Club, the Shire of Capel, the Indian Harley Club, and the Bike Shed Times.
Starting at 10 a.m., the Capel River Classic Show and Shine Day offers a day of different attractions for the whole family.
Key attractions are as follows:
A Vintage Motorcycle Show and Shine
The ‘Rustic Off-Road Rally’ for pre-1975 classic and historic bikes on local gravel and unsealed roads
The ‘Capel River Classic’ with entertainment, food, refreshments, and other activities that bike enthusiasts and the general public can enjoy. Including Country Markets, Food trucks, Live Music, a Bar, and entertainment for the kids.
The event will include a stunning showcase of meticulously restored vintage bikes that pay homage to the craftsmanship and beauty of yesteryears.
From rare classics to iconic legends, every motorcycle on display will be a testament to the rich history of motorcycling.
Come along, have a great day and support your club bands.

Blues Central in association with Froth Craft Bunbrewery has almost completed a year of showcasing the very best Blues Bands in Western Australia. South West Blues Club has been inspired by the standard of musicianship and the passion shown by bands for this monthly event. We have had great public support as we attempt to bring quality blues acts to Bunbury. At each session we have encouraged the South West Blues Club’s musicians and bands to support these acts and the results have been spectacular. Our bands have risen to the occasion and delivered class shows alongside the invitation bands. We are calling for interest from bands wishing to perform at Blues Central up until June of next year. Invitation bands will play for 2 x 45 minute sets and South West Blues Club Bands play a one hour set. Email your interest to: dave@brandnew.cc with details of your band and links to performances.

This is the Jam you do not want to miss. This month’s raffle is worth over $700 and includes a meat pack, a Yahava KoffeeWorks coffee hamper, a Froth bottle of wine and two tickets to Bridgetown Blues Festival. On top of all that is four hours of great music and a chance to chinwag with your mates. A reminder to members that we have the AGM ahead of the Jam. Don’t forget to bring your membership guitar pick to get 10% off drinks and food. See ya Sunday.

A change of plan folks. Big Town Players are now booked for December and instead on Sunday we have the fabulous Louis Rebeiro and the Blues Machine. For those who missed these teenage wonders in March, now is your chance to see these guys on stage. To follow we have everyone’s favourites, Jimmy and the Survivors. See you on Sunday.

The South West Blues Club 2023 AGM will be held 11am-12pm on Sunday 15 October 2023 at Froth Brewery 12 Victoria Street Bunbury (i.e. immediately prior to the October jam day).

The AGM is an important time for us to come together as a club, reflect on the year that has been and elect our committee and office bearers for the following year. Please come along to help celebrate what we’ve achieved in 2022/23 and decide upon the structure of our committee for 2023/24.

Notice of Special Resolution

Please note that a special resolution has been received, which will be considered at the AGM.

The first Spring Jam and it’s bound to be a ripper. Grab your gear and head on down to Froth for a fun afternoon with Bunbury’s big musical family and bring your friends. You have three chances to WIN a Jam Day raffle PLUS flash your Membership Key Ring Guitar Pick when you order food and drinks and get a 10% discount. There are plenty of reasons to get to the September Jam. See you there. Sunday 17th September, kick off is noon.

Hi members of the Southwest Blues Club.

One view I was unable to observe recently was the Blues Central gig featuring Howling Onshore and Enjoy. I was in Sydney using up flight credits left over from a flight cancellation we had during the COVID lockdown. The Blues Central gig seems to have gone well with good performances from both bands.

While in Sydney we went to the Pyrmont Hotel, near Darling Harbour, as there is always a good band on at the 3pm to 6pm Sunday session at the hotel, so I was able to catch some good music at roughly the same time as Blues Central was on.

In my last “view” I mentioned that Capel Shire had been in touch with the club to see if we could provide bands for their Capel River Classic event on October 15th and I asked bands to nominate for this. The bands who responded have all been slotted in so “Dave Tiger and the Allsorts”, “Deadwater Pelican”, “Brown Dog and the Mutleys”, “Hooch” and “Enjoy / Old School Blues” will represent the club at this event. This means around 22 members of the club will be playing at this event and that will be a great opportunity for these members. I believe the club was approached after a Capel Shire employee attended a jam session at Froth and was impressed by the standard of playing there. I remind all members playing at the Capel event that they must complete an online “induction” for this event.

Blues at Bridgetown is approaching (2nd weekend in November) and we have been offered (at this stage) 90 minutes of playing time there. This should equate to 3 bands being able to get a session there. Once again any band interested in representing the club at Bridgetown should forward their interest to me. Previously several club members and bands have been able to make their own arrangements to play at Bridgetown so check out their website to see what is available if this interests you.

I should be back in WA in a few days so I am looking forward to the next jam day at Froth.

It has taken us most of the year to rope in Howling Onshore but they are finally with us on stage at Blues Central in September and we are all real excited. Howling Onshore are one of the very best South West’s Blues bands featuring the talented lead vocalist Lindsay Baker and ‘guitarist extraordinaire’ Steve Checker. Lindsay is an accomplished sax and harmonica player freely exchanging one for the other even during one song. Steve’s silky guitar playing is legendary in the Margaret River area where these boys mainly hang.
The supporting club band is eNjoy. Yes we had them kick the year off but there has been a lot of water under the bridge since then. Neil, Jude and Leigh were the support band for Eric Bibb when he played in Bunbury earlier this year and they are possibly the club’s most active musicians with gigs almost every week. September will be another ‘not to be missed’ show, three hours of great blues.

This is the last Jam for the winter of 2023 so let’s celebrate and give the winter solstice a big send off. Just note the start time has been shifted forward to midday for a slightly earlier finish time at 4pm. This is just for the colder months. We have 3 big raffles and plenty of other reasons to be there. Grab a mate and come down for a fun afternoon of great music amongst fellow musicians and music lovers. Don’t forget to bring your membership guitar pick so you can get 10% off Froth’s great food and beverages. We’ll see ya when we’re lookin’ at ya. Midday Sunday 20th August at Froth Craft Bunbrewery.

Hi members of the South West Blues Club,

We are comfortably settling into our new venue at Froth Craft Bunbrewery. We had a good turnout for the July jam session at Froth, with some excellent music from the members. It was also a tribute to Elsie, who was watching on from some great photos displayed around the venue. It was great to see Gazza there with his “Tele” playing some of his characteristic Jazzy blues. I’m looking forward to hearing more at The Italian Club on Saturday, 5th August, when there will be an afternoon of music from 2 pm (its a BYO session with people taking a plate). Club members and some of Elsie’s extensive list of friends will be providing entertainment.

I have recently been contacted by The Shire of Capel about providing some club bands for the Capel River Motorcycle Classic on Saturday the 14th October. We have been asked to provide 5 bands for this event. It runs from 10 am until 6 pm on Saturday the 14th October. I am sure we can provide some quality entertainment for this event so I have said the club will provide 5 bands. There will be a fee paid to each band. If any band is interested in playing, or any member is interested in being “integrated” into a band for that day, please contact me and I will put together a list of bands for the day. As it is my aim to be as inclusive as possible all interested members will be considered. I feel if this event goes well other organisations may contact the club to provide bands. I expect we will have more people interested in playing at Capel than we can fit in but I think there will be more similar opportunities in the future. I will prepare a sheet of details about the event and how the day will run. The shire is providing a sheltered playing area and the PA.

We have been looking for a venue for the AGM and it is probable that it will be held in the Programmes Room at the City of Bunbury Library on Saturday 26th August, possibly from 10.30 am. All members attending will receive a $10 voucher to use for lunch at Froth after the AGM and will also be able to claim the club discount from Froth as well. Full details will be forwarded to members as soon as arrangements can be finalised.

Blues Central will be an interesting event this month. Club members Carl and Jayden will be playing with the Karsky/Daly band so I am keen to see these accomplished club members in action. Please note that the timing of the next Jam Session will be changed to 1 pm to 5 pm as Froth has changed its opening hours for the winter months.
So there’s plenty going on and we will see you no doubt at Froth.

Cheers
Dave C.
President of South West Blues Club