FOR IMMEDIATE ANNOUNCEMENT
HI MYSPACE TRAVELLERS - WE NEED YOUR VOTE! WE ARE THE ONLY AUSTRALIAN BAND CHOSEN AS FINALISTS IN THE SONICBIDS INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITERS COMPETITION IN THE BLUES CATEGORY!
......WHITE BOYS FROM DOWNUNDER CAN PLAY THA BLUES TOO.................
PLEASE GO TO THE LINK BELOW AND GIVE 'SILVER DOLLAR' A VOTE.....
YOU CAN VOTE ONCE A DAY SO LET'S GET ON IT TOGETHER AND BRING IT ALL BACK HOME BABY..................THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bourbon Street Song "Silver Dollar" selected as Grand Finalist in Sonicbids International Songwriting Competition.
Just in time for the 20th Anniversary and CD launch of Bourbon Street's new album "Banned for Life", the song "Silver Dollar", written by the band’s singer/guitarist Colin Germano, has been selected out of more than 14,000 entries worldwide, to the top 12 of Grand Finalist’s in the Blues category of Sonicbids international song writing competition.
The overall grand prize is $25,000 in cash (U.S.) and $20,000 in prizes, first place winners in each category receive $4,000 in prizes.
Judges Choice – the 2006 ISC judges included Jerry Lee Lewis, Brian Wilson, Tom Waits, Rosanne Cash, Macy Gray, John Mayall and Charlie Musselwhite.
People's Choice - This is decided by you ! ! If you want to vote for Bourbon Street's "Silver Dollar", the only Australian nomination in the Blues category, go to:
http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/pvwelcome2006.htm
Bourbon Street Biography
October '06
It has been just short of twenty years since this four-piece hard rock band formed, and played their first ever gig in Byron Bay, NSW in February of 1987.
With relentless determination to survive, Bourbon Street display longevity in the music industry, a character trait that will allow an artist the continual purpose of serving the inspiration of the music.
Inspired by the great works of The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, The Stones, Credence Clearwater, Santana, AC/DC, Bob Dylan and the like, Bourbon Street developed a style of high-energy rock uncompromisingly meshed with the musical integrity, lifestyle and attitudes of the 1960's and 70..s. In their first six years, Bourbon Street toured the East Coast of Australia tirelessly, building a strong following of devotees. During this time, they released three albums, all independently produced and clocked up literally thousands of gigs. From 1993, the band spent just over a decade reforming almost continuously for small tours and special occasions. Always remaining in close contact with each other, the band members all stayed pro-active in the industry, engaging in their various musical pursuits.
Over this decade, whilst enjoying their individual projects, the band members remained drawn to each other seem ably by a force greater than the sum total of themselves. This artistic magnetism can be likened to the rock and roll magic that exists between members of bands like Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones and Neil Young and Crazy Horse, to mention but a few of the greats. At all times in Bourbon Street, there always exists a perpetuating desire and compelling need to keep making music together.
Over 2003 and 2004 the band saw a new and fresh creative energy enter the House of Bourbon. After a significant time apart, the band reunited for a shamelessly un-rehearsed low key private wedding gig in Tyagarah, NSW. This was July 2003, on the eve that guitarist Horace Bevan flew direct to New York City with the thought of relocating there permanently, depending where musical opportunities took him.
Around this time though something happened, a vibe in the group clicked, and the band once again had purpose requiring attention and action to take. The time was ripe again, and very soon after the group..s fourth album began to gestate.This would come to be their first album in more than 10 years, since the release of Time Flies in 1993.
Recorded at Old Dog Studio, Corndale, NSW & Airlock Studio, Brisbane, the album titled ..BANNED FOR LIFE..is due for official release December 2006. Bourbon Street is inspired to take to the road promoting the album, considering it to be their best studio work yet.
Unlike many of today's throw-together vintage bands, Bourbon Street is just as it always was - all four original members, still committed to giving every ounce of energy and sweat to every gig, as if it was their last. While the venues and music scene have changed dramatically since the band first formed, for Bourbon Street the sound remains the same.
Hi Horace 'long time tween visits' Greets from Samoa!!!!!
I've just posted another 'toon' on MySpace.
"the Night of the Gale' featuring: Me ~ Lead Vox/Lead N' Ryth Guit Phil Eizenberg ~ Bass Guit Ace Follington ~ Drums Rick Mellic ~ Keys N' Synth (All Australian production) 22 Years in the making from recording to release. Has to be the longest recording project in history. Hope you like. Your album sounds great BTW.
hello hello!
thanks to the beautiful editing and camera work of Nicholas Hayden, Mishca Chalayer Kynaston, and Michael Grogan ... we now have two video clips on myspace page, for your viewing pleasure. They're live n damn fine.
check em out when you've got a moment... but remember, less is more... go easy... don't wear em out for the others. and no pausing... we don't want it to skip n scratch everytime it crosses to the bass player. thank you. :-)
liz xx
As I sit amongst the lyrics scratched on pages tattered and torn, with a glass of red that is off its head and my small collection of porn, I realize there aint nothing else that can drive you round the bend, quite as bad as missing out on easter wasted with your friends!! ye fucken ha!
Happy easter Horry and Kaz. Miss u fraeks heaps. See u soon I hope. The smoke is clearing, the new day is dorning and so, I bid the farewell till the next yager and bull my friends... Stevo
He Guys, long time - no see! Long Live the "Bullfrog Blues band" .Haven't heard Slappy White for a while! Good too see ya's are still rockin! Rock n' Roll soldiers!
HI! Just dropped by to let you know I've posted two more songs on mySpace. 'Peace of Mind' and Sarajevo'. Let me know what you think. Regards .. Phill Raymond
This is the first 'blast' announcement we're sending in, well, its actually the first ever.
The reason we're sending it is we want to update the four songs on the page by keeping the most favorite one up and replacing the other three with three different cuts from our new 14 song TimePieces cd.
So, let us know which song you like the most from the 4 TimePieces songs currently on our profile, and check back in a week or so so that you can hear three more cuts from that cd.
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