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Hat Fitz
Blues / Acoustic / Roots Music

HAT MAN'z on hiz way!



Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Australia

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Last Login:  12/1/2009
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Member Since10/8/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.hatfitz.net
Band MembersHat Fitz: Slide, Guitar, vocals Itchy: Drums, washboard />
InfluencesDelta Blues, Charlie Patton, Gus Cannon, Son House, Doc Boggs, Rl Burnside, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Bo Carter, Roscoe Holcomb, Irish jigs and reels, Ragtime, Jug Music, Bluegrass, Old timey.......
Sounds LikeRaw old blues amped up with growling vocals and thundering drums/washboard Check the Vid Below! Pumping!!!
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Dec 5 2009 7:00P
Joe’s Waterhole Eumundi, Queensland
Dec 10 2009 8:00P
Blues Cruise Bundy, Queensland
Dec 11 2009 8:00P
Club Hotel Bundinberg Bundinberg, Queensland
Dec 12 2009 8:00P
Kandanga Kandanga, Queensland
Dec 19 2009 11:00A
Royal Mail Goodna Queensland, Queensland

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   About Hat Fitz
"Hat Fitz is a musical anachronism, seemingly possessed by 1920’s bluesmen, so authentic it’s almost unbelievable. Imagine : Ned Kelly / Son House on speed ! A flat out boogie rhythm, Itchy beating and bashing Hat’s monstrous demons. Fitzy’s eyes wild and wide like a blind man screaming some primal roar, head twitching with the emotion of release. You wonder whether it’s indignity or the shedding of some painful old identity, but the strum is ferocious and the beat won’t be denied".

Anyone who has seen Hat Fitz perform at one of his many festival appearances across Australia know how the big man can stir up an audience. With his wild frantic interpretations of early delta blues classics and self penned songs in tandem with drumming side kick Itchy he has built a repretation as a hard edged raw blues man.

On stage Itchy and Fitzy have an amazing telepathic communication that keeps the music tight .

Few performers world wide, have been able to match the wild man approach to the delicate art of finger picking perfected by Hat Fitz. p>

Hat Fitz plays heavily amplified acoustic blues, much of it in the style of blues guitarist from the 20s and 30s. Sometimes in the delicate finger-picking manner of the blues folkies sometimes flat out almost frenzied with growling vocals and driving drums/washboard. If someone gave Charlie Patton an electrified beat up metal body guitar and a jar of slurps this is what it would sound like Hat Fitz is a true home-grown equivalent of someone like RL Burnside or T-Model Ford playing raw and deceptively simple unique music From America's No 1 Blues publication "Blues Revue" Issue 103, Dec / Jan 2007. [ with a nod to the hypnotic, one chord Hill Country sound ] on the self-released HAT MAN'z on hiz way ! Fitz plays resonator guitar with an insistent groove, growling out the lyrics, while Itchy pounds the skins. The title track, "Black Nite", and "Hold my hand" lean toward the R.L.Burnside school, while "Foot Dog Rag" and "Freddy Spaghetti" are more delicate. Well-known songs receive imaginative treatments: "Motherless Children" is wobbly and weird, and "Death Letter" races along recklessly.

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Dec 2 2009 12:25 PM

Hi there, Hat Fitz!

I wanted to let you know that we're running a 15% off promotion this week on ALL services! :) This INCLUDES MySpace design, Twitter design, album design, and promotional services! Message us now!

-Dana
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Erin Shay

Erin Shay



Nov 26 2009 12:01 AM

Hey mate!!!
I've got my E.P. launch This Sunday 29th November and would love to see you there!!!! Its at The Curtin Hotel - 29 Lygon st, Carlton, Melbourne (city end). The night kicks off at 7pm with support bands My Lasting Reply and Broken Scar!!! $12 at the door with FREE E.P. UPON ENTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you can come down!!

peace love and chupa chups,

Erin Shay
xox

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CHECKERBOARD

CHECKERBOARD



Nov 24 2009 8:04 PM

What else are you going to do!


Ezza

erin currie



Nov 20 2009 12:20 AM

Hurry up and get ya bums back to The Junkyard!
SHOE SHINE

SHOE SHINE



Nov 2 2009 5:40 AM

really enjoyed the gig at rubys been waitin to see you play for ages was unreal! and your lass on drums washboard flute and vocal was wicked you guys sound great together. cheers mate
Matt

Matt



Oct 27 2009 8:30 PM

Hey Guys

Had a blast with you guys, really enjoyed the whole bloody lot! Catch you round the traps.
Cheers
Matt
Stringybark McDowell

Stringybark McDowell



Oct 12 2009 9:03 AM

SEE YA AT THE RUBY'S GIG GAY ARSE

Wild Turkey

Wild Turkey



Oct 1 2009 2:36 PM

Hey rumour has it that you are playing near us in Belgrave soon... Yippee!
The Bayou Brothers

The Bayou Brothers



Sep 11 2009 2:13 PM


 

allison and the hullabaloos

allison and the hullabaloos



Aug 23 2009 7:29 PM

Hi hatz to
When u Next giggin Warrenpoint?
Cheers
Keep it Live
ali
BAND OF MEN

BAND OF MEN



Aug 9 2009 7:37 AM

Thanks for the add.
Fantastic sound here! Like it so much
Pier
Quay Cuts Studio, Narrow Water

Quay Cuts Studio, Narrow Water



Aug 4 2009 4:53 PM

A big thank you to all who performed at 'The Melting Pot' in the Glenside during this years Fiddlers Green Festival. Wishing you all success in your future projects.
Steve and Clunk
Marshall & The Fro

Marshall & The Fro



Aug 3 2009 10:34 PM

Fitzy!!! Hope ya slapping it up and hard like an over sized Aussie thong on a white untanned Irish Bum :) Hope the gigs are cracking!  How long ya staying over there mate?? 

Marshall :)               (ya music's ripping like always!!)
Crow Bar Blues

Crow Bar Blues



Jul 29 2009 8:00 AM

hi mate,just ta let u know i think its armagh instead of omagh this week..cheers papa crow
Glynn

Glynn Field



Jul 25 2009 5:00 PM

Hi Fitz loved the show at Coatbridge, you and Khazi stay safe see you next year, keep on fartin man. Glynn
Jacqueline

Jacqueline Kelly



Jul 12 2009 5:41 PM

Really enjoyed the gig in Omagh on Friday night, shame I missed the first half of it though.... was chattin to you outside about CW :) Hope to catch you both again over the summer!
Mhari

Mhari Pottinger



Jul 12 2009 3:49 PM

Just realised that I'm missing you playing in Inverness by one day! AAARRRRRGG - how annoying. Catch you soon. Hugs from Shetland xx
Paul Dickson

Paul Dickson



Jul 12 2009 11:32 AM

HI

Thanks for linking up

Rock n roll

Paul   
 

Matt Burden

Matt Burden



Jul 9 2009 8:35 PM

cracking show in belfast last weekend...
DeltaTwins

DeltaTwins



Jul 8 2009 12:44 PM

Hello Mr Hat Fitz!!
Greetings from Japan!
Thanks for your Friendship!
I like your sound!! Cool & wild voice!! Like it!
If you listen to my music,Please Could you reply your Impression Comment to me?
We hope long friendship together!!

Cheers!!
Have a nice week!!


DeltaTwins
BEIGE FISH

BEIGE FISH



Jul 2 2009 11:04 AM

that's real stuff, man- thanks for adding-cheers from Germany Beige Fish
Shannon Bourne

Shannon Bourne



Jul 1 2009 11:17 AM

Looking forward to Sunday!
 

jeremiah

jeremiah
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Jun 23 2009 1:11 PM

hey hat!! these are great songs love what you are doing, do you come to usa much?? if not i understand, would luv to hear what ya think of my tunes, peace 2 u
Berny

Berny Knox



Jun 23 2009 10:45 AM

If the Hat Fitz!
Bet you never heard that one before!!!
Where can I buy your music Mr Fitz?
Digging the old school style!
The Eisentones

The Eisentones



Jun 22 2009 6:10 AM

Thank you for being a friend
of The Eisentones
More new toons up soon
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