Long time side-kick for Australia's king of Pre War Blues Hat Fitz.
Ichi grew up in Bundaberg the home of the famous rum. Legend has it he and his friends when living close enough to the distillery were able to tap into one of the holding tanks And via a series of taps, pipes and tunnels secretly diverted a endless supply of this mothers milk on tap over the kitchen sink.
Jamming in tabacco drying sheds in sweltering heat he and brother Sratch formed several short lived combos from psycho punk (Susk Unts), Sabbath tribute (Black Grabbath) and straight out rock n roll (D, T and the Rhythm Brothers). These country life experiences and influences can be heard through out his music.
It wasn't till a move to the hills of the Sunshine Coast where their love for the blues was cemented, forming 4 piece acoustic blues combo Gravel Road. Ichi's love of washboard drumming florished playing a unique style of stomping blues. With the move of guitarist Irish Mark Braidner the brothers joined with Hat Fitz the wild man of the Blues and went on to forge a successful career playing the length and breadth of Australia and Ireland.
After moving in different directions and a long break Ichi and Fitz reunited and continue to tour world Wide.
Late in 2006 Ichi released his debut Cd, Fun City.
It may sound like it comes from North Mississippi's hill country, but the debut solo release by nationally acclaimed blues duo Hat Fitz and Itchy's dynamic drummer Tony Eisentrager (aka Itchy or Ichi) comes from the hill country of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland Australia. Exept for Rog 'Mudbelly's harp, Ichi plays all intruments on the 50 minute CD. He uses a range of guitars from acoustic to metal body and electric.Ichi covers a range of styles from hillbilly to bluegrass as well as down-home Delta blues items likr '4 Burner Stove' with his signature washboard percussion, and the Son House inspired 'Wheels Fell Off' relating a story of life on the road. 'Bob's Blues'interprets what might have been Robert Johnson's final thoughts, holding his guitar responsible for his evil fate.Other gritty hard hitters in an RL Burnside/T Model Ford vein are 'Trouble Come' and the slow blues ' DownTown', while the easy rollin 'Years' discharges a gospel vibe. Recorded without frills on Ichi's verandah and in his lounge room using vintage mics FUN CITY mixes some meandering musical moments amid a variety of energy-charged, well contructed songs.
Al Hensley - Rhythms Magazine, Australias roots music monthly
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Thanks a million Ichi for joining our ministry of Blues. Its all about peace, love, understanding, and GROOVE! Hope to perform for you sometime. Enjoyed your tunes. Wishing you the very best in Blues and life! -Big Daddy
Hello from Finland! It's a name-dropping FRENZY!!! I just released my new cd featuring Alejandro Escovedo, Mark Lanegan, Steve Berlin (los lobos), Chris and Carla from the Walkabouts, Peter Case, Scott McCaughey (YFF, REM)and Jim Roth (built to spill). CD has liner notes by Biographer Charles R. Cross (BackStreets-Springsteen...Heavier than Heaven-Cobain...Roomful of Mirrors-Hendrix...etc. Also I have finally put "Passing Thru" on my site as well for you to hear...this is the one with Eddie Vedder, Victoria Williams, and Carla Torgerson trading verses with me...it has not been availablé for a long time, and I also have it on i-tunes, etunes, amazon and rhapsody. Okay...I hope you are doing well!
Just writing to let you know about the arrival of another new album from misophone- I sit at open windows, on another-record. (another-record.com, myspace.com/anotherrecord) Due out on May 5th.
The album contains 12 unreleased songs, including the previously lost archive tracks ‘castles in the sand’ & ‘cow bell blues’.
Just got the recording mastered from Oz, Nobody's fault but mine. The drums sound amazin on it, Can't thank you enough man. will get you a copy off when I get the finished ep. Hope all sweet with you X C
Shame you can't make it over this time but i know a man's gotta do..
Hopefully see you around July time for a bit of a jam.. 'Beepa n the sleepas'!
Take care mate
Mark B.
Hi Ichi We wanna thank you for your very important support in those sad days.
This thanx are in our name, in the name of Enrico's wife Paola and in the name of his sons.
Enrico Micheletti's ashes are flyin' throughout the universe and we hope his soul is finally arrived at a beautiful destination.
What about his music and the music we had recorded toghether?
We finally decide to get it out. We wanna remeber Enrico in this way. In the first quarter of 2009 we will publish all our and Enrico Micheletti' s materials on Itunes and many other stores on the web.
We'll send you a message when it's all ready.
God bless you!!! Have a wonderful 2009!!!
KEEP THE BLUES ALIVEEEE!!!!!!!
Ciao Ichi ti volevamo ringraziare per le tue parole e per il tuo sostegno in periodo così difficile per noi.
Questi ringraziamenti non sono formali, sono veramente sinceri a nome nostro, della moglie di Enrico Paola e a nome dei suoi figli.
Le ceneri di Enrico Micheletti sono disperse nel mar Tirreno e stanno viaggiando nell' universo. Noi speriamo che anche la sua anima abbia raggiunto finalmente il miglior approdo possibile.
Cosa fare del suo materiale in nostro possesso e del materiale che abbiamo registrato insieme?
Dopo aver pensato a lungo sul da farsi abbiamo deciso di pubblicarlo. Lo pubblicheremo su Itunes ed altri siti così tutti potranno trovarlo se lo cercano. Glielo dobbiamo. Glielo deve chi lo ha conosciuto.
Cercheremo di pubblicare tutto ciò che è in nostro possesso nei primi mesi del 2009.
Appena sarà tutto pronto ti faremo sapere.
Felice Anno Nuovo. Dio ti benedica ancora, grazie. Suonate il blues più che potete!!!!!
