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Tim Gaze & Rob Grosser

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  • Genre: Acoustic / Big Beat / Blues

    Location AU

    Profile Views: 28119

    Last Login: 9/2/2012

    Member Since 1/23/2007

    Website www.songlinemanagement.com/artists.shtml

    Record Label SONGLINE MANAGEMENT

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    ..Voodoo Chile from "River City Blues"...... .. .. .. .. .. .. ......Add to My Profile.. | .. More Videos.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. /.. ........ TIM.. ..TIM GAZE: Guitar & Vocals. .. ........ ROB.. ..ROB GROSSER: Drums & Percussion. .. .. .. ..SONGLINE CDS ARE DISTRIBUTED IN AUSTRALIA BY .. ONLY BLUES MUSIC .. ........ ONLY BLUES MUSIC.... .. ......ALL CDs AVAIABLE THROUGH JB HI FI STORES AUSTRALIA OR ....ONLINE AT THE JB HI FI INTERNET STORE AND ALL GOOD RECORD STORES: .. ........ JB HI FI Internet Store .... ......OVERSEAS PURCHASES THROUGH ......CDBABY.com.. .... CD Baby.com .... .. ..For Live Bookings Contact BIG APACHEE:.. Phone: Andrew (02) 4968 3093.. Email: andrew@bigapachee.com.au .. .. ......Update for 2010 .. Tim & Rob have 2 new cds to be released march. ..Tittled "Twang The Drum" and the other is "Better Days" .. ..With 2 new albums and a new booking agent Tim and Rob will be touring with a bass player across Australia this year.. .. ..“TWANG THE DRUM” .. ..Tim Gaze and Rob Grosser have gone back to their roots of rock. .. ..Not too long after finishing their last album, (The Hoochie Coochie Men’s “Danger White Men Dancing”, featuring Jon Lord (Deep Purple), Ian Gillan (WhiteSnake), Bob Daisley (Ozzy Osbourne), Jimmy Barnes and Jeff Duff), Tim and Rob started to write a new batch of songs, resulting in their latest release, “Twang The Drum”. The guys went back to basic, Tim cranking up his Marshall amp and playing his Les Paul guitar, and Rob getting the most from his various acoustic and electronic drum kits. The end result is a rock album of high energy with some great emotive playing. .. .. “BETTER DAYS” .. ..“Better Days” is the next album progression after the “Blue Sierra” CD release. After that, Rob and Tim had continued writing and recording in a similar mode, but then other recording projects and living took precedence and these ideas were put on hold. These later recordings were mainly complete by 2002. They have now been compiled as the “Better Days” CD. “Blue Sierra” was Rob and Tim’s first musical release and they enjoyed recording this CD because of its varied influences. Along with “Blue Sierra”, the “Better Days” project is an essential link in their musical and recording journey. .. ..Both cds are distributed by ONLY BLUES MUSIC and available through .. JB HI FI Stores .. .. .... FEB 2008.. .. Pete Wells (Rose Tattoo) new cd Bodgie DaDa has been finished and will be released by March. The cd features Pete at his best playing Slide, Bass, Harmonica, Vocals and Saxes. The cd also features his usual cohorts Lucy Desoto (Keys, Backing Vocals) as well as Rob Grosser (Drums, Percussion) Dave Tice features on a track as well “Brothers In Arms” .. ..---------- Tim & Rob were nominated for PRODUCER OF THE YEAR for the “Chain Awards” for River City Blues. The Chain awards are Australia’s Blues Awards. .. ..---------- Tim won a Chain Award for “Best Male Vocalist Of The Year” .. ..---------- Tim has been working with singer Vince Lovegrove (Mongrels Of Passion) releasing an ep “Sorry” through MGM. Rob has played drums on the half of the bands material. The Mongrels Of Passion” will also be playing at The Bryon Music Festival. .. ..Rob has recored and mixed an EP for Famous Blue Raincoat. The band members consist of Wayne Gillespie plus players who have worked with DIG, Sting and Ray Charles .. .. ....LATEST NEWS 4th FEB 2007.. .. ----------SYDNEY BASIN BLUES LIVE: reaches No 2 on MP3.com acoustic blues charts first week in. Check it out: .. MP3.Com Sydney Basin Blues.. .. .. ----------NEW: CD/DVD to be released march 2007: Titled .. TIM GAZE & ROB GROSSER “RIVERCITY BLUES LIVE”.. The live cd/dvd also features bonus dvd tracks of the gig as well as the band playing/ interviews on the Doug Mulray Show .. .. .. ----------NEW “THE HOOCHIE COOCHIE MEN” FEAT TIM, ROB, BOB DAISLEY (OZZY OSBOURNE, RAINBOW) JON LORD (DEEP PURPLE, WHITESNAKE) is currently being mixed to be released this year. The album also has guest singers, IAN GILLAN (DEEP PURPLE), JIMMY BARNES, & JEFF DUFF. The album is titled “Danger White Men Dancing” .. .. .. ---------NEW: SOLO CD BY PETE WELLS (ROSE TATTOO) is in the final stages of mixing by Rob. Titled “BODGIE DADA” features LUCY DESOTO & ROB.. .. .. .. ....ALL THE CDS THAT TIM & ROB HAVE PLAYED ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH: .. ..ONLY BLUES MUSIC ........ ONLY BLUES MUSIC.... .. or .. ....JB HI FI Stores Australia or online at the JB Hi Fi internet store .. .. JB HI FI Internet Store .... ....or.. CDBABY.COM .. .. CD Baby.com .... .. ....Outside Woman Blues from "River City Blues"...... .. .. .. .. .. .. ......Add to My Profile.. | .. More Videos.. .. .. .. .. CDs THAT TIM AND ROB HAVE PLAYED ON: .. .. ....“THE HOOCHIE COOCHIE MEN”: feat Tim, Rob & Bob Daisley.. .. Feat Tim Gaze, Bob Daisley, Rob Grosser, Jim Conway. Jon Lord (Deep Purple) used the HCM as his band when he toured Australia. This self titled cd is the album that Jon Lord heard and asked the HCM to play with him when he toured Australia. The cd is a collection of blues classics as well as their originals. They also released a Jon Lord & The Hoochie Coochie Men with special guest Jimmy Barnes dvd/cd "Live At The Basement". .. .. ....TIM GAZE & ROB GROSSER “SYDNEY BASIN BLUES”.. feat special guests Don Hopkins, Jan Preston, Skip Sail, Chris Turner & Mike Gubb.. Australia's best blues legends Tim Gaze & Rob Grosser present this historical blues cd recorded at a Sydney venue. Recorded over a 5 week period will some of Australia's finest blues players Don Hopkins, Jan Preston, Mike Gubb, Skip Sail and Chris Turner. 13 tracks of raw, passionate, whimsicial, sassy, unpolished, real live Australian blues as it happened on the night, played by some of Australia's finest musicians in the genre, from deep in the heart of SYDNEY BASIN BLUES... .. .... “BLUE SIERRA”: feat Tim, Rob & Damian Kennedy.. Feat Tim Gaze, Rob Grosser, Damian Kennedy. An album of eclectic original songs written by Tim Gaze ex (Rose Tattoo, Renee Geyer, Jimmy Barnes, Taman Shud, Khavas Jute) Rob Grosser ex(Jon Lord With The Hoochie Coochie Men, Bob Margolin (Muddy Waters), Pete Wells, Lucy Desoto & the Handsome Devils. Along with bass player Damian Kennedy the band vary from Boogie, Blues, Country, Rock, Honky Tonk, Zydeco and more to make this an Aussie masterpiece... .. ....TIM HAS ALSO PLAYED ON:.. .. ....TAMAN SHUD : “EVOLUTION/GOOLUNTIONITES”.. Tamam Shud was one of the most original and innovative Australian groups of the late '60s / early '70s, and they played a very important part in our musical development as pioneers of acid-rock and progressive music. Long after they split they remained a 'cult' item, and a definite mystique still surrounds them. Their original recordings were (and still are) highly prized by collectors and aficionados, but they are now very hard to obtain - the first two albums 'Evolution' and 'Goolutionites And The Real People' now available on CD titled - Tamam Shud 1968 - 1972... .. ....LIMESTONE: “LET IT RAIN”.. Tim Gaze, legendary Australian heavy-weight guitar groove master, playing and picking his way through acoustic slide and dobro scenarios, joins forces with world-class fiddler/vocalist Mark Oats from Finn McCool, and the wonderful Clare O'Meara, long time side girl with just about every major Australian country music artist; her instruments including piano accordion, mandolin, fiddle, guitar and vocals. This acoustic offering is based around various guitars, fiddles, mandolin,percussion and vocals.The material is a friendly blend of Urban Country Celtic Blues. .. .. ....ROB HAS ALSO PLAYED ON: .. .. ....3 LUCY DESOTO & THE HANDSOME DEVILS feat PETE WELLS: .. .... “WHISKY DANCE”, “LOWDOWN &TRAVELLING” & “SELF TITLED” CD.. The 3rd cd released by the band, It reach no 1 on the MP3w blues rock charts. Guitarist Pete Wells is best known internationally for his seminal slide-guitar work with bona fide Oz rock legends ROSE TATTOO. When Pete's not touring with The Tatts he's working extensively with Lucy Desoto. Over the past 20 years they have written and toured together with various line-ups throughout Australia and Europe. Drummer Rob Grosser, another respected and experienced musician, is well known among blues enthusiasts across Australia and Europe. Rob has most recently recorded and toured with such notable players as Jan Preston, Don Hopkins, John Lord (Deep Purple), Jimmy Barnes, and The Hoochie Coochie Men for the Live at The Basement Sessions as well as Bob Margolin, (Muddy Waters/The Band)... .. ....DR DONS DOUBLE DOSE: “CONJURE BAG” .. Two men: one drum kit, one piano, and one voice... Yet they can sound like a whole band as they tear through their earthy mix of gospel, boogies, country blues, jug band and soul numbers. Recorded live in an intimate venue in Sydney earlier in 2004, Conjure Bag sees Hopkins and Grosser deliver tunes from right across the African-American roots spectrum... .. ..SONGLINE CDS ARE DISTRIBUTED IN AUSTRALIA BY .. ONLY BLUES MUSIC .. ........ ONLY BLUES MUSIC.... .. ......ALL CDs AVAIABLE THROUGH JB HI FI STORES AUSTRALIA OR ....ONLINE AT THE JB HI FI INTERNET STORE AND ALL GOOD RECORD STORES: .. ........ JB HI FI Internet Store .... ......OVERSEAS PURCHASES THROUGH ......CDBABY.com.. .... CD Baby.com .... .. ..
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    Tim Gaze : Guitar & Vocals.. ..Tim.. .. .. Tim has played and recorded with :.. Rose Tattoo, The Bushwhackers, The Hoochie Coochie Men with Jon Lord (Deep Purple,Whitesnake), Stevie Wright, Taman Shud, Kahvas Jute, Jimmy Barnes, Mongrels Of Passion.. .. .. Rob Grosser : Drums Perc.. ..Rob.. .. .. Rob has played and recorded with:.. Pete Wells (Rose Tattoo), Lucy Desoto & the Handsome Devils, The Aliens,The Hoochie Coochie Men with Jon Lord, Bob Margolin (Muddy Waters), Fiona Boyes, Jimmy Barnes, Dr Dons DoubleDose, Dave Tice & Mark Evans, Mongrels Of Passion .. .. ..Live Bookings Contact BIG APACHEE: ..Phone: Andrew ..(02) 4968 3093 ..International 612 49683093 ..Email: ..andrew@bigapachee.com.au
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