In the summer of 1997 guitarist Mick O'leary started what he called a modern blues band. As in the blues covers that the band play are from more contemporary artists, though the odd blues standard pops up in the set from time to time.
Some of the artists covered are:Coco Montoya, Blues'n'trouble, The fabulous thunderbirds, Sherman Robertson, Mike Morgan, and of Course, Albert Collins.
Having played the blues circuit in Dublin and Ireland for 10 years now, Travellin south intend now to aim for blues festivals in Ireland, Britain, Europe and beyond while still playing the regular venues such as JJ's, The Mezz, The Bleu Note etc.
The band line up now features the powerful male blues vocal of "Shorty" Slavinski who fronted the leading Polish blues band "The Mietek blues band"for 16yrs.
Above are 4 songs from our repertoire:1)Travellin' south,2)Precious,3)You don't know what love is, and,4)Look what you've done. "The Blues" is good time music!
Howya lads! Gig this coming Saturday, the 2nd, in The Button Factory, Temple Bar. Doors at 7pm, hopefully see youse there! Hope all's well? Any upcoming gigs?
hi micke, i am playing already with a blues player since days, i was waiting for your call..do you want enjoy any other project with me as profesional harmonica player ? cheers
Hi lads, Thanks for 2 great gigs over the weekend, I hope you enjoyed yourselves and we hope to see you back in Enniscorthy again soon. Best Regards from all the committee, Cheers Zoe
Thanks Mick, I appreciate the friends add and comments. I hope you are having a great week, stay in touch. I'll talk to you soon. Thanks again, Stephan
Hi Mick All still going very well here,though getting a little tired.Looking forward to getting home at this stage,will be there on 22nd of this month.Talk to you then old friend.Take Care....Pat.