Tritton Hall, Hut 44
Addison Road Centre
142 Addison Road, Marrickville
$10, BYO, bring a contribution for supper
The Bottlers are a hard playing, nine piece,
all acoustic folk punk band hailing from Sydney, Australia. Drawing life
breath from not only the traditionally folk fuelled rural reaches of
the nation but also it’s cityscapes and suburban streets with a solid
tip of the hat to the folk, punk and folk punk pioneers that have
traipsed and trekked the trails well before them.
The Bottlers believe folk based music should progressively speak of the times it exists in whilst hearkening back to it’s past, to the true heart of folk music, people. Because you truly can’t get where you’re going till you know where you’ve been.
Folk music should speak of the times it’s written in while hearkening
back to the past, reckon The Bottlers. It’s something of yourself that
others can dance to. It’s a conversation. It’s a lot of other things,
too, but maybe most importantly – and by definition – it’s people. All
kinds.
“We’ve played to punk crowds, metal crowds, folk festival crowds – which can be an older generation of people,” explains Matthew Black, the band’s founder and vocalist.
The Bottlers got going in earnest about three years ago when Ned McPhie and Black teamed up. The two started trying to cobble into songs what Black had committed to a collection of notebooks.
“You write about what you know and if a bit of western suburbs confliction gets the ink scraping across the paper, then that helps the job along,” says Black of what started to come together, and became the track “Blacktown” on the band’s demo release.
“We then started collecting the menagerie of members we have now. We didn’t mean to make it that large a group, but that’s how it panned out.”
And collect they certainly did. The folk-punk outfit is now nine members strong, with vocals, fiddle, drums, guitars, tin whistle, bass, accordion, mandolin, and banjo in the mix. Shows have even been known to feature a lagerphone.
Duke Tritton, by Hottie Lahm, 1959.
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Duke's Place - Australian songs in concert & session
usually 2nd Fridays, 7.30 for 8pm start - concert is followed by a session
enquiries Sandra 9358 4886
www.bushmusic.org.au
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/
Map of Addison Road Centre http://www.arcco.org.au/contact/
Duke's place, named after our honoured early member Harold 'Duke' Tritton (1886-1965), is the place to go once a month for a great night of Australian songs in concert and session. Duke was a powerful singer who supplied BMC with many songs he had learnt in his younger days while working as a shearer and at other bush jobs. He was also a songwriter and poet giving us songs that have entered the tradition such as Sandy Hollow Line and Shearing in the Bar.
The Bottlers believe folk based music should progressively speak of the times it exists in whilst hearkening back to it’s past, to the true heart of folk music, people. Because you truly can’t get where you’re going till you know where you’ve been.
“We’ve played to punk crowds, metal crowds, folk festival crowds – which can be an older generation of people,” explains Matthew Black, the band’s founder and vocalist.
“Some people it shocks the socks and sandals off, but at the same time some people really embrace it.”The band’s broad influences, authentic western Sydney twang and infectious larrikinism mean they’re equally at home at a scuzzy punk show or a rustic country pub. You might or might not detect influences like the Dropkick Murphys, Redgum or Billy Bragg, but buggered if you don’t get drawn in by the yarns, the energy and the playful mix of personalities all crammed up there on stage.
The Bottlers got going in earnest about three years ago when Ned McPhie and Black teamed up. The two started trying to cobble into songs what Black had committed to a collection of notebooks.
“You write about what you know and if a bit of western suburbs confliction gets the ink scraping across the paper, then that helps the job along,” says Black of what started to come together, and became the track “Blacktown” on the band’s demo release.
“We then started collecting the menagerie of members we have now. We didn’t mean to make it that large a group, but that’s how it panned out.”
And collect they certainly did. The folk-punk outfit is now nine members strong, with vocals, fiddle, drums, guitars, tin whistle, bass, accordion, mandolin, and banjo in the mix. Shows have even been known to feature a lagerphone.
Duke Tritton, by Hottie Lahm, 1959.
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Duke's Place - Australian songs in concert & session
usually 2nd Fridays, 7.30 for 8pm start - concert is followed by a session
enquiries Sandra 9358 4886
www.bushmusic.org.au
http://bushmusicclub.blogspot.com.au/
Map of Addison Road Centre http://www.arcco.org.au/contact/
Duke's place, named after our honoured early member Harold 'Duke' Tritton (1886-1965), is the place to go once a month for a great night of Australian songs in concert and session. Duke was a powerful singer who supplied BMC with many songs he had learnt in his younger days while working as a shearer and at other bush jobs. He was also a songwriter and poet giving us songs that have entered the tradition such as Sandy Hollow Line and Shearing in the Bar.
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