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the LEAD BELLIES - blues you can sink your teeth into this Newcastle Blues Dance Band has more bite than a Red Belly Snake & more grunt than a pen full of hogs. If blues is your scene then this is a band you should check out & one thing you can be sure you will get more than your fill of great Blues.
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Dicko - - Lead Vocals, Harmonica
Alias = 'Dancing Bear is a large and loud blues man who loves playing his harp and
singing to a crowd.
Dick grew up listening to bands such as Cream, Thin Lizzy, Hendrix, the Fabulous
Thunder Birds and Stevie Ray Vaughn.
Born in 1965, Dick has played in local bands in and around Newcastle from the
young age of eighteen. Drumming, singing lead vocals and back ups, in the pub and
club scene in both NSW and Queensland.
After some coaxing from his wife to get up front and share his love of harp playing
with the world, Dick took to it like a duck to water. His friends soon noticed that he
still had to move all arms and legs up front just like he used to play on the drums.
These movements and gestures gave birth to the name 'Dancing Bear'.
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Shack - - Lead Guitar
Not taking up the guitar until the age of twenty it didn't take tong for the influence of
70's to emerge in Shack's guitar playing. T-Rex, Hendrix and Deep Purple just to
name a few. AC/DC and SR Vaughn came later, but proved no less important.
Shack's search for a pure essence of Rock and Roll took him on a long journey back
through the history of music to the Blues, John Lee Hooker playing a major part in his
love of the era being the cornerstone of music.
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Greg - - Bass
AKA, The Rock ~Barrett cut his teeth playing contemporary rock in country NSW back
in the 70's and hasn't quite left yet. Greg, being a session muso has had a lot of
them.
Ever since The Rock was a teenager he has been a solid blues fan being influenced
by John Myall, Johny Winter, Eric Clapton and BB King.
Greg plays both the guitar and bass but prefers bass in a blues band.
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George - - Drummer
A long standing member of Newcastle's music industry, George boasts a career that
goes back beyond his time with the Bar Room Preachers, Tractor or The
Witchdoctor's.
Heavily influenced by the music of Wilson Picket and Dusty Springfield as well as the
drumming of Charley Watts and Ringo Starr.
George with his solid timing and excellent tempos he is the foundation on which the
band relies
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Contact Numbers:
Dick - 0249 603042, 0431 295691
Greg-0249683081, 0427584707
