2 May 2025 – Swinging Sixties; Simon Kinny-Lewis Band; George Sich

Swinging Sixties

Simon Kinny-Lewis

George Sich

Formed in 1987, The Swinging Sixties have built a very strong reputation for their ability to engage their audience like no other group of its kind. Dressed in tailor made 60’s suits with all the accoutrements and armed with Rickenbacker and Gretsch guitars and Vox amps to reproduce magic sounds, this entertaining and authentic group has an exciting rawness that was prevalent at live shows of the era. They held an 8 year residency at the iconic Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel during the late 80’s to mid 90’s. This time at The Fig, expect to hear numbers from groups and divas including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Monkees, The Crystals, Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark and others, an original or two, and songs from their recently released ‘You’re The One’ EP.

Australian Blues, Rock Guitarist, Singer Simon Kinny-Lewis returns to the Manly Fig performing new songs from his brand new album “Pouring Water On A Drowning Man” after signing his latest album with major record label ZYX Music, Germany. ( 2025 ) Known for his recent collaboration with US Guitar legend Robben Ford on his previous release ” King Biscuit “. Simon pushes the boundaries of modern blues rock Guitar and vocals with substance storytelling. Supported by a world class power house rhythm section of Christian Young – Bass, Tony Boyd – Drums and Sean Costello – Keyboards / Harmonica. Brett Garsed ( Guitarist for John Farnham ) says “Simon’s new album is a tour de force of singing, songwriting and slide guitar. Tone, skill and soul, it’s got it all ”. Simon has performed / recorded with the cream of the blues crop including Robben Ford, Chris Cain, Josh Smith, Kirk Fletcher, Ray Beadle and many more. Not only recognised as a virtuoso guitarist but also as an impressive singer and songwriter, Simon’s approach has been described as a musical intersection in which tradition, modern tendencies and personal style are enriched by pure emotional release. He has produced four #1 albums on The Australian Blues and Roots Airplay Charts. King Biscuit (2022) mixed by the legendary Guitarist Robben Ford and Grammy award-winning engineer Casey Wasner which received international recognition in the highest ranks of the blues scene. Blues Blast Magazine USA 2022 – “ Kinny-Lewis is a virtuoso guitarist. Blistering speakers with chromatic runs, modal flights of fancy and arpeggiated passing chords SKL has a deep trick bag. “ “ A great accomplishment for both Robben Ford and Simon Kinny-Lewis”

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George Sich is an award winning country/blues style songwriter and guitarist based in Sydney. He has been compared to John Williamson, Vince Gill, even Tommy Emmanuel. George’s strong acoustic fingerstyle
skills are often in demand to back other artists.
George has released three studio albums; “True Story, I Swear”, “Spade” and “You & Me & this Old Guitar”.
From 2010 George was in demand as a jingle producer for various east coast radio stations, and is well known for his satirical pieces for the late Grant Goldman’s breakfast show on 2SM and the Super Radio Network across the eastern states.
In 2014 George and his band “The Foxin’ Hounds” won ABC702’s Exhumed competition which led to more radio appearances including a spot on Richard Glover’s TGIF, and a support for the iconic band “Dragon”.
During the Covid lockdowns George, together with Barry Leef and Peter Northcote started the “Cookin’ with Baz” YouTube channel, now with over 26,000 subscribers and over six million views globally.
George continues to play the pub, club and corporate circuit, either as a solo performer or as part of the “Mastop & Sich” country rock duo or in band mode as “DOUBLE XXL” band.