The Sunbears
The Morrisons
Jamie Lindsay
“There’s no doubting the musical abilities and experience of this trio –The SunBears! They’ve produced a single that’s lyrically deep and personal, yet something everyone has had at one point, and developed music that echoes it. A perfect example of empowering blues at its best!” Araminta’s Attic, February 2020.
Kicking into top gear in 2020, The SunBears are taking their high energy original contemporary blues sound all over Australia, supporting the release of their latest single “Set Fire To My Heart”. The band has been sharing festival stages with the like of Lachy Doley and Geoff Achinson and playing killer shows at blues bars around the country.
Sweating like maniacs as they perform each song with their hearts out for all to see, The SunBears are not just another blues band…they will entertain you, make you move and most definitely make you love the blues!
The band came together while playing and recording with International touring act The Chesterfield Band. On tour in Europe in 2019 the boys played to packed out audiences in the Netherlands and the band started to really take shape. Kicking into top gear in 2020,
Back from overseas, and after a ridiculously big night trying to get a Singleton Scotch endorsement the boys thought it was time to record some of their own material. The following day they laid down ‘Rippin In’ live in 1 take at Craig’s home studio. The Ep has received excellent airplay around the country and The SunBears have not stopped heating up stages wherever they play.
“The Morrisons play big band folk, like a mash up of both Inside Llewyn Davies and Oh Brother Where Art Thou’s T-Bone Burnett” – Concrete Playground.
“An incredible bluegrass/country/folk 7 piece” – AU Review.
“The Morrisons prove that Sydney bands can pick with the best of the them” – Timber & Steel.
Winners of the 2014 folk/acoustic song of the year at the Australian Song Writers Association Awards, The Morrisons play bluegrass, alt-country and folk from an Australian perspective.
They have performed at major festivals around the country including Out On The Weekend, Secret Garden, and The National Folk Festival, and have supported highly acclaimed international artists Lake Street Dive (US) and Lindi Ortega (CAN). They launched Country and Inner Western along with Lost Highway (Universal Music’s country label), where they have hosted artists like Shane Nicholson, Catherine Britt and Emma Swift. Their show Man of constant sorrow: A tribute to the music of Oh Brother Where Art Thou has sold out three years in a row, with a cast featuring Ngaiire, All Our Exes Live In Texas and Brian Campeau.
They have appeared regularly on ABC and FBI radio with a highlight being their performance of Paul Kelly’s bluegrass albums Smoke and Foggy Highway at Sydney’s iconic venue the Basement (March 2015).
Jamie Lindsay is one of Australia’s most energetic and engaging performers.
The talented songwriter, musician, and producer was born and raised in Tasmania,
starting his career at age 17. He paid his dues playing shows at thousands of pubs
and clubs in cities and regional towns across Australia.
From big festivals, backyard bbq’s, weddings, funerals, street parties, major
Football Grand Finals and even the USS Missouri in Peal Harbour, USA, Jamie has
done them all. He is a born performer and has a deep connection to his audience.
In the late 90’s, he released his first EP, became a Starmaker top ten finalist at the
prestigious Tamworth Country Music Festival and attended The Academy
alongside country music stars Brooke McClymont, Adam Eckersley and Jedd
Hughes.
In the early 2000’s, he ventured into the rock genre by forming the band Kings,
Queens and Fairytales, and over the following decade worked alongside Tim Farris
(INXS) and Harry Vanda (Easybeats, Vanda and Young, AC/DC).
When his band parted ways in 2013, Jamie put on his producer hat and released 3
solo Ep’s, First Day of Autumn, Stomp, and JL.
In 2019 Jamie returned to his country music roots and in 2020 released his self
produced debut album Eleven.
From 2022 to 2023, Jamie released a string of new singles with 3 stand out tracks,
Bring on the Summertime, My Girls Got a Truck and Open Road, which were all
added to high rotation radio play, and included on desirable streaming playlists.
In early 2024, Jamie released his second self produced album 1977 which debuted
at number 1 on the ARIA charts for Australian Country and number 7 for all genres.
Residing on the Central Coast of New South Wales with his young family, Jamie is
currently working on his third album with award winning producer and multi
instrumentalist Rod McCormack set to be released in 2025