{"id":2597,"date":"2024-05-30T09:59:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T23:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themanlyfig.org\/wpsite\/?p=2597"},"modified":"2024-08-30T23:46:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T13:46:33","slug":"30-aug-don-hopkins-specialties-baggage-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themanlyfig.org\/wpsite\/2024\/05\/30\/30-aug-don-hopkins-specialties-baggage-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Aug – Don Hopkins, The Specialties, Baggage & Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Don Hopkins\u2019 expertise and playful enthusiasm for performing a wide ranging song selection will ensure you\u2019ll be tapping your toes and having a good time to his music. He mines the rich vein of blues and jazz of the 1920s and 30s through to the R&B, soul and gospel sounds of the 1950s and 60s. Don transforms a song with his vocal turns and phrases, fingers slipping and sliding along the keys, bringing to life a world of blues and jazz. He came second at the 2012 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN with his duo Dr Don\u2019s Double Dose. An influential part of Sydney\u02bcs Blues scene since the 1970s, Don was inducted into the Goulburn Blues Walk of Fame in 2002 and has appeared at major festivals around Australia, touring New Zealand in 2000 and Austria in 2005.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Specialties are a five piece band bringing their own take on classic well known and some unknown Blues, Jazz, Soul and Funk tunes.\n\nOut front you have one of the best jazz ,blues and soul vocalists in the country Shannon Carswell. Next up you have one red hot rhythm section with the amazing Shawn Supra (USA) slapping that Double Bass and keeping everyone in check. The time keeper with the incredible rhythmic stylings is the one and only Willem Van Ekert on Drums.\n\nNic Lewis on Lead Guitar brings his slick sophisticated oh so smooth jazz & blues voicings to the group. Wayne Rigby on Saxophone and Flute manages these talented cool cats and brings his own unique sound and experience having played at over 30 music festivals around the country.\n\nThe Specialties recently picked up 5 nominations from the Sydney Blues Society 2023 Blues Awards 3 nominations in 2024.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBaggage and Stuff was born in 2017 as a combo of Men With Day Jobs and Aubrey & Purton.\nThey\u2019ve delighted punters with original and spirited performances at Sydney venues and the Sydney and Kangaroo Valley Festivals.\nAll four sing, play and write prolifically. Individually\/variously they\u2019ve wowed hundreds of venues, fests and events; appeared on radio and TV; won major songwriting and other writing awards; had books published; backed big names; had their original songs much liked on YouTube and covered by artists worldwide.\nBetween them, members have racked up over a century of collaboration. Northern Beaches born-and-raised, from high school days and through various bands\/projects, guitar\/mando player and prizewinning writer\/satirist Stafford Sanders and in-demand pianist\/multi-instrumentalist\/producer Rod Crundwell have long been musical partners – once appearing on Countdown in sailor suits! \u201cA-list ukulelist\u201d and storytelling historian Pete Purton and multi-instrumentalist and veteran crowd-whisperer Dennis Aubrey have gigged and busked for years in innumerable and exotic places, winning the hearts of diverse audiences.\nTheir originals run a wide gamut of genres, tempos, moods and subjects. They share a passion for music and life, a concern for people and the wider world, a feeling for Sydney\u2019s many stories, and a sense of humour that manages to be both sharp and daggy.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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