Bush band Swag N Billy were on point with their Australia Day performance at John McInnes Square on the weekend.
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Blending the music of the outback with elements of Irish folk, the five piece outfit employed a number of strange instruments in their renditions of ‘Click Goes The Sheers’, ‘Waltzing Matilda’ and other classics.
Members Stuart and Judy Hobart, Annette and John Morey and Kevin Miles were proficient in their playing of guitars, bass, banjos, pipes and mandolins.
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However even more interesting were the more rustic pieces of equipment being used including a lager phone made from beer bottle caps nailed to a wooden boards, a bush base which is a stick with a string tied to a t-chest, and a pair of spoons taken straight from the kitchen draw.
“We enjoy keeping the (bush music) tradition going at Australia Day, we have seen a couple of young bands play the same music but even quicker than we do and they play loud and yell and its great,” Mr Morey said.
“The purists say its say its rubbish, it’s not, it’s the young person’s take on our music.”
With Swag N Billy playing together since 1984 Mrs Morey said this year is the Band’s fifth consecutive Australia Day but will miss the ceremony next year.
The group has also released a new CD titled About Time.
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