REEL OF JOY - A Celebration Of Melbourne Roots Music

Andy Baylor, Fiddle, guitar, vocals, Sam Lemann, guitar, Sharkey Ramos , Drums Andrew Scott, Double Bass, Stephen Grant, Accordion, Denis Close, percussion, and SPECIAL GUESTS, Kerri Simpson, Sarah Carroll, and the sweet strings of Sophia Dunn and Kate Connor.
Melbourne’s own Roots Music Maestro, Andy Baylor, presents Cajun-styled two-steps and waltzes, country blues, Tex-Mex flavoured pieces, New Orlean-ish R’n’B, exotic guitar instrumentals and western swing – a rich, colourful tapestry of Melbourne’s great musical traditions.
Andy contributions to Australian music have been acknowledged and championed by many diverse artists, critics, journalists and music fans over the years. He pioneered “roots” music styles with his bands The Honeydrippers, Banana Oil, the Cajun Combo and the Charcoal Club and has collaborated with a who’s- who of Australian music .
Andy has brought together an all star band with good rockin’ Sharkey Ramos on drums and sophisticated guitar...