Renowned South Coast musicians Chris O'Connor and Damian Coen are playing together from 1pm to 4pm this Sunday, February 18 at the Tilba Valley Winery.
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Chris late last year released his latest CD “I asked for Water” at the Murrah Hall and harmonica ace Damien also joined him on stage for the launch.
The CD is a tribute to some favourite blues artists including Tommy Johnson, Blind Blake, Memphis Minnie and Charley Patton.
O’Connor has long championed music from these 1920s masters and accompanies himself with authentic fingerpicking and bottleneck playing on small bodied guitars and his trusty steel bodied resonator.
Al Hensley in Rhythms Magazine recently wrote: “From the Delta slide of Charley Patton to the Piedmont ragtime of Blind Blake, O’Connor stamps his own imprint on a rich musical heritage.”
Damian is well known to South Coast audiences, having a reputation for his lyrical old time harmonica playing and insightful songwriting.
In the 1980s Damian founded the jugband “The Mudsteppers”. More recently Damian has released two critically acclaimed albums of original material with his band “The Fathers of Necessity”.
Expect a diverse and entertaining evening with the duo playing everything from ragtime and jugband songs to rollicking train songs and lonesome bottleneck blues.
Stan Gorton
Walkley-nominated journalist based at The Islander on Kangaroo Island with an interest in the local community and the environment.
Walkley-nominated journalist based at The Islander on Kangaroo Island with an interest in the local community and the environment.
