Gil Haisman will start the train with honkytonk, boogie and whole lotta fun from 6.00pm. Then Darren Watson, our local Bluesman extraordinaire, will take the stage with The Real Deal Blues Band from 7.30pm, we\ll provide chairs but I expect we\ll have difficulty staying in them!
In a career spanning three decades Darren Watson has worked alongside such blues luminaries as Robert Cray, Koko Taylor, George Thorogood, Billy Boy Arnold, Doug MacLeod, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Dr. John and Keb Mo, to name just a few. He has been nominated six times for NZ Music Awards for a body of recorded work that includes two Top 40 albums and singles with legendary Kiwi blues outfit Chicago Smoke Shop, and three critically acclaimed solo albums including 2002\s Tui nominated \King Size\, and 2005\s stunning and genrebreaking \South Pacific Soul\.
