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The DeSotos

When
Sat Apr 12th, 2025
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7:30pm
Gig starts
8:00pm
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Auckland Americana country blues act The DeSotos are delighted to be performing at Kumeu Live on Saturday 12 April, their first show there since 2021.

The DeSotos’ debut album Cross Your Heart, released in 2008, became the soundtrack to the Marcus Lush TVNZ series ‘South’ and was selected as National Radio’s New Zealand album of that year.

The band’s sophomore album ‘Your Highway for Tonight’ followed in 2011 and featured on the subsequent ‘North’ TV show, and their music has also appeared in Brokenwood Mysteries.

Lead vocalist and guitarist Paul Gurney has since produced two solo albums - ‘Shadow of Love’ (2017) and 2022’s ‘Blue Horizon’ which received extensive airplay on US radio, and led to Paul performing a showcase at Americanafest in Nashville in September of 2023.

During 2024 the band were at the Lab Recording Studio working on a brand new album, with four tracks completed to date, and these songs were taken out on tour last November. The full length album will be released later in 2025.

The DeSotos are a tight and dynamic live act with strong vocals and melodic songwriting.
In late 2023 they gained the services of American drummer Greg Tell, who recorded four albums with Renee Geyer, and toured with her and Marcia Hines extensively while living in Australia.

Their influences range from Neil Young and Tom Petty through to the Allman Brothers Band and New Orleans jazz and funk.

The DeSotos lineup is;
Paul Gurney – lead vocals, guitars & blues harp
Stuart McIntyre – bass & vocals
Ron Stevens – Hammond, keyboards & vocals
Greg Tell – drums & percussion

www.facebook.com/thedesotos
paulgurneymusic.com



BYO venue, Paywave, glasses provided.

Links
thedesotos.com
Tags
acoustic/solo, blues, country/folk

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