Dave Evans

“Sing-a-longs a speciality,” the reservation deal for the music group Bloodwood claims, a hint the fact that Dave Evans who comprises 1 / 4 of the Australian quartet isn’t the same Dave Evans who howled just like a banshee as a genuine vocalist with AC/DC. While both these Dave Evans certainly hail from right here, the Bloodwood Evans deals with a number of different traditional stringed tools and isn’t much rocker. The name of his music group might hint normally, but “Bloodwood” is in fact the name of a kind of gum tree that develops on the fine sand plains of Central Australia. A concentrate on this sort of flora could actually produce many combo titles smacking of hard rock and roll or grunge, including Noticed Gum and Blackbutt. Evans’ group takes on folk music of the type that’s traditional towards the North Territories of Australia. Custom being located in great component on local passions, it is no real surprise to learn that the group’s repertoire is definitely greatly soaked with taking in tunes. The group’s recording, A Flavor of Australia, includes a large can of Foster’s lager on leading cover. The so-called “lager telephone” is definitely area of the band’s instrumental arsenal, once more a marriage from the homemade device in traditional music with whatever props are plentiful. The group was created in 1979, growing out of another ensemble known as the Public Services Robots, a name not likely inspired by whatever was developing in the outback. Initially, the ensemble acquired only short-term programs, although the idea certainly ended up being in-line — and on touch, within a can or within a container — using the group’s school of thought. Bloodwood premiered as musical skill within a stage present entitled AND We Choked Down installed for the Melbourne Country wide Folk Festival. Since that time, Evans and bandmates Scott Balfour and Bob Barford possess toured thoroughly within Australia at locations that could make a dedicated punk rocker wince: mining camps, classrooms, opera homes, and something known as a cattle place camp draft. Prestigious abroad jobs have got included the Edinburgh Celebration Fringe as well as the Portsmouth Festival.