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Brisbane QLD
Line up(s) available: 3 piece (trio) Cathouse Creek Cathouse Creek is an old fashioned alt-country band specialising in songs from the 1920's - 1950's.
Liz Hall-Downs has worked with a variety of music and spoken word acts since the 1980s, in styles ranging from folk to punk, and has performed at venues and festivals in Australia and the USA. In her current role in Cathouse Creek, she plays bush bass and percussion and sings in an old-time country idiom. She also has over twenty years experience as a writer, editor, reviewer and performance poet, and holds both a BA and an MA in the literary field. She has had several collections of poetry published, (most recently My Arthritic Heart, PostPressed, 2006) and her poems and essays have appeared in literary journals in Australia, the USA, and online. She also has extensive experience as an MC, workshop leader and community artsworker.
Kim Downs Ex- pat American. Church choirs from 5 years old. Trombonist since ten. Guitarist since 20. Australian since 1980. Solo guitarist/vocalist in mid 80's hacking around North Coast of NSW and Gold Coast. Countless duos and trios at standard venues (Railway Friendly Bar, Mexican Mick's, Julian Rocks Restaurant in Byron Bay; Brunswick Pub, Bangalow Pub, etc.) Through the 90's he performed with Liz Hall-Downs throughout Queensland and America in poetry/music fusion show. Also festivals: Maleny '94, Lismore Folk Festival, '94, Yungaburra Folk Festival, etc. Now going hillbilly with funk/country trio Cathouse Creek. Kim is also a published novelist (Jippi, Papyrus Publishing, 2000) and poet, and has wide experience as a sound and lighting technician.
Gary Nunn Gary began learning piano accordion at the age of six. He has since taken up piano, organ, and a little guitar. Over the years he has played with notable Brisbane bands including the Mint Patties, Retro Tull, Frankly Zappa, The Ant McKenna Band and the Andy McDonnel Contraption. His musical theatre performances include Little City (BEMAC), Winging The Prayer (Woodford Folk Festival) with Annie Lee, Hound of Music, Glamalot (Toadshow) with a cast of hundreds, the highly acclaimed Emma Celebrazione, Milo's Wake, and Way Out West (La Boite Theatre), and The Lonesome West (QTC). He has played many times at the Woodford Folk Festival, the Brisbane Cabaret Festival and the West End Cabaret: most recently Tom Waits for No Man (Brisbane Cabaret Festival 2006) with Alison St Ledger, Sandro Colarelli, Pearly Black, Greg Bird and the Trevor Hart Quartet, and the prizewinning Bogan's Heroes (Woodford Folk Festival 2006/7).
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