THE MEDICINE SHOW sound
like the hottest, wettest, most
nasty swamp you've ever even heard tell
about. crocs! Snakes that'll crawl right
up your leg, and skeeters big
enough to strip the living flesh from a
grown man's arm. A tar paper shack
with a boiled ham hanging in a
sack, in the shade of the willow tree. Fear, aching, love and pain,
running from the cops cos you
just know they's gonna put you in jail
again.
Band Members Harry Gilbeys (guitar,vox) Burning Log Dawkins (bass) "Sponge" Bob Sponnge (tub
thumping)
It's not about the individuals it's
about the music the individuals
produce.
Harry's the principal songwriter
and arranger. One of the great
front men. "Sponge" Bob is the finest,most
innovative of drummers, with
more chops than the Tancred Meat Works. Burning "Log" Dawkins is a
bass fondler supreme.
Combine roots, swampy-blues,
country and rock with a raw,
gritty vocal melody and bluesy rhythm and you've
got the distinctive sound of The
Medicine Show [TMS]
The band's unique style
originated through a melting pot
of musical influences such as
Tom Waits, Nick Cave, John Lee Hooker,
Lightning Hopkins and Bob
Dylan and the screech a winch
makes when rust has taken hold,
sledgehammers on a rail, prison
death songs, that feeling you get
in your belly when you've drunk too
much whiskey and eaten not
enough food. TMS's powerful
and compelling live performances have become
legend from one end of the
country to the other.
These guys always perform as
an act you'd expect to see down
south in texas, in a small bar somewhere on
route 66 with a couple of pool
tables and some heavy drinkin' clientele propping up
the bar and eyeing everyone
else in the room with a dangerous stare. Totally live
and totally authentic - uniquely
bluesy and perfect for bars.
?The Medicine Show peddle
Australia?s most potent magic
potion! - Peddling an elixir to
transform even the stubbornest
of bastards!?
- Odyssey Productions
?Totally live and totally
authentic?
- Arthur Terrace E-zine
?Their music has the space to
bounce and shimmy around.
Move yourself forward toward
the stage. Have a lesson in
soulful sounds.?
- 102.1 4ZzZ FM
Feel free to check us out online
at these locations: -http://www.myspace.com/the
medicineshownet -http://www.sonicbids.com/the
medicineshow