Adelaide Blues Festival

The Gods came together last night and aligned an abandoned old smashed up theatre, a clear starry night and good vibes to make the Adelaide Blues Festival a complete success. Nestled in Playhouse Lane, Queens Theatre was the perfect junction for blues fans of all ages to come and watch a star line up of blues and soul perform for Adelaide.

Sponsors including Stax Coffee (Thanks to Paul!) Rossi Boots, Rip It Up, Derringers, Ed Castle, The Modern Home and many more assisted the Blue Pantz Production team to showcase amazing blues artists including Rob Eyers, Sweet Baby James, Suzannah Espie (fantastic!), Chris Wilson, Nick Kipridis and Dave Blight. (I loved Nick)

Pictured Nick Kipridis on guitar and Dave Blight.

I particularly wanted to see Suzanna Espie and I'm glad that I battled my midget-frame through the tall crowd to see her. She was just sensational and had the crowd roaring in delight at the end of her set. I'm certainly glad she chose Blues over Country or my ears would have been bleeding!

Nick and Dave had a easy familiar way about their sharing the stage and they pulled off some fantastic oldies including an unusual rendition of 'I heard it through the Grapevine' and "House of the Rising Sun' which had people singing along. Three back from the front, I was delighted to see a VERY OLD woman bopping her head chicken style to these tracks. I swear she was about 80 and I wanted to get her a chair. Put your feet up old lady!!

All in all, it was a delightful night. I split before the awards were finalised but the crowd was thick and bonded in the glow of a blues night. It really was sensational. Credit to Andrew Dundon, Rob Eyers, Chris Leese and Tanya Schroder and recruited family and friends for pulling it all together for the blues lovers of Adelaide. Fingers crossed, it'll be a regular event and will clearly place Adelaide on the Australian blues scene permanently!