About
Sons of The Blues with Jerry Speiser (Men at Work) is a blues band for hire in Melbourne, VIC.
Jerry Speiser played drums in Men at Work. John Phillips played guitar in Goanna. Put them alongside singer Pat Byrne and you get Sons of The Blues, a Melbourne trio built on Willie Dixon and Robert Johnson rather than nostalgia for their own back catalogue. They're improvisers first, so the arrangements move about and the set breathes differently every night. Sweet Home Chicago, Crossroads Blues, I'm Ready, Pride and Joy, Who Do You Love and Kind Hearted Woman all sit in the book. They can also run a history of the blues show if you want the night to teach as well as swing. All PA supplied, just point them at power.
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The show
Three experienced players who treat the blues as material to work with, not a museum piece, so the interpretations are their own. Off stage it's straightforward: clear communication, quick replies, and a band that turns up when it said it would.
Performance options
Alongside the standard show there's a history of the blues set, which walks an audience through where the music came from while still playing it.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured
Song list
Sweet Home Chicago, Crossroads Blues, I'm Ready, Pride and Joy, Tore Down, Who Do You Love, Kind Hearted Woman, Ramblin' On My Mind,
