WHEELERS AND DEALERS

This multi-award-winning band offers a uniquely Australian sound, great respect for traditional music, professionalism and infectious good humour.

 

Musicoz winners 2003, Wheelers and Dealers’ CD ‘Full House’ released in 2007 won the prestigious Folk Alliance Australia Radio Presenters Award 2007. ‘Full House’ is distributed nationally by The Planet Company

 

Wheelers and Dealers has had great reviews as far afield as the UK, where the band has been described as, ‘making some of the best folk music to come out in the past decade’. In 2007 we toured with the great country rock guitarist and grammy-winner Albert Lee (Emmylou Harris, Eric Clapton, The Everly Brothers) as both his support act and his backing band. In 2009 we supported bluegrass legend, singer and guitarist Peter Rowan.

 

We have extensive performance experience, both as a band and individually. Our clients include many of Australia’s major and medium sized festivals, councils including the City of Sydney, Historic Houses Trust, Rugby World Cup, The Basement, wineries, art galleries and arts councils. As a functions band we have a large repertoire of Irish, Celtic and Australian songs, beautiful instrumentals and wild dance tunes to cover all aspects of your special occasion.

 

 

 

Fiddle player Mike Kerin (in Slim Dusty’s Travelling Country Band for more than 20 years) is one of the finest musicians in the country. Kerin’s awards are too numerous to list but includes the 2009 National Fiddle Championship, 2008 Golden Fiddle Award and 2007 Victorian Country Music Award for best instrumentalist. As a soloist Mike toured nationally in 2007 and 2009 with Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra

     

Lead singer Christine Wheeler has been described as having ‘a voice with the warmth and clarity of your end of day malt’ (Springboard Media, UK). Shetours nationally with the group Pastance as part of Musica Viva in Schools and directs a choir in the Blue Mountains. has been described as having ‘a voice with the warmth and clarity of your end of day malt’ (Springboard Media, UK). Shetours nationally with the group Pastance as part of Musica Viva in Schools and directs a choir in the Blue Mountains.

    

Accordionist Tinker Duffy also plays in a classy trio based in the Blue Mountains along with her musician husband John Duffy and internationally renowned Celtic musician Rens van der Zalm. She runs a weekly music session well attended by mountains musicians. also plays in a classy trio based in the Blue Mountains along with her musician husband John Duffy and internationally renowned Celtic musician Rens van der Zalm. She runs a weekly music session well attended by mountains musicians.

  

Guitarist Ged Corben played in one of Australia’s top rock bands of the 80s, the Lime Spiders. He was a founding member of the Cruel Sea and is much in demand as a session player around Sydney blues and rock outfits. played in one of Australia’s top rock bands of the 80s, the Lime Spiders. He was a founding member of the Cruel Sea and is much in demand as a session player around Sydney blues and rock outfits.

 

Bass player Michael Vidale has played with artists as diverse as Anne Kirkpatrick, The Bushwackers, The Whitlams, Don Walker and Jimmy & the Boys. Like Kerin, Vidale is a former member of the Flying Emus. has played with artists as diverse as Anne Kirkpatrick, The Bushwackers, The Whitlams, Don Walker and Jimmy & the Boys. Like Kerin, Vidale is a former member of the Flying Emus.

 

 

 “Wheelers and Dealers brings together a bunch of Sydney's finest acoustic musicians to create one of the best traditional and contemporary folk bands in Australia" Andrew Pattison, winemaker, event manager and promoter