CATHOUSE CREEK

CATHOUSE CREEK

Old-time mountain music, alt-country, roots and blues trio with vocal harmonies
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SE Queensland/Gold & Sunshine Coasts, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Cathouse Creek is an old fashioned alt-country band specialising in songs from the 1920's - 1950's covering artists such as Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, The Carter Family, and The Louvin Brothers, and contemporary artists such as Gillian Welch, Kasey Chambers, and Neil Young. A  smattering of original songs, some Crosby, Stills & Nash, and a bit of Leonard Cohen round out  their versatile sound. Comprising guitar, piano accordian, and bush bass with an emphasis on vocal harmonies, the experienced and exuberant members of Cathouse Creek play danceable, foot-stomping good-time music as well as waltzes, gospel, and roots oriented material.

Cathouse Creek was formed in 2006. It's members have wide ranging backgrounds in, variously, singing, musical performance, musical direction for theatre productions, music teaching, performance poetry, writing for the page (fiction & poetry), reviewing, manuscript assessment, and community arts. Reliable, professional, widely experienced, & exuberant, Cathouse Creek promises to make your event a memorable one!

 

Cathouse Creek are:

Kim Downs: guitar/vocals
Liz Hall-Downs: bush bass/vocals
Gary Nunn: piano accordian/vocals
 
roots-blues-old time mountain music
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weddings, parties, events
 
Our music appeals to all ages and, as such, is especially suitable for family-oriented and community events.  But , when required, we can also pump up the volume of our state-of-the-art PA system and get your party up and dancing!
 
 
Cathouse Creek Individual Biogs
 Liz Hall-Downs: Liz has over twenty years experience as a writer, performance poet and singer. She has had several collections of poetry published, and her poems and essays have appeared in literary journals in Australia, the USA, and online. As a singer, she has worked with a variety of music and spoken word acts since the 1980s, in styles ranging from folk to punk. In her current role in Cathouse Creek, she plays bush bass and percussion and sings in an old-time country idiom.
 
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.) 90's performed with Liz Hall-Downs throughout Queensland and America in poetry/music fusion. Also festivals: Maleny '94, Lismore Folk Festival, '94, Yungaburra Folk Festival, blah blah. Now going hillbilly with  country trio Cathouse Creek.
 
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 Ledg

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