Graveyard Train
With Special Guest Daniel Champagne
Saturday 28th January
The Brewery, Byron Bay
Tix: Pre $17 (+bf) / Door – $20
Available From Venue &
www.kupromotions.com.au
Doors: 7.30pm / Show: 8.30pm
• PBS Album of 2010 • Beat Album Of The Week • RRR Album Of The Week • 4 Stars The Age
Two favourites of the Mullum Music Festival and Woodford Folk Festival return to Byron for one special night at The Brewery. A brilliant double bill of two exceptionally talented performers !
What can one say…in retrospect it’s obvious that horror and country music go together like peas and carrots – it just took Graveyard Train to show us. Utilising old timey instruments (banjo, dobro & washboard) with the unorthodox percussion of hammer & chain, all underneath a six part baritone ‘manchoir’ vocal delivery, Graveyard Train have created a unique sound and an equally unique way to deliver it. Exclusively singing songs and stories about death, despair, vampires, werewolves and anything macabre, Graveyard Train have drawn on the storytelling styles of old folk songs and mashed it with a punk/rockabilly/country frenetic foot stomping energy to create ‘Horror Country’.
Graveyard Train have toured solidly since day one and over the past 3 years they’ve risen immensely in popularity – the crowds are massing in cities, towns and festivals across the country. 2010 saw the band release their critically acclaimed 2nd album, The Drink The Devil & The Dance. Recorded straight to tape in a big old haunted hall in the tiny Victorian country town of Wandilligong, Graveyard Train have expanded their horror country horizons, bringing in mariachi horns, strings and other assorted guest instrumentalists to add to the chaos. The album received critical acclaim, and was voted PBS 106.7FM’s No 1 Album of 2010.
They immediately took off for an incredibly successful tour of the UK and Europe, followed by a national tour which included festivals such as Falls, Golden Plains, WaveRock, Port Fairy Folk Festival and the Blue Mountains Folk Festival.
Their foot stomping, chain smashing, hell raising antics seem to be something everyone in the world can relate to!
It’s a genius concept really: Graveyard Train have twisted folk, blues, roots, bluegrass and murder ballads into something quite original and immensely entertaining. Death and violence have never been so uproarious. René Schaefer, Mess + Noise
Daniel Champagne has been recently described as ‘the most talked-about rising star of Australia’s next generation’ & he delivers one of the most impressive one-man-shows out there…revered as an absolute must see ! His jazzy finger picking, signature explosion of 2-hand tapping, body percussion and fiery runs in a swag of different tunings can be expected.
Reaching to musical depth’s far beyond his years and a way with the guitar that can only be seen to be believed. Champagne often sounds closer to a three-piece band than the 21 year old singer songwriter guitarist now established as a renowned performer on both the Australian and international stage.
www.graveyardtrain.com.au / www.danielchampagnemusic.com.au
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36gYe70JuBg&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O4BnIW6dIM
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