The Artists

Jeannie Lushes (Lubricators) formed in 2000 as a fifties rockabilly band. For four years, Ms Lushes entertained patrons with this raw sound but was always itching to do what she loved most. Lushes acquired an early love for gospel and blues music and so she put away the blue suede shoes. The Blues Boys is comprised of some of our city's best blues musicians: guitarist Mark (Harpo) Greenway, Glenn Simkin on electric/double bass, the drummer's seat is shared between Rob O'Toole, Ray Tully (Straight 8s) and Shane Antonie (Redliners) and the horn section is made up of Joe Greenway and Jimmy Sloggett.

On stage these six dynamics exude qualities of cool at odds with the torrid emotions of their songs - an elusive contradiction between blues, soul and rock.