Blue Shaddy
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| Blue Shaddy | |
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| Origin | Kellerberrin, Western Australia, Australia |
| Genre(s) | Blues & Roots/Surf-Funk |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| Neil McClelland Sandy McClelland Graham McClelland Arun Satgunasingam Kanchana Karunaratna |
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Blue Shaddy are an Australian blues/roots band who formed in 1999.
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[edit] Biography
To date Blue Shaddy have three albums independently released and are receiving national airplay on Triple J [1]. The group has also been showcased in the US through Tin Records. Blue Shaddy was nominated for the Tin Records 2007 New Music compilation [2]. They are currently working on their 4th album due for release in 2007.
For singer songwriter and guitarist Jim McClelland, his brother Belly McClelland (harmonica) and Sandra McClelland (bass guitarist and wife of Neil) were born and bred in Western Australia's remote wheat belt with dust and flies and not a lot else to do but focus on their love of music. When you listen to songs such as, 'don’t wanna die here' and 'people talk', you get a strong sense of where these three come from and it becomes evident that their heart still lies in their roots. Now having lived in the city of Perth for some 14 years and meeting band members, Malaysian born Arun Satgunasingam (drummer & percussionist) and percussionist Sri Lankan born Kanchana Karunaratna, a true rural come urban come world Blues/Roots/Surf/Funk sound is what Blue Shaddy are today.
Blue Shaddy have consistently performed both nationally and overseas with some highlights being: The West Coast Blues and Roots Festival, 2005/2006/2007; The East Coast Blues and Roots Festival, 2007; Blues on Broadbeach 2007; The Australian Blues Awards 2007; The Bridgetown Blues Festival consecutively for the past 6 years; The UBlues blues/roots & soul Festival, Singapore 2002 & 2003; The Vintage Blues and Roots Festival, Albany (2005,2006,2007); The Mordialloc Festival Melbourne 2006 [3]; and theWhale Shark Festival, Exmouth 2006.
The band also enjoyed the Number 1 spot on the Perth Indie Charts in May 2007 [4] with their new album Walk A Mile, and have also been nominated in the Blue Star Awards [5] plus have just been booked to appear at the Great Southern Blues & Rockabilly Festival in Narooma in September.
[edit] Members
- Jim McClelland: vocals, guitar(acoustic and lap slide guitars), stomp box
- Sandy McClelland: electric bass guitar
- Graham McClelland: harmonica
- Arun Satgunasingam: drums, percussion
- Kanchana Karunaratna: percussion.
[edit] Discography
- Blue Shaddy Independent (1999)
- Blue Shaddy ... Live. Fine Time... Independent (2002)
- Walk a Mile Independent October, 2004)
[edit] References
- ^ Triple J playlisting
- ^ Tin Music New Music Compilation
- ^ City of Kingston press release (March 14, 2006)
- ^ Western Australian Music Industry website
- ^ Blue Star Awards
