Merlin

One guitarist, but it doesn't sound like one. MERLIN has spent more than 30 years as a professional musician across solo work, duos, originals and covers bands, backing high profile artists and playing tribute shows. The solo act runs on studio-grade backing tracks carrying the rest of the instruments, harmonies and drums played by an actual drummer, so his lead, rhythm and slide guitar sit over what sounds like a band. Classic rock and pub rock from the fifties through the noughties: Creedence, Deep Purple, the Beatles, Skynyrd, Clapton, Status Quo, the Doors, ZZ Top, and a solid run of Aussie and Kiwi material including Cold Chisel, INXS, Icehouse, Dragon, Powderfinger, the Angels and AC/DC. A standard night is three or four hours with three short breaks, though he's played longer. He'll travel up to 300km and works from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast, the Gold Coast and northern New South Wales.