T-Bar Cruisers
Based in Lennox Head
About this act
Rollicking piano, wailing harmonica and blues-country guitar over a rhythm section built for foot-stomping. The T-Bar Cruisers are five experienced players from Lennox Head, with three lead vocalists who can go from a growl to something warm and mellow. Blues is the root, but the branches take in jazz, jump blues, latin rhumbas, rock and roll, rockabilly, shuffles, swing and soul, drawn from Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Booker T, Creedence, Daddy Cool, Bondi Cigars and plenty of other Australian names. You may have caught them at the Bangalow Markets. Song lists get customised to the event. A typical night is three sets across three hours, roughly 25 to 30 songs. They bring PA and basic lighting for events up to 200 guests, and need a covered stage with room for five and an hour to set up. Insured.
Repertoire
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Albert Collins, Albert King, Andy Cowan (Aus), BB King, Backsliders (Aus), Bo Diddley, Beatles, Big Joe Turner, Blackfeather (Aus), Booker T & The MG’s, Bondi Cigars (Aus), Bryan Ferry, Canned Heat, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Daddy Cool (Aus), Doors, Dynamic Hepnotics (Aus), Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Fleetwood Mac, Freddie King, Gary Moore, Howlin’ Wolf, JJ Cale, Jeff Healey, John Mayall, Jimmy Reed, Junior Wells, Little Walter, Mighty Reapers (Aus), Muddy Waters, Rolling Stones, Sam Cooke, Samantha Fish, Sonny Boy Williams, Steve Earle, Stevie Ray Vaughan, T-Bone Walker and Tracy Chapman.
Set 1
Help Me (Sonny Boy Williams)
Give Me One Reason (Tracy Chapman)*
Little Red Rooster (Sam Cooke)
Spoonful (Howlin'Wolf)
Before You Accuse Me (Eric Clapton)
Call Me The Breeze (JJ Cale)
Flip Flop Fly (Big Joe Turner)
The Chicken & The Hawk (Big Joe Turner)
(Say It's Your) Birthday (Beatles)
Set 2
T-Bone Shuffle (Albert Collins)
Nadine (Chuck Berry)
Who's Been Talking (Samantha Fish)
Crosseyed Cat (Muddy Waters)
Green River (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
I'm Tore Down (Eric Clapton)
Blue Suede Shoes (Elvis Presley)*
Messin' With The Kid (Junior Wells)
Howling At The Moon (Bondi Cigars)
Set 3
Red Headed Woman (Canned Heat
Elvis Is King (Andy Cowan)*
Let's Stick Together (Bryan Ferry)
Why Get Up (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
Honkey Tonk Women (Rolling Stones)*
Rock With Me (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
Come Back Again (Daddy Cool)
Shake Your Hips (Dynamic Hypnotics)