Whiskey Boat
Based in Cairns
About this act
Sisters Lauren and Melissa Butler write piratey jigs and indie ballads about wild seas, and Whiskey Boat is what happened when that idea got a band around it. Fiddle, flute and tin whistle soar over three-part harmonies, with acoustic guitar, bass and the chug of a washboard keeping it shipshape. Their originals sit alongside the covers, songs like Fire Down Below, Ship Hit The Reef and Kick Up The Dirt. They're regulars at Far North Queensland festivals, markets, pubs and community events, and can lead a traditional bush dance if you want the room on its feet rather than watching. Trio or full band, one to three 45 minute sets. They bring their own PA and lighting, and hold public liability insurance.
Repertoire
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Fire down Below (Whiskey Boat)
Ship hit the reef (Whiskey Boat)
Down by the sea (Whiskey Boat)
Morning Noon and Night (Whiskey Boat)
After this day (Odeena)
Tide (Whiskey Boat)
Ship of broken hearts (Whiskey Boat)
Drink up (Whiskey Boat)
After this day (Whiskey Boat)
Dancing in the mirror (Whiskey Boat)
Good ol fashioned (Whiskey Boat)
Kick up the dirt (Whiskey Boat)
Shirley from the North (Whiskey Boat)
Whiskey in a jar (dubliners)
Good fortune (PJ Harvey)
Skyeboat song (Outlander Netflix Series soundtrack)
California dreaming (Mummas and the Pappas)
Bad moon rising (Credence)
Dreaming my dreams (The Cranberries)
Drunken Sailor (Trad)
White flag (Dido)
Final countdown (Europe)
Wolf (First Aid Kit)
So cold in Ireland (The Cranberries)
Lighthouse (The Waifs)
John Kanaka (Skinny Lister)
Under a violet moon (Blackmores Night)
The Wellerman (Nathan Evans)
Johnny Jump up (Christy Moore)
Cruel sister (Pentangle)
Wayfaring stranger (Emmylou Harris)
House of the rising sun (the Animals)
I've been working on the railroad (Trad )
Rye Whiskey (The Pirate Charles)
Click go the Shears (Slim Dusty)
Home among the gum trees (John Williamson)
South Australia (Fishermans Friend)
Ballad of Cobb and Co (Lionel Long)
Belle of Belfast (The Irish Rovers)
Nutbush (Tina Turner)