Hawkesbury Blues Festival
Basically Blues Club, Fitzroy Hotel, Windsor NSW
28 November 1998
1998 Australian Blues Music Awards
Receipients:
Kerrie Sweeney - New Female Artist
Matt Corcoran - New Male Artist
Michelle Van der Meer - Female Artist
Ray Beadle - Male Artist
Kenny Sutherland - Harmonica
Jeff Lang - Guitar Player
Jeff Lang - Song "Throw It All"
Jeff Lang - Album "Cedar Grove"
Papa Lips - New Band
Bondi Cigars - Band
Dutch Tilders - Hall Of Fame

Also featured in video:
Troy Dwyer, Debra Morris, Julie Fox, Stan Little, James Glendenning, Grant Cummerford, Mal Eastick, Darren Jack, Paul Rasmussen, Ron Seale, Sue Schrader, Christine Paine

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Hawkesbury Blues Festival
Basically Blues Club, Fitzroy Hotel, Windsor NSW
28 November 1998
Artist: Matt Corcoran Band
Matt Corcoran - slide guitar, vocals, harmonica
Ron Hilla - bass guitar
Gavin Hansen - drums

Jam with Guests: 00:41:20
Michelle Van der Meer - vocals
Darren Jack - guitar
(ran out of tape so jam is incomplete)

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Hawkesbury Blues Festival
Basically Blues Club, Fitzroy Hotel, Windsor NSW
28 November 1998
Artist: Buffalo Creek
Matt Charnley - guitar
Mark Parvez - guitar, vocals

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Hawkesbury Blues Festival
Basically Blues Club, Fitzroy Hotel, Windsor NSW
28 November 1998
Artist: Third Degree
Darren Jack - guitar, vocals
Grant Cummerford - bass guitar
Chris Nable - drums
Lachlan Doley - Hammond Organ

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Hawkesbury Blues Festival
Basically Blues Club, Fitzroy Hotel, Windsor NSW
28 November 1998
Artist: H3O
Tony Howard - bass guitar, vocals
Chris Howard - guitar, vocals
Craig Howard - drums
Steve Osborne - percussion
Unknown - guitar at right

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Hawkesbury Blues Festival
Basically Blues Club, Fitzroy Hotel, Windsor NSW
28 November 1998
Artist: Mal Eastick
Mal Eastick - guitar
John Makey - vocals
Ian Lees - bass guitar
Rudy Miranda - drums

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Hawkesbury Blues Festival
Basically Blues Club, Fitzroy Hotel, Windsor NSW
28 November 1998
Artist: Steve Edmonds
Steve Edmonds - guitar, vocals
Rowan Lane - bass guitar
Mark Kennedy - drums
Mike Gubb - keyboards
Sunil De Silva - percussion

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Hawkesbury Blues Festival
Basically Blues Club, Fitzroy Hotel, Windsor NSW
28 November 1998
Artist: Chicken Pickers
Jon Pike - guitar, vocals
Gary Kohrmann - bass
Tony Peri - harmonica
Henry Swlicka - drums

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Hawkesbury Blues Festival. Basically Blues Club, Fitzroy Hotel, Windsor NSW.
28 November 1998
Artist: Derwin Jones
Jack Derwin - guitar, vocals
Geoff Jones - guitar, vocals, harmonica

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The Lithgow Festival of the Valley 1994 featuring a Street Parade and Food and Wine Festival was held in conjunction with the Lithgow Blues Festival in 1994.

The Lithgow Blues Festival 1994 and the 1st Australian Blues Music Awards 1994 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jcNKl7kNho

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Rare footage of the Lithgow Blues Festival 1994, featuring the Bellhops and 1st Australian Blues Music Awards presentation on Saturday November 26, 1994.

Australian Blues Music Award Winners 1994:
New Female Artist : Kelly Auty
New Male Artist: Geoff Achinson
Female Artist: Li'l Fi
Male Artist: Dutch Tilders
Harmonica: Jim Conway
Guitar: Geoff Achinson
Song: "Bad Luck Attack" - R. Susz
Album: "Trouble People" - Mighty Reapers
New Band: The Streamliners
Band: The Backsliders

The Trophy:
To highlight the historical connection between blues music and the blue collar industries, the Lithgow, Australian Blues Music Awards Trophy was handcrafted from the relics of the coal mining industry in the Lithgow Valley.

The Trophy incorporated a gold plated skip line mounted on a wooden base in the shape of a poppet head. The skip line came from the Lithgow State Mine and the wood was cut from the timber from the original wooden poppet head at the Oakey Park Colliery.

The Lithgow Festival of the Valley featuring a Street Parade and Food and Wine Festival was held in conjunction with the Lithgow Blues Festival in 1994.

RIP Jenny Oloman.

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Filmed at an incredably cold Lithgow Blues Festival in the early 1990s, please enjoy the incredable MalEastick and his band perform Hideaway.

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