Wolfpack | 7.30pm

Western Australian act WOLFPACK has performed under various aliases since the early 90’s. With the latest ‘unleashed’ incarnation, the band pays homage to some of the great blues artists of the 1950’s who came from the central and southern states of the US. From the raw sounds of Chicago juke joints to the swamp blues out of Baton Rouge, WOLFPACK cover classic songs by Muddy Waters, Slim Harpo, Jimmy Reed, Magic Sam, Little Walter and more.
Featuring: Geoff Busby: Blues Harp/Vocals; Al James: Guitar/vocals; Marc Gordon: Guitar: Vern Tebbutt: Cajon/Drums/Percussion; Chris Harwood: Upright/Electric Bass.

The Alan McCowat Band | 9.00pm

Paula Graham returns to the band and brings back her beautiful, big, bluesy voice and a wonderful repertoire of songs. A seasoned performer Paula has performed with Tina Arena on morning television and worked as a support act with Paul Kelly, Daryl Braithwaite and the Black Sorrows . Paula is also a featured vocalist on albums by Michael Pigneguy and funk jazz outfit Thrust. Live performances with local bands keep Paula busy whilst teaching piano and vocals in her home studio and leading choirs extensively at many private Perth schools.
Joe Southwell is a much sought after and versatile bassist arising from the western coast of Australia, where he cut his teeth playing in church and school bands before steadily carving a niche for himself shaping low-end frequencies on the Perth music scene. Currently back home after a stint abroad living and working in London, Joe performs regularly on the local circuit in numerous genres – including pop, rock, jazz and R&B, amongst others. His commitment to the groove is unwavering!
Sam Pettit, our powerhouse drummer has been with us from the very first gig back in 2015.Sam has played his drums with some of Perth’s top commercial/Corporate bands since he moved here from NSW in 2001. (Darren Reid & the Soul City Groove, Flash Nat, Off the record, Chris Gibbs band etc.) These days Sam spends time working in his ‘Fatback Productions’ recording studio producing new original music and performing locally.
Alan McCowat has performed at the club many times with this band, Bloozology and more recently with ‘Whyalla’, he has also been called in to feature in the lead guitar role with many of the popular PBC acts. Having worked with many international and Australian acts throughout his career Alan still feels more at home playing the blues with this band of fine musicians.
Paul Millard is another original member and has over 35 years professional experience as a freelance saxophonist, woodwind player and music arranger. He performs regularly in jazz, pop, rock and blues bands and with backing groups for National and International tours and theatrical productions. He has worked with Ray Charles, Sammy Davis Jnr, Natalie Cole and Hugh Jackman and in theatrical seasons such as Chicago, West Side Story, Cats, Matilda The Musical and Singin’ In The Rain. Paul also regularly plays in a variety of Perth bands including Juliana Arias & The Bossa Nova Babies, Bloozology, Birdland, Broadway Swing and Funked Up Brass and leads his own jazz and blues ensembles Straight Ahead – The Big Band, PMQ (Paul Millard Quartet), The Three Kings Blues Revue and Unforgettable (The Natalie Cole tribute).
Tony Celiberti began playing piano at 7 years of age at sixteen he began playing piano forWAJO. At the age of twenty he was awarded the Oscar Peterson scholarship education at the Berklee School of Music in Boston USA, he also spent time in London as a resident performer. In Australia he worked with artists such as Boom Crash Opera, Air Supply, RaceyThe Seekers, Colleen Hewett, toured with Nick Giannopoulos “Wogs Out Of Work” Dave Stewart / The Eurhythmics. Tony achieved distinction in Cert. 3 & 4 Diploma in audio engineering and production at JMC School of Engineering Sydney NSW and was also part of the audio team for the Sydney Olympic Games 2006. Whilst in NSW he was an exclusive keyboard demonstrator for Panasonic Australia and was presented with the industry and commerce of the year award for 2006. Tony was an exclusive music arranger for “Music Sales” Australia, New Zealand and England from 1999 – 2012 for artists such as Delta Goodrem, John Farnham, Gabriella Cilmi, Thirsty Merc, Powder finger, Jet, Guy Sebastian, Wiggles, ABC kids’ songbooks, Eskimo Joe, Jet, Pete Murray, Sara Storer, Fruit, George, Bernard Fanning, and many more…