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Muster Club, Tuesday August 26 - 10.20am
Tavern, Tuesday August 26 - 5.45pm
Muster Club, Wednesday August 27 - 11.55am
BRYEN & BAYOU BOOGIE BOYS
BRYEN WILLEMS Bryen Willems (a.k.a. ..the Swamp Duck..) usually fronts a five piece band called Bryen and the Bayou Boogie Boys - playing a mix of originals and drawing from a virtual treasure trove of the best country, blues, swamp and southern rock from the last 50 years.
Bryen's debut album was released in 2007 and titled TOO COLD AT HOME. It was recorded at Unit 4 Studios, with producers Gary Brown and Les Scott. It has resulted in Bryen being a multi-finalist at the 2008 Australia's Peoples' Choice Awards and being a finalist with several international songwriting awards. The album is a collection of originals and songs that have influenced Bryen over the decades.
In addition to fronting his own band, Bryen also has worked with local country band Tall Timbre and can find him regularly playing alongside one of Australia's top country vocalists Nicki Gillis, featuring in many classic country duets. Bryen worked as an announcer in country radio on Sydney's 2RRR88.5FM and at Festival 101.5FM during the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
His musical interest was sparked only after settling down in Australia, having moved from his Louisiana home with wife Karen. An Australian citizen for a number of years now, Bryen's musical influences are of bayou heritage with an Australian flavour.
His debut album TOO COLD AT HOME, features self-penned tracks HONKY-TONK SONG, BEER AND LIPSTICK, co-writes DEEP DOWN I'M SHALLOW, BABY ARE YOU RUNNIN.. and the beautiful duet AS LONG AS I LIVE with songbird Nicki Gillis. Bryen and the Bayou Boogie Boys shows are just the thing when you want a shoe-shufflin', hip swingin', toe tappin', high energy straight-up country. Touches of Ricky Skaggs, Hank Williams, Billy Joe Shaver, Merle Haggard and Chris LeDoux .. all rolled into one. Of course, if you'd rather have some nancy-boy, sissy, pseudo-country pop stuff you'll have to look elsewhere - none of that around here!
