Blues, Friday August 29 - 11.10pm

Blues, Saturday August 30 - 12.20pm

Blues, Sunday August 31 - 8.45pm

CHUBBY RAE & THE ELEVATORS

The blues is supposed to make you feel better and a Chubby Rae & the Elevators show is all about feelin' good. You'll often see sweating dancers in friendly argument with Chubby Rae & the Elevators about who's having more fun, them or the band?

Chubby Rae & the Elevators have been making converts to their vibed-up, good-time blues since their first gig in July 2000 and since then, Marisa Quigley, aka Chubby Rae, the 6'2" redheaded soulful powerhouse, has been singin' the blues like there's no tomorrow. The Elevators are dedicated blues men. With Jim Dyson, the "Boss of the Boogaloo" on guitar and slide and Karl Inderberg and Craig Chiller holding it all together on drums and bass, Chubby Rae & the Elevators dig deep into blues traditions to lay down grooves that even a corpse could move to. That's what the blues is for!

Marisa, Jim and Craig are continually writing songs, and the set list includes many original tunes 14 of which were recorded in 2005 for their award winning current album "She Gets Unruly" released in December 2005. The band's debut CD album "Live at St Andrews", which continues to sell strongly, was released independently to critical and popular acclaim in September 2002.

Chubby Rae & the Elevators never fail to wow audiences and industry people alike with their uplifting and infectious shows. After busking to large crowds at The Queenscliff Music Festival in 2000 & 2001 they were invited to play The Best of the Fest in June 2002, the Festival proper in '02, '03 & '05 and now regularly play the Blues Train out of Queenscliff. Chubby Rae & the Elevators are in demand for Festivals as diverse as the Festival of the Sea, Barwon Heads, the Geelong Waterfront Festival, the Mordialloc Fine Food, Wine and Music by the Bay Festival and the Great Southern Blues & Rockabilly Festival, Narooma. In 2003 the band was recognised for their hard work and dedication by the Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society, winning "Emerging Talent" & "Band of the Year" at the Vic/Tas Blues Awards and were runners-up in the MBAS Blues Performer of the Year 2003 competition. In 2006 Chubby Rae & the Elevators again won "Band of the Year" at the Vic/Tas Blues Awards for their new album, "She Gets Unruly" and in 2007 won both Album of the Year and Female vocalist of the Year at The Australian Blues Music Festival CHAIN wards. Chubby Rae & the Elevators have played the Melbourne International Music & Blues Festival, the East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival, Blues at Bridgetown, the Launceston Blues Festival, Guildford Blues & Roots Festivals, Thredbo Blues Festival, The Australian Blues Music Festival, Goulburn, Blues on Broadbeach Music Festival, the Mildura Blues Festival. The Gympie Muster, the Wangaratta Jazz & Blues Festival 2006, Port Fairy Folk Festival 2007 & 2004 and the Apollo Bay Music Festival 2007

Chubby Rae & the Elevators continue to play clubs and pubs around country and coastal Victoria, Melbourne and the Mornington peninsula, and where ever they play, Chubby Rae & the Elevators rock up a storm, so put on your dancin' shoes and let your hair down baby, we're gonna have a natch'l ball.