The Snowdroppers were an Australian blues rock band, formed in 2007 and disbanded in 2017.
History
The Snowdroppers came together at the end of 2007, playing their first live gig as the music fill for a burlesque show, titled "Good Drugs and Bad Woman".
The band featured Johnny Wishbone on lead vocals, banjo and occasionally harmonica, Pauly K on lead guitar, Nick London on bass guitar and Cougar Jones on drums. They were praised for their energetic live performance, on-stage musical theatrics and entertaining personalities.
The band drew influence from a variety of genres including
blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...
,
roots,
rock,
rockabilly and
punk.
Their debut album, ''Too Late to Pray'', was released in 2009. In October 2010, they toured New Zealand supporting
Gin Wigmore.
In 2011, ''Do The Stomp,'' a single from the band's early years, was featured on the soundtrack of
Red Dog.
The group toured across the United States in early 2011, including shows at
The Viper Room in Los Angeles and
SXSW
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festival in
Austin, Texas, and in
New York City.
In March 2013, their album ''Moving Out Of Eden'' debuted at #1 on the
ARIA Jazz & Blues chart. The record featured a heavier focus on classic rock beats and explored different lyrical themes to their previous material.
2015 saw the release of their third album, ''Business''. The album featured the radio single 'Love Letters', and was followed by a national tour.
The band have played at Australian festivals including
Big Day Out,
East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival
The Byron Bay Bluesfest, formerly the East Coast International Blues & Roots Music Festival, is an annual Australian music festival that has been held over the Easter long weekend in the Byron Bay, New South Wales, area since 1990. The festiva ...
,
Come Together Music Festival
Come Together is an all-ages Australian music festival performed at Luna Park Sydney. Beginning in 2005, it was originally two separate events, one in April and one in September. In 2006, a two-day festival was held in June (on the Queen's Birth ...
,
Village Fair
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, Peats Ridge,
Byron Bay Bluesfest, Festival of the Sun and Gympie Muster.
In 2017, the band announced they were going to go their separate ways after a final tour, their last show being on 25 November 2017.
Discography
Albums
References
External links
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Australian punk rock groups
Musical groups from Sydney
Musical groups established in 2007
Musical groups disestablished in 2017