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Press
...And then there's the surprise you were looking for. Melbourne's Spoonful, with Rocket Science's Kit Warhurst on drums, are mining a fine retro lode of British blues/soul of the 60's. Throw in some Booker T or Georgie Fame organ, among the Cream overtones and a suitably epileptic version of The Stones' version of Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away, and this is the band to get bad-dancingly maggot to. - Drum Media
Discography
Spoonful's first album was a live recording: "Spoonful: Live at the Clifton Hill Hotel".
Their latest album "Shake" was recorded at Eastern Bloc Studios with Jonathan Burnside and was launched on June 3rd, 2006.
Listen to samples of the full tracklisting on www.cdbaby.com/spoonful or www.myspace.com/spoonfulblues (blog)
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Bio
Spoonful is a rhythm and blues rock band comprising some of Melbourne's most highly regarded and most active musicians. With a reputation for blistering live shows Spoonful is admired for their capacity to cover a diversity of genres. Their repertoire includes some of the finest R & B tracks from the 60s-70s & a swag of original material inspired by the same.
Andre Warhurst (lead guitar, vocals) has toured Australia and the U.K with Neon, Japan with Rocket Science and appeared as guest guitarist on Jet's multi-award winning album "Get Born". Regarded as one of the finest guitarists in the country, Andre also fronts Melbourne band Silver Night Drive and writes their original material.
Kit Warhurst (drums, vocals) is the eclectic drummer/ vocalist from Rocket Science whose latest album, "Eternal Holiday" was released in September 2004 to critical acclaim. Kit is a founding member of the infamous Black Rose whose documentary recently featured as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival. Kit is also a writer for and member of Rockside Dept aka Rosso, Pinko, Hursto; a collaboration with Tim Ross (Merrick and Rosso) and Steve Pinkerton (The Anyones).
David Lord (harmonica, keyboards, vocals) is a member of Melbourne band The Rectifiers whose four albums have all received critical acclaim. Lordo also played in Luxum, Garden State, The Supreme Masters of Relaxed Living, and Black Rose.
Paul Winstanley (bass) provides the sublime bass for Spoonful and has been the can-do anchor man of the band for more than ten years.
Catch Spoonful at the residency at the famous Esplanade Hotel every Friday night in the front bar.
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