The dance floor will be swaying and jumping to the sounds of boogie woogie, banjo two-steps, fiddle hoedowns, sweet country love songs and the sweetest western swing to be heard north of ol’ man Yarra in many a night ...

What musical treasures lay hidden in the backstreets, warehouses and cultural cul-de-sacs of glorious Melbourne and her sprawling suburbs?.....One of Melbourne's best -known, independent roots music pioneers, Andy Baylor, is presenting a Crazee Hillbilly Dance Party in downtown Brunswick at that ol' dancehall and beer joint, The Spotted Mallard.

Drawing on his own hillbilly roots playing Western Swing with the Dancehall Racketeers, Cajun music in Louisiana and his own mountain fiddlin' style, Andy has brought together an all-star line-up of Hip Hillbillies.

Yes and they play both kinds of music...featuring Sandra Talty on drums and sweet jazzy vocals and Liam 'fingers'O'Connell on gitbanjo from the Sweet Lowdowns, Soulful vocalist Tracey Miller from the Dusty Millers, Retro stylist on the guitar and vocals, chart-toppin' be-bop boogie woogie six string swinger ,Warren Earl ,special guest, Ben Franz from the Waifs on steel guitar, Steve Temple, man about town on the big double bass...the Icing on this triple layer hillbilly cake is none other than the hottest guitar player in the whole Hillbilly Hemisphere, special guest, in the blue corner, Peter 'I know all those crazee chords' Baylor, rockabilly king and gypsy jazz virtuoso all rolled into one...

Crazee HILLBILLY jazz DANCE PARTY

SPOTTED MALLARD, BRUNSWICK

SATURDAY 7th JAN ,doors/dinner from 6pm

Music from 8pm WITH

ANDY BAYLOR'S HIP HILLBILLIES

Starring WARREN EARL on electrical guitar and steel

SISTER SANDRA TALTY, drums and vocals

BROTHER LIAM O'CONNELL, Banjomania, guitar

Cousin STEVE TEMPLE ON Big Bull Fiddle

Special guests :-sista tracey miller,vocals

Brother peter baylor...on banjoistics and guitar

And ben franz on steel guitar

PICKIN 'N' FIDDLIN',

FIRE ON THE STRINGS , THE DEVIL'S MUSIC

Western swing, fiddle hoedowns,

BLUE YODELS

Square dancing ,round dancing

If it aint Hillbilly ...it ain't Hip

www.andybaylor.com.au