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Artist:The Demon Drink

Genres:
  • Roots
Brisbane, QLD

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About

The driving, diamond rough, corner of the bar music of The Demon Drink swills round the bottom of your glass, tipping the barman handsomely before slapping you on the back and giving your girl/boyfriend the dance of her/his life. Forming in late 2012, The Demon Drink is a band that comes with plenty of pedigree. These gentlemen have been climbing onto Brisbane stages in bands like The Big Brass Bed, Saga Barbies, Mexico City and Pale for well over a decade and tote a songbag full of favourites and curiosities to prove it. The original incarnation saw brothers, Kieran and Adrian Waters (AKA Baron Field) belt call and response vocals over plunkin' banjo, Mick Destiny’s snaking slide guitar, Sean O’Shea’s pulsing bass, a thumping kick drum and a bluesful of mouth harp. Adding congenial threshing machine - Leigh (The Lord) Nelson - on drums in mid-2016, The DD spent the rest of the year tearing the rooves off licensed establishments right across South East Queensland and Northern New ...

Members

Kieran Waters - Lead vox
acoustic guitar
banjo
mandolin Baron Field - Lead vox
banjo
rhythm guitar
harmonica Mick Destiny - Slide and lead guitars Sean O'Shea - Bass Lord Nelson - Drums

Sounds Like

The Pogues, Wilco, Tom Waits, Paul Kelly

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